Recent Off Roading Articles

Every hunter, camper, or overlander who’s ever rolled onto a forest service road after the sun dropped knows the feeling: headlights on the side-by-side or truck barely push past the hood, and everything beyond that is just black nothing. You creep along at twenty miles an hour, white-knuckled, pra

Every guy who’s ever pointed a 4×4 down a muddy forest road knows the feeling: that moment when the pavement ends and the real world begins. For a lot of us, those trails are more than recreation; they’re where we clear our heads, teach our kids how to drive in the dirt, or just spend a weekend awa

For a lot of us, racing means sleek cars screaming around a smooth track with grandstands full of people. But real racing—the kind that gets your blood pumping and your knuckles white—often happens miles from any asphalt, out where the land tries its hardest to break both man and machine. Starting

Every few years a concept car shows up that makes you stop scrolling and actually lean toward the screen. The Kia EV5 Weekender that just broke cover at the Guangzhou Auto Show in China is one of those. It takes the sensible, already-good-looking EV5 compact electric SUV and turns it into something

Every few years something rolls out of a Chinese auto show that makes hardcore off-road guys stop scrolling and lean closer to the screen. This time it’s the ELMT Max from Beijing Off-Road (BAIC), and the photos coming out of the 2025 Guangzhou Auto Show look like someone fed a Rezvani Tank and a J

Picture this: a sleek Italian motorcycle, usually seen tearing up racetracks or twisting through mountain roads, now kicking up dust in the backcountry. That's the new reality for Ducati, a brand that's long been synonymous with high-speed thrills on pavement. But according to Jason Chinnock, the C

In the world of rugged SUVs, where toughness meets the open road, Audi is stepping up its game. The German automaker, known for its sleek luxury rides, is now diving into the off-road scene with a new four-wheel-drive vehicle that's set to go head-to-head with the iconic Land Rover Defender. This m

In the world of rugged SUVs, where tough trails and weekend escapes call the shots, Hyundai is stepping up its game with a bold new concept that's turning heads. The Crater, a fresh off-road SUV teased just ahead of the Los Angeles auto show, looks like it's built to go toe-to-toe with heavy hitter

For a lot of guys who grew up wrenching on trucks in the driveway and spending weekends on back-country two-tracks, the Toyota 4Runner has always been more than just transportation. It was the rig that never left you stranded, the one you could beat on all day and still drive the kids to school Mon

Every fall and spring, something quiet but important happens in the off-road world. Polaris opens its checkbook and sends real money – not marketing fluff – straight to the clubs and nonprofits that actually keep the trails open and safe. This time around, in the fall of 2025, the company cut fourt