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Mercedes-Benz X-Class

Mercedes-Benz X-Class – Gone and Soon Forgotten

Just two years from launch, the Grim Reaper has swung the scythe. Mercedes-Benz has announced the untimely death of the X-Class. Based on the successful Nissan Navara, Mercedes would have undoubtedly thought they had a winner with the X-Class. After all, they had a good deal price-wise with Nissan. But, European manufacturers sometimes get lost

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Firestorm Rage Remission – Australia 2019/2020

In the USA, you call them wildfires, elsewhere they’re forest fires, but in Australia, they’re aptly called Bush Fires. Firestorm Rage Remission. The colloquial term we call bush, encompasses grasslands, scrub, saplings and dense forests. Most of the bush is located on the seaboard of our continent. So what’s the Firestorm Rage Remission in Australia

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Jeep Crosses Australia

Jeep Crosses Australia Again

Australian Outback via Jeep: Retracing the Long Trail of History, 50 Years On The BFGoodrich 50th Anniversary East-West Australia Jeep Expedition follows in the footsteps—and 4×4 tracks—of overlanding giants. Thanks to Autoweek.com, I’m reposting an article published recently on the 50th anniversary of the crossing of Australia from east to west. The article was written

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