There are pickups that do work, errands and daily driving. Then there are pickups that you only roll out of the garage when it's time to get loud and dirty. American Expedition Vehicles has developed the new Recruit Ram 1500 to be a bit of both.
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The VW badge may have dominated the grilles of campers at Abenteuer & Allrad 2018, but not every camper there was a "people's car." From expanding Sprinters, to pop-top Land Cruisers, there were plenty of camping vehicles with alternative badges.
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We didn't see as many Volkswagen campers as expected in the parking lot, but the other side of the Abenteuer & Allrad gate was a very different story. There was an entire tent dedicated to Volkswagen campers and plenty of other VWs scattered about the show.
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This year, we made our first trip to Germany's Abenteuer & Allrad (Adventure & Allwheel) show. Most expos start when you enter the gates, but this one starts the second you step out of the car as the parking lot hosts the wildest collection of 4x4+ camping vehicles you're likely to see.
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Self-driving cars will eventually be called upon to do the fun stuff as well as the boring stuff, as the percentage of people who learn how to drive slowly drops off. Thus, Land Rover has already begun developing autonomous technology for off-road 4WD action.
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Once again, Overland Expo was awash with off-road expedition trailers - from lifting, sliding shape-shifters, to military-grade blocks of off-road destruction. If you want to explore the muddiest, rockiest parts of the world and tow a home with you, the show had a trailer for you.
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TetonX builds trailers inspired by its namesake mountain range and the prickly desert surrounding it in St. George, Utah. Its Off-Axis and Jake trailers are tough enough to survive the most remote slices of those places while still offering a good night's sleep and a trio of meals per day.
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Van life has been growing for years, but it seems we've been seeing more new US-market van converters than ever of late. Much of that life is focused on roads, but the recent Overland Expo shows there are plenty of van campers getting well off the beaten path.
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The Jeep Wrangler is the off-road icon in the US, but it's not a super-popular base for expedition rigs. Red River Rigs hopes to change that by bringing the American Safari JXL to market. The kit not only puts a pop-up camper on the back of a Wrangler, it adds more cargo room in the process.
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Designed from the ground up to give jet-setters a taste of visceral adventure without requiring them to give up the ice-cold champagne, the new Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV brings ultra-premium comfort to rough, distant earth. And it should get you noticed in the spa parking lot, too.
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