Off-road

Australia is nearly the size of the United States, but has less than a tenth of its population, mainly dotted around the perimeter. It's a rough, rugged and beautiful country, and it offers some of the toughest and most rewarding camping on the planet. Check out how the locals are doing it in 2019.

The all-new Land Cruiser-based Desert Ops Supertourer is as delightfully retro as the limited edition X1-N Desert Ops camping trailer. It offers just the right blend of torque, cushion, utility and aggressive, dingo-spooking jewelry to pull the heavy-duty trailer anywhere it wants to go.

A new Toyota camper van from Australia's Bus 4x4 relies on a simple but slick solution: a drop-down expansion tent. A powerful 4x4 system from the Land Cruiser Prado completes a camper van that can travel to remote lands and live large once there.

Just months after debuting the X1-H with integrated hard-top tent, Australia's Patriot Campers is breaking its tent options wide open. In place of an integrated tent, the all-new X1-N features a built-in roof rack for use with any roof-top tent (RTT) ... or no tent at all.

You don't really need a shovel until you REALLY need a shovel. DMOS presents a way of having that shovel without dedicating too much space to it. Its near-unbreakable Delta Shovel telescopes, folds and clasps to the vehicle, expanding into a full-size shovel when needed.

Bison belong on the open prairie running through tall grass, over hills and scrub. That's the picture many of us have of the American High Plains thanks to countless western movies. Chevrolet concocts that imagery for the Colorado pickup truck through a partnership with American Expedition Vehicles.

Sunlight cranks the action level up a with the Cliff 4x4 Adventure Van, a concept camper van that supports bikers, skiers, climbers and surfers with a rooftop wakeboarding winch, inflatable boards that work as extra beds, and a gear-storage system that doubles as a roof-mount hammock stand.

One of the more intriguing campers in the modern surge of adventurous teardrop trailers, the Escapod Topo combines rugged construction, compact design and killer graphics. A few months after discovering it last year, we took one out for a long weekend to see what the teardrop craze is all about.

Benchmark Vehicles has caught our eye more than once at the likes of Overland Expo. One of its conversions that pops out immediately is the Swiss Army Sprinter, an aggressive adventure rig that's nearly as versatile as its namesake thanks to floor rails, five-person seating and large slides in back.

Quads are great for traversing rough terrain, while golf carts are well-suited to short low-speed jaunts. So, what happens if you want a vehicle with the qualities of both? Well, that's where the Ripper ATV is designed to come in.

The Extreme E race series chose the Goodwood Festival of Speed to reveal the Odyssey 21 rally racer. With a 550-hp electric powertrain and 37-in tires, this thing is ready to bite, grab and slide its way across every type of earthly surface toward the ultimate in pure-electric bragging rights.

From its bulging Unimog cab, to its 6.8-ton weight, little about the Action Mobil Temet 3600 would be considered "small" at your average vehicle company. But for Action Mobile, the 3600 is compact and agile, a truck that can climb over talus on its way to providing hotel-like accommodations.