Edmunds takes a few G-Wagons on the Outback's Stock Road

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These guys are putting out some great overland videos.  You need to check them out. You won't be disappointed.  The website is full of expedition tips, overland trips, and video clips.

http://www.xoverland.com/

Mark McMillin in Dakar 2012

When five time Baja 1000 winner Mark McMillin contacted Darren Skilton to find out what the best way is to watch the Dakar Rally, the phone call ended with McMillin and his navigator, Gary Arnold, signing on to compete.  Skilton's "Baja Automotive" will be sponsoring three entries in the next rally, including Skilton, McMillin and Joaquin De Uriarte.  McMillin will be piloting the Hemi powered Jeepspeed 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee that won the Australian Safari Stock Class.  The Jeep will be competing in the Open 2 Class, which includes vehicles such as the Toyota Tundra and Ford Raptor.

Source:
http://www.dakarrallyraid.com/mark-mcmillin-goes-dakar/

Jeep® Brand Launches ‘Jeep Arctic Yeti Dig’ Sweepstakes

• Grand Prize winner will receive a 2012 Jeep® Wrangler Arctic edition
• Six sweepstake contestants will attend the ‘2012 Winter X Games 16’ held January 26-29 in Aspen, Colo.
• Participants can enter the ‘Jeep Arctic Yeti Dig’ sweepstakes via the Jeep Brand’s Facebook, Twitter or Blog sites

December 20, 2011 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - The Jeep® brand would like to send one lucky person home from the “2012 Winter X Games 16” with a new 2012 Jeep Wrangler Arctic edition. The brand kicked off the “Jeep Arctic Yeti Dig” sweepstakes on the Jeep Facebook page (www.facebook.com/jeep), Twitter (www.twitter.com/Jeep) and blog (http://blog.jeep.com) sites. Six sweepstakes participants will be randomly selected to attend the Winter X games and on Friday, Jan. 27, will dig in a giant pile of snow to find the “Jeep Yeti.” The first to find it will win an all-new Jeep Wrangler Arctic. The sweepstakes runs through Tuesday, Jan. 3.

“The extreme winter conditions of the arctic are the inspiration behind the new 2012 Jeep Wrangler Arctic edition,” said Mike Manley, President and CEO – Jeep Brand, Chrysler Group LLC. “The new Wrangler Arctic edition features a unique winter-themed exterior and interior design and the ‘Jeep Arctic Yeti Dig’ at the ‘2012 Winter X Games 16’ is the perfect setting for one of our Jeep fans and followers to win one of these vehicles for their very own.”

There are three ways to enter the sweepstakes:

• Facebook (www.facebook.com/jeep) – “Like” the brand and visit the sweepstakes page to submit a registration form and play the Jeep Arctic Yeti Dig game to receive entrance to the sweepstakes. Participants can receive up to three entries per day and an opportunity to double their entries by sharing the sweepstakes with their Facebook friends.
• Twitter (www.twitter.com/Jeep) – Follow “@Jeep” and, when prompted, tweet back to the brand (include the Jeep handle “@Jeep” and #yetidig). Participants will receive one sweepstakes entry, per a 24-hour time period, for their tweet during the promotion period.
• Jeep Blog (http://blog.jeep.com) – Visit the Jeep Blog and comment on the post at http://blog.jeep.com/2011/12/15/arctic-yeti-dig/ (include full name and email) and automatically receive one entry into the sweepstakes.

Two people from Facebook, Twitter and the Jeep blog will be randomly selected to attend the games with a guest and participate in the snow dig for the 2012 Jeep Wrangler Arctic edition.

For more information and complete sweepstakes rules visit,https://chrysler.ignitesocialmedia.com/fb/jeep/yetidig/yetiRules.html. The sweepstakes is for U. S. residents only.

2012 Jeep Wrangler Arctic
Based on the Wrangler Sahara model, the Arctic’s winter theme is immediately recognizable. Available colors are Winter Chill, Bright Silver and Bright White. Exterior features include a body-color hardtop and fender flares, “Arctic” badges on the front fenders, a “Yeti Footprint” decal over part of the driver’s side fender and hood, black hood decal and Mopar® black fuel filler door and taillamp guards.

Jeep Wrangler Arctic also offers an aggressive Wrangler Rubicon tire and wheel package, with unique semi-gloss black 17-inch wheels shod with 32-inch tires.

Inside, Wrangler Arctic’s seats are black Tectonic fabric with Polar White accents and orange accent stitching. Front seats are heated and feature an “Arctic” logo in the seat back. Accent stitching can also be found on the steering wheel, arm rest and console lid. Door trim and nets are accented in orange, and all grab handles and dashboard vent rings are finished in Polar White trim.

Mopar tread pattern slush mats with white “Jeep” lettering complete the Wrangler Arctic package.

VW still at Dakar....just not competing.

UP TO THE CHALLENGE: AMAROK SUPPORTS THE 2012 DAKAR RALLY

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will return to the 2012 Dakar Rally as the event's official supplier for the third year. A fleet of nearly 40 vehicles, including 30 Amarok pick-ups, are being provided to the event's organisation team, the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), as support vehicles. These will be used throughout the event, regarded as the toughest marathon rally in the world, which takes place from 1 to 15 January.

The 2012 Dakar Rally will see competitors from across the world lining up at Mar del Plata, Argentina before the 9,000 kilometre course takes them on a journey through Chile and on to the finish at Lima in Peru.

On the rally's rest day, some important visitors will join the event with Formula One legend Jacky Ickx showing Scorpions rocker Rudolf Schenker and boxing world champion Dariusz Michalczewski how to handle the Amarok Automatic safely under off-road conditions. Also, windsurfers Bjoern Dunkerbeck, Klaas Voget and Robby Swift will head into the Atacama Desert to experience surfing on the dunes.

The Amaroks and other support vehicles will be subjected to some of the toughest and most extreme terrain on the planet during the two week event. As the event's official support vehicles, they must be able to deal with everything this really fierce course can throw at them – from the Atlantic to the Pacific, through the Atacama Desert to the Andes mountains, through canyons, and across different climate zones.

For more information on the Dakar Rally 2012, please visit www.dakar.com.

Keep Up To Date with PSC's King of the Hammers Build

You can follow along with Poison Spyder Customs as they build their car for the 2012 King of the Hammers race in February.  Great pics as well as description of the progress.

Jeep JK-8 Kit Sales Exceeded Expectations

Since releasing the JK-8 conversion kits, Chrysler says it's production lines have been surprised by the number dealers have been requesting.  The forecasted between 200 to 300 kits for this years, however dealers have requested 400.  This is great news because it shows that the demand really is there.  MOPAR President Pietro Gorlier was careful to say they need "balance the excitement of those blogging with real (sales) numbers."  Gorlier goes on to say that when the next generation of Wrangler is released (expected 2015) a pickup will be considered.

Source:
Wards Auto