| For years car owners had little choice in the | | | | vehicles off-road. So if you don’t intend taking |
| vehicles they could drive - mostly this was | | | | your 4x4 car rock-climbing, do you really need it? |
| between a sedan or a Ute. Nowadays they have | | | | Lots of people still like to have that choice. There |
| a multitude of choices; sedans, hatchbacks, | | | | might come a time when you would want to go |
| 2-doors, utilities, stationwagons, dual cabs and | | | | off-road in your vehicle. But if you don’t have |
| many others. And then there are the 4x4 cars | | | | a 4x4 car you won’t be able to. Think what |
| vs. the 2-wheel drive. If you are looking to change | | | | fun you could be missing. |
| your car, from a 2-wheel drive to a 4x4 car, | | | | So what if the fuel consumption is not quite as |
| what are the differences and do you really need | | | | good as the 2-wheel drive car and the |
| a 4x4 car? | | | | maintenance is more costly? There are many |
| Why are 4x4 cars so popular? Partly because | | | | other benefits. You cannot put a value on human |
| they are a heavier vehicle and so give a certain | | | | life and with the number of accidents these days |
| measure of safety in road accidents. And even | | | | increasing it pays to get the safest vehicle you |
| though the romance attached to owning such a | | | | can afford. And because they are higher off the |
| car means that you think you will go to all those | | | | ground 4x4 cars are much easier it get in and out |
| off-road places you see in the ads, the truth is | | | | of. |
| that few 4x4 car owners ever actually take their | | | | |