4x4

The Hummers H1, H2 and H3 are all monsters. The H1 is unbeatable off-road, far from beaten tracks, whereas its little brother, the H2, seems more like a huge car than a tank.

A motocross track in Marburg, Germany, is the unlikely location for the "Buschtaxi-Treffen", where owners of all sorts of Toyota offroad vehicles meet and celebrate their passion.

The Unimog is a true offroad all-rounder. For more than 60 years, the Mercedes Unimog has been the epitome of a rather sedate but immensely reliable 4x4 workhorse.

At the "Battle of Kings" event at the beaches of Ibiza, the world's best motor racing drivers showed their skills for a good cause, in supports of the "Wings for Life" foundation.

We accompanied a group of cyclists on their adventurous charity tour down the Panamericana from Alaska to Tierra de Fuego who were backed up by several VW California 4Motion vans.

At the "Hummer World Run", the first international Humvee convention near Munich, Germany, fans of the US brand witnessed 200 Hummers in a cross-country extravaganza.

The tuners from TechArt in Germany beefed up the Porsche 911 Turbo to the max, and their 580 hp monster was taken to the road.

500 km of sand, the Primm 300 is the world's toughest desert rally. European Rally champ Armin Schwarz has a tough challenge from first prep & trial runs to the finish line.

It's SUVenture with offroad legend Duncan Barbour who took a group of men to the desert and mountains of Oman testing the off-road capabilities of the Mercedes Benz SUV range.

The Porsche Cayenne Turbo S and the Mercedes ML 63 AMG are two street-legal monsters with earth-shattering power and performance. We put these over-the-top SUVs to the test.

Australia's North-East is famous for lush rain forests, national parks and incredible wildlife. We accompanied German outback off-road adventurers Katrin and Uli on their tour.