Starting Monday October 28th on the Motor Trend Channel, Peterson’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road presents Ultimate Adventure 2013. Each year Editor-in-Chief Rick Péwé hand picks a small group of lucky readers and takes them on the trip of a lifetime along with the staff and a group of sponsors. A new destination is chosen each year and kept as a closely guarded secret, but regardless of where they are on the map the week-long off-road journey covers over 1,000 miles of mud, rock, sand, trees, and asphalt while camping through several states. The motto for UA is “No Whining”, and everyone has to be entirely self-sufficient and no trailers are allowed.... Read More

On this episode of HOT ROD Unlimited, we join up with TireRack.com to test six handling-oriented, street-legal performance tires on one car at one track and with one driver to name the winner. In the process, we show you a ridiculous four-door, big-block powered 1970 Plymouth Satellite that outruns a BMW on Tire Rack’s test track! We also name a winner in the tire test, which includes the BFGoodrich G-Force Rival, Dunlop Direzza Z11, Hankook Ventus R-S3 z222, Michelin Pilot Super Sport, Falken Azenis RK615k, and Nitto NT05.... Read More