The Ultimate Factory 4x4 Shootout - Four Wheeler Magazine
com and invited every current 4x4 offered with a factory off-road package to Michigan to battle head-to-head for off-road package supremacy. For this test, we developed simple testing criteria that included four major scoring categories, each worth 25 percent of the total score. Off-Road Package Content took in to account the upgrades and features of each off-road package. Vehicle Operation judged the vehicles off-highway performance and the functionality of its 4x4 systems, and finally, Trail Testing is how well the vehicle responded in real-world wheeling. > Answering our invite was Ford with the ’12 F-150 SVT Raptor, Jeep with a ’13 Wrangler Rubicon, Nissan with a pair of entries in the Frontier PRO-4X and Xterra PRO-4X, Ram with a ’12 Power Wagon, and Toyota sending the company’s 4Runner Trail and... Once our field of seven was assembled, we took over Chrysler’s Chelsea Proving Grounds in Chelsea, Michigan, for performance and trail testing. > To expand our testing outside of the controlled environment of a proving ground, we also took our fleet of four wheelers to the popular Mounds Off-Road. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
