Are you a Texan with a dune buggy? If so, there has been some bad news brewing for some time – and things have come to a head now. Texan authorities started revoking titles and registrations of dune buggies and sand rails, citing their lack of “key safety components” or “a body at all”. It’s […]
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Bad Buggies and Ballyhoo: Bashing through the Desert in VW-Powered Off-Roaders
– If Baja California resembles a dog’s hind leg, then Ensenada would lie near the top rear of its thigh, while La Paz finds itself nestled in a crook at the top of its toes. In 1967, a motley crew of dudes set off down the peninsula in search of glory and bragging rights. There […]
Deadly dune buggies: Army tests vehicles for 21st-century combat
Two dune buggies crest a hill at Fort Sill, Okla. These aren’t recreational 4x4s, but military prototypes with a definite job: to help the U.S. Army develop a next-generation fighting vehicle. They are Polaris MRZRs, outfitted with radar domes, electronic jamming equipment, video monitors and various sizes and styles of antennae that sprout from the […]