April brings more trails to discover, new 4x4 models to review and plenty of news from the off-roading scene. So, of course, it also brings another packed issue of Overlander 4x4 for our eagerly awaiting readers!

Haters gonna hate… but why so much is thrown in the direction of off-roading hobbyists is a bit of a quandary. Green Lane Defender talks us through some of the possible reasons and how best to deflect it when it comes your way.

Nissan were on a mission to show us just how much traction their e-4orce electric all-wheel drive system can keep even on incredibly troublesome surfaces like, oh let’s say, a frozen lake in Finland! A reasonably short flight and several pairs of ‘big boy’ pants later, Alan Kidd tells of his experience navigating said lake with an X-Trail and an Ariya for company and a promise from Nissan that the e-4orce transmission set-up is second-to-none.

Traversing the Rubicon Trail is probably the world’s most famous off-road challenge, so we take a look at it’s long history and the people that paved the way for Jeep lovers to flock there in search of it’s renowned and rugged naked rock.

Put off by the extortionate price of owning a Toyota Land Cruiser, John Pinder turned to a 1993 Defender as his Plan B – and what a proper powerhouse of a plan it turned out to be with a little help from his fiend Leigh Platts and plenty of modifications. Find out what the pair did to the original to create the Aussie-ute-looking machine that roped in crowds all day long at the Newark Great British Land Rover Show.

With all of this, the latest news, in-depth reviews and much, much more, the April Issue of Overlander 4x4 leaves no road unexplored.