Four Wheeler

I read many 4x4 magazines and have for over 25 years. I am not at all impressed with the current crop available, especially Four Wheeler. Primedia Publishing has bought out most of the automotive enthusiast magazines out there and now dominates the market. It's almost as bad as Microsoft, (i.e. as it's a Microsoft World).

Recent FourWheeler published the Four Wheeler of the Year Test and I received it with in 3 days of receiving my 4WheelDrive magazine with the same test. They both even had the same cover shot of the winning Soccer mom Station Wagon (maybe a fine vehicle but bad choice for a 4x4). Who are these testers, do they even live in the real world? Same vehicle won both tests and was on the cover of both mags. Inside the selection of articles were very similar and most case the same writing. My son and I both thought we had received duplicate copies of the same magazine. It was only by placing them side by side and comparing the cover names that we saw they were two separate magazines.

When Peterson Automotive Publishing (owners of the Famous Auto Museum in LA by the same name) put out the mags they were excellent articles with original content covering a wide variety of subjects related to each different magazine audience.

Then Emap bought out Peterson and quality declined somewhat. Then Primedia (a world wide publishing firm) bought them all out, and then quality went thru the floor.

Don't waste your money on these subscriptions until they can get the quality back up to where it was when Peterson published these titles. It's an insult to everyone to think they could pull off stunts such as this.

Buyer Beware!


FROM A READER   January 29, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a excelint magazine for those off-road enthueast. It gives helpful tips on four-wheeling that could help you out one day down the trail. Also the magazine gives revus about product that off-roaders might have, buy, or decided to get something because they thought it was an awsoam gadget.


too many jeeps!   June 10, 2002
Tisha Denniston (Portland Oregon)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

been a customer for years and also have been wheeling for years, its not that i have a problem with jeeps, But man you put a nice ford cover truck o my favorite chevys and the rest pertains to jeeps I have a full size 71 blazer and have been a few places over the year and theres alot of places so called jeeps couldnt touch, may i add i have owned 3 my self man can you find something more uncomfortable to drive and get in and out of. So other than that you guys also do some good oll muddin reveiws so i guess ill get yoused to seeing all those heeps oops jeeps
thanks and keep it flingin see ya Kenny Denniston


Four Wheeler   February 9, 2004
R. Cowan (Sierra Vista, AZ United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Great magazine.

I started to subscribe to one of the other 4X4 magazines then
noticed Four Wheeler.
This one fits my needs.

I have F150 4X4.
I don't do Jeeps. I rode in too many of them while active duty. Very uncomfortable.
This magazine seems to rotate toward full sized trucks.
Just what I like.


Four Wheeler Bible   March 22, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you are four wheel drive enthusiast, this is the only magazine you really need. I take nothing away from Petersen's Off-Road, IMHO Four Wheeler covers topics for top to bottom just a little better. There are sometimes too many features on vehicles out of the average enthusiast's price range, but it definitely gives you something to dream about. Four Wheeler is a great magazine that continues to get better. Get a copy at your local newstand and decide for yourself.