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Welcome to the
English corner of Jeepolog.com,
Israel's premier off-road and 4X4 website.
Quick facts about this
website:
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The language on this website is
Hebrew.
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The main subject in Jeepolog is
Tech - building jeeps and other 4X4's, maintenance, fabrication,
lifts, lockers etc... Not unlike other hardcore 4X4 websites in
the world!
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Unfortunately, only select pages
which we think may have an international appeal are translated
to English... sorry!
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If you stumbled upon an
interesting page through google image search or such, and would
like to know what the %$## is in the picture, drop us a line - [email protected] and
we'll get back to you - maybe we'll find time to translate if
you think it's interesting!
Quick facts about 4X4 in
Israel:
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In Israel the word "Jeep" is used
generically to describe any 4X4 vehicle.
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However, locally assembled CJ and
YJ-L "Storm" Jeeps are the most popular hard-core trail rigs.
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Approximately half of Israel is
desert - the Negev and Judea
deserts, rich in natural beauty, historical trails and
archeoligical sites dating back to biblical times.
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In Israel virtually no open land
is privately owned or closed to travel. Freedom to roam off-road
is well established.
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On the downside, government
taxes cars, fuel and everything that has to do with them
heavily. The cost of maintaining a Jeep in Israel (normalized by
income) is many times higher than in the US.
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So we have less jeeps, older and
not as well built - but we have lots of trails to explore!
English Articles:
Military Vehicle Field Manuals and Hebrew Service manuals for
Israely armed forces tactical Jeeps and trucks
 Z-Com
fast attack vehicle: Israely proposal for V22 ITV future special
forces vehicle
Ido
Cohen, famed off-road racer and fabricator from Pardes Hanna,
Israel, has teamed up with Can-Am to build Z-Com, a 4 seat highly
manuvarable, internally transportable vahicle for the next
generation of special operations based on the V22 Osprey tilt-rotor
aircraft.
June 2013 /
Jeepolog.com
 AIL Storm 3
Type R
- world exclusive road test
Three years have passed
since Jeep J8 (Storm 3 in IDF parlance) squeezed our old Jeepers
hearts, and made us dubb it "best ever" Jeep. And now they've gone
and made it better, the old school way - take useless stuff off, give it
big tires...
July 2012 / Story &
photo: N. Meller
Zibar-M Mk2 Light Strike Vehicle, first impressions
The latest military vehicle from
Israel, Zibar-M is both fast and off-road capable...
March 2010 /Story: N.Meller /
Photos: A.Katzir
 AIL
Storm 3, AKA Jeep J8 - world exclusive road test
We take the Israely
Armed Forces new Jeep to the heart of the desert, to find a most
refined companion - a true Jeep. Too bad we can't buy one for
ourselves.
April 2009 / Story & photo:
A.Katzir
ZIBAR-M,
new light reconnaissance vehicle - world exclusive unveiling
Exclusive first pictures
of Zibar-M, a new high performance off-road platform for the border
observation and patrol mission.
June
2008/ N.Meller
Dror Cohen's Chevrolet T1 Dakar racer - first look under the skin
Disabled ex fighter pilot Dror Cohen makes his second attempt at the
ultimate race in the most impressive racer built in Israel to date.
This Chevy powered, 4wd Ido Cohen creation tests awesome...
October 2007
/ N.Meller
Storm M240 Mk2, Israel's Military
Jeep - exclusive test drive
We drive
Israel's new standard military Jeep, the TJ-L Storm Mk2
October 2007 / A.Katzir
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