- Primary Subject: Over the Hill (Funselektor), October 30, 2026 update
- Key Update: All 21 of Over the Hill's unlicensed vehicles trace back to real 4x4s, from the 1945 Dodge Power Wagon to the 1990 Ford Explorer.
- Status: Evergreen
- Last Verified: November 12, 2026
- Quick Answer: Over the Hill's 21 vehicles are unlicensed takes on real 4x4s, including the Toyota FJ40, Land Rover Defender, Ford Bronco, Lada Niva, and Mercedes-Benz Unimog.
Like art of rally before it, over the hill has no real badges, and Funselektor has never said which vehicles its 21 off-roaders are based on.
The garage descriptions give most of them away anyway. The Roamer's text says it ended up "carrying tourists through a slightly mismanaged dinosaur park," and anyone who has seen Jurassic Park knows exactly which Ford that is.
The Protector is the one I maxed out on my first playthrough. I own a Classic Defender in LEGO form, really because that shape is just iconic to me.
Maybe one day I can own one and deal with head gasket issues myself, but for now, over the hill has been the next best thing.
Funselektor's Steam page promises "iconic 4x4 vehicles from the 60s to 80s." That holds for most of the roster, though a few trucks from the 1940s and 1950s and one from the 1990s slipped through.
Trail Class
The Ding (Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40). A starter, and the short-wheelbase 40 Series Toyota put on sale in August 1960. It lasted into the mid-1980s in Japan, and Brazil kept building its Bandeirante cousin until 2001.
The Protector (Land Rover Defender 90). The second starter. Its description credits coil springs, which arrived on the One Ten in 1983 and the Ninety in 1984. The Defender name only came in 1990, and the last one left Solihull on January 29, 2016.
The Trailrat (International Harvester Scout). The third starter. IH announced the Scout on November 21, 1960, and the game's line about an engine made "by essentially chopping a larger one in half" describes the Scout 80's four-cylinder, which was half an IH V8.
The Brick (Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series). Its own text calls it the update to The Ding, which is exactly what Toyota did on November 2, 1984. By 2010, Toyota had built more 70s than 40s.
The Polyana (Lada Niva). AvtoVAZ started building the Niva on April 5, 1977, and still does. The in-game text brags about Everest Base Camp, and a real Niva got there in 1988.
The Bull v1 (Ford Bronco). The first-generation Bronco, revealed on August 11, 1965, and sold through 1977. The "v1" gives the generation away, and a bull is just another rodeo animal.
The Tinny (Land Rover Series II). I don't know old Land Rovers well enough to tell a Series II from a IIA, but the 88-inch Series II arrived in April 1958 and the IIA in 1961. The aluminum body panels likely explain the name.
Das Lynx (Volkswagen Iltis). Iltis is German for polecat, so Funselektor swapped one small predator for another. Audi built it for the Bundeswehr from 1978, and Iltis entries finished first, second, fourth, and ninth at the 1980 Paris-Dakar.
Das Wombat (Mercedes-Benz G-Class). The W460 premiered in Toulon in February 1979 and went into production in Graz the same month.
The Bundeswehr later replaced the Iltis with a G-Class it called the "Wolf," so the real Wombat took the real Lynx's job.
Wagon Class
The Trail Burner (Chevrolet K5 Blazer). Chevrolet shortened its K10 pickup and made the roof removable to create the 1969 Blazer. Trail Burner is a short hop from Trailblazer.
The Woodman (Kaiser Jeep Wagoneer). Brooks Stevens styled it for the 1963 model year, and Jeep credits it with the first automatic transmission in a 4x4. Kaiser built it until AMC bought the company in 1970.
The Grand Woodman (Jeep Grand Wagoneer). The game says The Woodman "grew up" but kept much of the same old machinery, which sums up the 1984 Grand Wagoneer. Chrysler was in charge by the time the last one was built on June 21, 1991.
The Roamer (Ford Explorer). The dinosaur park car. Ford introduced the Explorer on March 15, 1990, as a 1991 model, which makes The Roamer the only vehicle in the game from the 1990s.
The Cumbre (Chevrolet K10). Chevrolet's square-body pickup, which the game files under Wagon despite the cargo bed. The K stood for four-wheel drive, and the square body arrived for the 1973 model year.
Workhorse Class
The Burro (Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45). The long-wheelbase 40 Series. Toyota added an even longer chassis for export pickups in 1963, and a burro is a pack animal, so the name suits the job.
The Blast Wagon (Dodge Power Wagon). Ram calls the Power Wagon "the first mass-production 4x4 pickup" and dates it to 1945. US sales ran until 1968, its only tie to the 60s.
Das Rust Ox (Mercedes-Benz T2). Mercedes' "Düsseldorfer" van arrived in 1967. The game's version is a retired diesel turned camper, right down to a shelf for keeping biscuits intact.
The Timberbox (International Harvester R-140). There was no 4x4 Travelall in the R-series era, which leaves the 1954 R-140 woody wagons built for the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Only three to five were made, which matches the game's "only a handful."
The Boar (Volvo TP21). Swedes nicknamed the TP21 "Sugga," meaning sow, so a boar is the obvious counterpart. Volvo built 720 for the Swedish Army between 1953 and 1958, using the body of the PV831 taxi.
Expedition Class
Das Mammoth (Mercedes-Benz Unimog). The game calls it "part tractor, part truck and part toolbox." The first Unimog prototype drove on October 9, 1946, and Daimler-Benz took over production at Gaggenau in 1951.
The Marshal (Land Rover 101 Forward Control). Land Rover built it to tow the British Army's 105 mm L118 Light Gun. The owners' club register counts 2,669 built, and none were sold new to the public.
A Few of These Classics Never Retired
Toyota brought the 70 Series back to Japan in 2023, and AvtoVAZ started building an updated Niva Legend on July 20, 2026, nearly 50 years after the first.
Mercedes still sells the G-Class and spent 2026 celebrating the Unimog's 80th birthday. Funselektor filled its garage with old trucks, and four of their real counterparts are still in production.
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