Though you can reach parts of this coast by air, on regional flights out of Perth, the best way to get there is by loading up a four-wheel drive and hauling north.

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Carino Vanorden, 24, was at the wheel Wednesday night when a trailer hauling crushed cars broke free of the big rig that was pulling it, cut across a rural, two-lane road and slammed into the minivan, his mother Kate Vanorden of Fayetteville said.

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But they had been working independently on rear-wheel-drive systems that would make pickups and suvs more fuel-efficient without sacrificing consumer demands for hauling big loads and towing trailers.

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