It’s a four door, five-seater with air conditioning, a rooftop tent, a truck ... In 1999, Polaris launched the first modern side-by-side with the Ranger, a utilitarian machine with a small ...

Polaris, which introduced its first side-by-side—the Ranger RZR—in 2007 ... Ours was packed with Polaris's roof-top tent, mounted on an aluminum Rhino-Rack platform atop the cabin.

Helping facilitate this is the optional Rhino Rack roof rack and Polaris-branded rooftop tent. The combination ... a 1999 Ford Ranger that eventually transformed into a capable desert pre-runner ...

Unzipping the door flap of my rooftop tent ... test the capabilities of Polaris’ newly minted third class of side-by-sides? First, in 1999, came the utility-minded Ranger, used on ranches ...

However, the 142-pound Polaris rooftop tent on top of an already over 6-foot tall vehicle made me feel tippy on tight turns, and it turns out my suspicions weren’t unfounded. Polaris engineers used ...