Yes it is a 4 x 4. Prior to us digging ice away, despite what the picture looks like, it was hard enough to stand! Foolish me though that traction control was going to get us up the hill, but 'laughing boy'(my youngest son) with a Land Rover Discovery 4, and lots of proper off road training Advised NO, switch it off and 'welly' it, which worked a treat. Live and learn, I say.