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Invincible Toyota Pick up Top Gear vid

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:25 am
by JMEaT
This version has the extended footage at the end of it on top of the building they blew up.

This is one of the reasons I only own Toyotas. :)

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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:37 am
by dundun
Great video, lot of fun.
me want hilux :roll:

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:48 pm
by Mobius
Had heard about this, but never seen it!

Awesome build quality.

For many years the Hilux has been the #1 farm truck in New Zealand, and they used to make crazy adds where the hilux would be climbing vertical walls, getting 40 feet of air, working like a submarine.

Turns out those adverts weren't faked after all! HEH!

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:22 pm
by Immortal Lobster
thats one hell of a truck :o

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 6:42 pm
by Capm
Bah, a Chevy Luv could do that.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:14 pm
by Escorter
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:59 pm
by Suncho
To be fair, they could have smashed it harder with the wrecking ball. It's not like they tried as hard as they could to kill it and then gave up.

Also, the top of the building was probably the safest place to put the truck. It's just like dropping it from that height. If they'd put it inside the building or next to the building, it would have had more debris falling on top of it.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:33 pm
by pATCheS
The concrete essentially made a cushion for it. If the truck were dropped to the ground from that height, there'd be no hope of it ever running again. It would probably be in many small pieces, apart from the body, which might still be slightly recognizable.

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:10 am
by Topher
That was fun to watch.