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5P4C3M4N
Won’t even need a parachute to land and drive away
BandwagonBuccaneer
That username... +1
TheDoofenshmirtz
The Hilux would survive the landing even if the rocket went full throttle into Earth
TinPanWarrior
Username checks out
PressureWashington
I think I know where the Stig went off to... he's probably half-way to the moon by now.
PlbMak
Just another day in the life of a pickup truck.
Zyrin
Fake car, Went there and saw the script where they made it look like the car survived in order to drum up press /s
4sambucas
The 2nd season has already become better, but the old topgear is still my favorite show
gaarbo
i will forever drive toyota trucks.
geiokami
Please don’t, it would break the earth....
BLOOD4THEBLOODGOD
I swear that truck is made of Nokia phones.
sweatybuttcrack
An extremely memorable episode
Wolfgangschmidtlap
ButtFlapsMcgee
I miss my truck :(
Gianttesticlemonster
Real talk. When the nukes star falling, this will be better than every bomb shelter
Armorfinish
Or like any Volvo just sayin'
mdzmdz
playstation360
Wasn't that a Robin though?
Hybris51129
Yes
Hybris51129
Back when the BBC knew that Top Gear was their go to money maker.
KAPTAINKAMIKAZEE
a Robin in space would still tip over as much as any normal robin
NatesSauceLab
Can attest-- we had one roll 2.5 times down a mountain and then start up and drive away. Body was destroyed... but it drove.
Yorkshirepudd
I saw this at the studio back in 2014.. pretty cool to look at
MathIsAMess
Anyone remember the actual episode number so I can watch again?
lspec
Season 3, episodes 5 & 6
MetroidNinja
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Fantasydrawings
Thank you!
Tchjos20
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Kopar
Such an epic episode. I still wonder about that old Toyota and which vault dweller will get it going again.
ntredwell73
They put it onto a tall building, then demolition leveled it found the truck flipped it over and it started and moved. Great show
supersomatic
and in Fast and the Furious 22 a car jumped from one building to another in Dubai
Sonic5039
Effbeei
Too be fair it did break down multiple times, but they were only allowed to use simple tools go get it running again
veritas1980
"you can fix it with a hammer" -Clarkson
cyno01
Also parked it on shore at low tide. Broke free of the anchors and took them longer to get it back. Took mechanic like 3 hours to start it.
WARHAMMER405
They also set it in fire, hit it with a wrecking ball, and ran it into a tree.
RatedEForEveryone
If Jeremy Clarkson was in the tesla reading 'Don't Panic'
HeadlessCross
I always upvote Top Gear!
jinbee
Don't want to be that guy but there does appear to be an extra roll cage welded to it, and windscreen bracing.
Ruppies
I just scrolled up and definitely a roll cage/ welded steel pipes bolted to the base. No doubt a big help
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
I don't understand. Can someone link a YT video on what's going on with the truck?
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
It was an episode where they took a second hand Toyota Hilux and fucked it up royally. Still got the engine to start
themuttonisniceandlean
It was a 2 part episode where they challenge the durability of the Toyota Hilux and put it through crazy tests and it still starts. S3 E5&6
SPECTREagent
There's a reason they're about as popular as Kalashnikov rifles in Middle Eastern war zones.
silentwolf1999
Cheap, reliable, easy to work on.
Sm9yCg
Just coat it with old Nokia phones.
Negative1mAMeatPopsicle
Ah the invincible Toyota hilux!
Spacebandit
Saw that episode and went and bought a tacoma. We don't have a hilux in Canada
chupathingy99
I really want one but I don't think they make them in America.
YouAreDumb1
All American toyota pickups until 1995.5 were the same as a Hilux. USA just called them the pickup.
eggmuffin
They did find a dead Toyota pickup truck in Namibia. Though it wasn't a Hilux.
audioknob
Why not combine the two? Old hilux, electric power train.... It'd sell... Maybe.
AwYissMFBreadCrumbs
Toybota!!!
TsubakiTragic
Sales of Hilux went thru the roof after the boys did this test.
Skizzlesnap
Truck of choice for ISIS and freedom fighters the world over. So much so that the government questioned them over it.
Blackrain39
Unless you try to make it amphibious.
PVGames
I read that as Toyota Horcrux
FistingWithJalapenoDoritoFingers
Is the truck made of Nokia? Or the Nokia made of truck?
likehelly
the Toyota Nokia Tonka edition
BobMaloogaloogaloogaloogalooga
The Toyota Nokia. I would buy one.
palaces
Easily the strongest tech around
DukeDarkwood
But is it stronger than Nintendium?
MasonsRoomate
One of the best episodes they ever did.
Hoop66
I hate Top Gear, but even I enjoyed the stuff with that pickup
Skynet2xx
That and the reliant robin, classic episodes.
rubberotter
I can still hear the music..
WookieJebus
That truck would have survived being strapped to booster #3
GnomeDeGuerre
A very good example on following through on a question.
WaggyTails
Which season\episode ?
DumbledoresHairyNipple
Series 3, Episodes 5&6
JayEnfield
You guys remember the episode where the TG team tore a Tesla a new asshole for no discernable reason?
Chainsawsforarms
First Tesla was fairly garbage tbf, couple that with Clarkson being very traditional with his views on electric
CacheMonet
Clarkson was not a fan, but several points were perfectly valid. Roadster 1 was a low volume, expensive, unreliable car built on a Lotus 1/2
CacheMonet
2/2 so it was no surprise that a fat, old, stubborn journalist got mean. Elon's targeted reaction video was a little unnecessary IMO
njc1230
My dad still contends that Toyota should have sent them a check. Best endorsement of a vehicle in history!
Hyippy
Can't be doing that on the BBC. They have really strict laws on it.
sonikkuruzu
A US advert for the Hilux featured Top Gear footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVqQw1OCMXg
KAPTAINKAMIKAZEE
"automotive experts" lol
UnemployedReceptionist
Part 1: >>https://youtu.be/xnWKz7Cthkk part 2: https://youtu.be/xTPnIpjodA8 psrt 3: https://youtu.be/kFnVZXQD5_k
pantsaflame
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mepechedode
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DobryPolak
You are a true hero.
DobryPolak
Wasn’t it multiple episodes? That thing is a legend.
cyno01
It was originally in a couple episodes in a season, but a compressed version was in some best of greatest hits things too.
cobaltsodiumnitrogen
Yes, it was started in one and they demolished the building under it in the next episode
GrampaJack
They tried to drown it too!
RepresentativeOfNorway
And with only basic tools they revived it no problem
captbananapants
Got washed up shore xD
whoaiknowkungfu
Eventually Toyota saw this and came out with a model known as the Hilux Invincible.
LastElf
I bought an old diesel Hilux as my first car because of this episode
geiokami
Any Toyota would be just as good, it’s the brand not the individual vehicle.
Emulen
But diesel is the fuel of Satan
undungubungu
Are you by any chance an african warlord?
GrampaJack
Lucky! Those cost upwards of $50K in America.
Titsonthewing
Most of that is wrapped up in import fees and taxes. Since small diesel pickups weren't available until recently in the US.
LastElf
Mine was 6k AUD and was an imported 4runner... Not as good as the Top Gear one but still a good first car
GrampaJack
Lucky you! The Hilux was never a U.S. truck so they are all special order imports here.
LastElf
There's the 4runner and Surf, I had a Surf which had a Japanese VIN. Mechanic hated it cause it's fiddly AF, but it served well until my MX5
GrampaJack
Can only imagine how much a Holden Ute SS would cost here...