The Toyota Hilux is indestructible. That theory was first tested by Britain’s acclaimed television show Top Gear, but that hardly compared to what YouTuber WhistlinDiesel did this past summer. After subjecting a Hilux pickup truck to an unfathomable amount of abuse, he took it to Moab and ran against a custom-built off-road machine in a feat you have to see to believe. Going up Hell’s Gate backwards? Yes, please. The grand finale was to deprive that poor-little-engine that-could of coolant, yet after miles of such abuse, it still started on the first try. The only thing left to do was drop it from 10,000 feet which finally did the trick.
A 1989 Hilux pulling a 30,000-lb gooseneck trailer before being shipped off to Moab – Credit: WhistlinDiesel
That demolished Hilux will now be made into scrap iron, which will perhaps be used to build another vehicle. It’s what the Sanskrit word Samsara encapsulates – the eternal cycle of life and rebirth – and a fitting word to name a company that expects to be adding value to humanity well beyond the lifespan of its founders.
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