Toyota versus the Volcano

Toyota has got one over nature by driving a Hilux up the side of the Icelandic volcano.

Iceland's Eyjafallajokull volcano may have grounded flights, but clearly it was no match for an off-roader.

The Hilux is the pick-up that Top Gear famously could not destroy and which was the first car to be driven across the Arctic to the Magnetic North Pole.

So scientists in Iceland used one to set up monitoring equipment before the long-dormant mountain blew its top and sent a vast cloud of ash 30,000 feet into the sky.

The vehicles used for the expedition were prepared by specialist firm Arctic Trucks to the same extreme environment specification as the Top Gear Hilux.

Thanks to giant low pressure 38-inch tyres, the Hilux made its way safely through ice and snow towards the volcano's fiery heart.
Source:  Indiacar.com Source : http://www.newcarnet.co.uk (4/21/2010)