in 2003 BBC Top Gear decided to destroy a Toyota Hilux. This was to no succession. They tried everything, and tis quite remarkable how well it faired! They were not aloud to replace any parts and only use simple tools. They had to of course replace a windscreen. They tried the following:
Taking it to Bristol and:
Driving it down solid stone steps at 30mph
scraping against numerous walls
smashing it into a large oak tree at speed (locals moaned about damage to the 100 year old tree)
Strapping it down to a pier and letting the waves pound against it (the straps broke and it was smashed against all of the cliffs and rocks, and carried out to sea, and was recovered 5 hours later, drained, filled with diesel and it went first time)
Taking it back to the Guildford Studio:
They dropped it from a crane
Dropped a caravan onto the roof of it (a trailor)
hit it with a wrecking ball
drove it through a shed
Set fire to it
Hackney North London
Placed it atop a 240ft skyscraper which was blown up with high explosives, it fell with 12,000 tons od concrete, to the ground with a thud.
They pulled it down with an excavator and bashed it about a bit
It took a while to turn over, but it still started after all of that, and went up to 60mph. Here are the pictures. It is obviously sevrely damaged, but is in very good nick for what happened to it.
Sadly most of the pictures no longer work. But if you go on google images type in "top gear hilux" for all of the thumbnails. You can watch the 15 minuite video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD0UVI99R8Q It may seem long, but it is worth it! It is great! It destroys everything it comes across!
There is also a banned tv ad here, which is funny this is only about 30 secs but also worth it. This has nothing to do with the BBC show, but it is funny: http://www.videofoundry.co.nz/ianman/humour/bugger.html
Taking it to Bristol and:
Driving it down solid stone steps at 30mph
scraping against numerous walls
smashing it into a large oak tree at speed (locals moaned about damage to the 100 year old tree)
Strapping it down to a pier and letting the waves pound against it (the straps broke and it was smashed against all of the cliffs and rocks, and carried out to sea, and was recovered 5 hours later, drained, filled with diesel and it went first time)
Taking it back to the Guildford Studio:
They dropped it from a crane
Dropped a caravan onto the roof of it (a trailor)
hit it with a wrecking ball
drove it through a shed
Set fire to it
Hackney North London
Placed it atop a 240ft skyscraper which was blown up with high explosives, it fell with 12,000 tons od concrete, to the ground with a thud.
They pulled it down with an excavator and bashed it about a bit
It took a while to turn over, but it still started after all of that, and went up to 60mph. Here are the pictures. It is obviously sevrely damaged, but is in very good nick for what happened to it.
Sadly most of the pictures no longer work. But if you go on google images type in "top gear hilux" for all of the thumbnails. You can watch the 15 minuite video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD0UVI99R8Q It may seem long, but it is worth it! It is great! It destroys everything it comes across!
There is also a banned tv ad here, which is funny this is only about 30 secs but also worth it. This has nothing to do with the BBC show, but it is funny: http://www.videofoundry.co.nz/ianman/humour/bugger.html
