If you’re going into the desert, you definitely want a trusty companion with you. Nothing that’ll leave you stranded or give you trouble. As Top Gear proved, a Toyota Hilux is indestructible so that would naturally be your choice.

I thought so!

I love Americans and their veiw on size. Everything is relative as Einstein would put it.

Beautiful colour and a true American workhorse. Unfortunately, this car will for me always be associated with 50ies era films and bullies standing on the flat bed hauling rocks and bottles on some hapless victim of their racism or predjudice.

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 The best selling vehicle in the United States.The reason I tend to be so critical of these types of vehicles, especially in a developed country, is not the simplicity with which they are built, but rather the form and shape they carry. Considering that over 500 000 of the F-series is sold annually in the U.S., I wonder how many actually make use of the flatbed and its rugged charachter? Not nearly enough, I suspect. Instead they’re used to clog up the streets of inner city traffic. Continue reading…

Seen here with a slightly more aggresive front that standard, the Tundra was brought about to compete with Ford’s F150 – the best selling vehicle in the U.S for 26 consecutive years!
It’s a brilliant move by Toyota, copying the success of Ford. It also says something of the automotive climate in the U.S. when the two best selling vehicles during 2008 (and have so been for ages), were pick-up trucks and the best selling car, the Toyota Camry, come in a distant third.

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