Toyota Hilux Meets Its Match
March 7th, 2008 11:10 AM
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Jeremy Clarkson is wrong! Top Gear demonstrated the Toyota Hilux survives drowning, fire, a tree, a wrecking ball, and the destruction of a skyscraper. However, the one thing he didn't try was handing it over to the average American Airmen/Soldier. Just like the Nissan Urvan, the Hilux' manual transmission couldn't handle the abuse heaped on it by America's finest and ended up with stripped synchronizers and chipped gears. To rectify the situation, the USAF recently purchased a fleet of Chevrolet Silverado Z71 6.0-liter uber-trucks for several deployed locations, with automatic transmissions, and push-button four-wheel drive. I wonder how those would hold up to Jeremy Clarkson?
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I agree with the others. Not to bag on our armed forces, but tranny problems like that are usually operator error.
Yep, they don't know how to drive a standard. Not a surprise.
They'd better order the beefed up suspension to handle Clarkson's fat, fish-n-chips eatin a$$.
Agreed. Comparing the reliability of an automatic to a manual is apples and oranges. The Hilux automatic (if such a thing exists), would stand up to USAF abuse just as well. Of course, an automatic would never survive the same things that Hilux did. Nor, sadly, would a modern Hilux. Crumple zones would pancake any modern truck.