World record holding Toyota Tacoma Polar Expedition goes to auction - Gizmag
The 2010 Toyota Tacoma Polar Expedition as it will be auctioned is decked out in a NATO Green vinyl wrap over a Graphite interior with 14,281 miles on the odometer. The vehicle is powered by a 4. 0 liter TRD supercharged V6 engine producing 380 hp, but it is the modifications to the vehicle which are the most interesting and the truly priceless part of the package, as they were designed to work in the most... Roald Amundsen wrote about the first pioneering expedition in his book The South Pole : "I may say that this is the greatest factor – the way in which the expedition is equipped – the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions... To fully understand the extreme conditions faced by Amundsen and this Toyota Tacoma, it should be understood that Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest place on earth. It is more than just very cold (the highest temperature ever recorded at the pole is -13. 8° C and the world's coldest temperature was recorded in Antarctic at -89° C), but it also has many similarities to a desert climate, as air humidity is... The Polar Expedition Tacoma was designed and built with the help and vast experience of. Source: www.gizmag.com
