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  |   Toyota Hilux fails the elk test. -
01-22-2008, 09:54 AM
Oh dear... Bad news for almighty Toyota. ______________________ The "invincible", "only car to reach to the North-Pole" and "Every terrorist runabout", the Toyota Hilux, failed the elk test done by the Swedish motor magazine "Teknikens Värld" (English: "World of Technology"); the same Swedish motor magazine that rolled over the Mercedes A-Class (W168) in the elk test back in 1997. The other pick-up truck is a Mitisubishi L200 which has an Electronic Stability Program (ESP) as standard. The Hilux is the one that nearly rolled over and it doesn't have ESP not even as an optional extra. Sources: - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (Spanish) - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (English) ________________________ I'm very surprised no one posted a thread on this subject before... |
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| Re: Toyota Hilux fails the elk test. -
01-22-2008, 11:30 AM
Just wondering, do people really drive like that in a pickup?  I remember when Auto Motor und Sport slammed the Land Rover Defender for failing the Elk Test. In the next issue they published a lot of reader comments which said that nobody who buys this car will expect it to handle well. I guess if you drive this Hilux "normally", nothing can happen.  |
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| Re: Toyota Hilux fails the elk test. -
01-22-2008, 11:45 AM
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01-22-2008, 11:59 AM
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| Re: Toyota Hilux fails the elk test. -
01-22-2008, 12:21 PM
A modern car should be safe. However everybody also knows pick-up are pieces of crap... What surprises me is more how well the Mitsu reacts, I think Toyota has not changed enough and the Hilux is still an old-scholl, outdated pick-up compared to Mitsu and Nissan. Toyota is often in the garbage bin those times I find... |
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