Comments on: Top Gear’s Polar Toyota Hilux

By: vaz2108

vaz2108 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:38:02 +0000

there is the proof mister Todd H + if you search a little bit on the net you will find more confirmations.
First Wikipedia is made by normal persons not the Lada company and second they do not tell that on the brochurer because the biggest part of 4×4 fans already know this is one of the best 4×4 in the market even if its they did not upgraded so much during these 30+ years of its existence

http://www.ladaniva.co.uk/baxter/resources/LadaOddities.htm

By: vernon

vernon — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:42:59 +0000

hey guys! anyone who know the color code of this red hilux? thx

By: Todd H

Todd H — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:44:03 +0000

Where is your proof vaz2108? If it were true you would think that Lada would put that bit of information on their brochures or in Wikipedia… Show us the proof to back up your claims…

By: vaz2108

vaz2108 — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:18:13 +0000

The first car that was driven to the nort pole was a Lada Niva in 2000. This is fake toyota wasn’t the first one to do this. They did it 7 years later in 2007 and was the second car to be driven there.

By: Todd H

Todd H — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:11:47 +0000

Yes, it is worth looking for to watch the episode. Another great one to watch is their South America run with a Range Rover, Toyota Land Cruiser and a Suzuki Samurai.

By: Askaer

Askaer — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:55:56 +0000

They did say in the program that it was the magnetic north pole..

By: Todd H

Todd H — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:11:55 +0000

This was probably their best show yet. Top Gear you are the best entertaining and adventuresome show on TV. Congratulations on being the first team to drive to the North Pole.

By: jsl123

jsl123 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:19:11 +0000

Dooooohhhhhh!
gman, before trying to teach Geography, I suggest you go and learn some! I’m not even going to start to explain or even understand your ignorance, but Eddie is completely correct; however, it does appear that (and why they didn’t explain this is unfathomable) they went to the Magnetic North Pole – not the same thing at all as the “North Pole”.

By: S. Forrest

S. Forrest — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:48:28 +0000

@gman: No, the North Pole is indeed at 90 degrees because that’s the bloody definition of the North Pole.

What the TopGear folks actually went to was the _Magnetic_ North Pole, though they inexplicably never clarified this. The Magnetic North Pole does not coincide with the “real” North Pole (i.e. the Geographic North Pole, at 90 degrees north), and even moves around from year to year.

The Magnetic North Pole is currently to be found amongst Canada’s Arctic islands and while quite inaccessible, is nowhere near as inaccessible as the _real_ North Pole, which is nowhere near any island. One might think, given Clarkson’s sneering reference to Al Gore’s claim of open water near the North Pole, that the Top Gear folks might have clarified the distinction between the two!

By: Cool Cars

Cool Cars — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:00:58 +0000

Love this and love Top Gear!