Pickup Truck takes on a Volcano
Tuesday 29 June 2010 | By Colin WingfieldBack to Newsroom
Those of you who tried to cheer themselves up Sunday evening following England's departure from the World Cup may have turned to BBC 2 for the return of the ever popular 'Top Gear' motoring programme.
Despite claims in the press that, horror of horrors, Top Gear was going 'serious', there was no need to worry as James May decided to get himself a paperweight in the form of a lump of molton lava from the slopes of the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull.
The vehicle he chose for the journey was identical to that used on last year's Top Gear Polar Challenge, a specially adapted Toyota Hilux from Arctic Trucks, which featured a unique attachment - a water and vodka tyre cooling system supplied from a barrel on the rear of the truck!
