Arguably one of the toughest models to come from Toyota, the Land Cruiser is favoured by those venturing into the most trialling terrains for its never-die attitude. Well, this viral video proves it can’t be killed.
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Donned in traditional, boxy bodywork, the Land Cruiser has become a staple of durability and reliability. From farms in South Africa to dunes in the Middle East, the aged albeit refreshed model is a firm favourite with its buyers for its no-quit attitude. Several viral videos on social media show mangled bakkies moving on their own steam down a road and into a Toyota-branded building that could be an Arab dealership. Details are limited but it is presumably somewhere in the Middle East where these undying bakkies have found themselves.
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Both videos show the models in single-cab and double-cab guise trundling down the street with severely damaged bodywork. Caved rooves, buckled A, B and C pillars and flattened load beds constitute the external damage visible. By no means road legal yet still able to move in a relatively straight line.
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Tafheet, colloquially known as Arab drifting or Saudi drifting would likely be where these bakkies had their bodywork unwillingly re-moulded. The type of street racing subculture has non-modified vehicles of all shapes and sizes being flung across several highway lanes, with traffic, barriers and spectators all within a few metres of the dangerous theatrics. Based on the severity of the damage seen in these videos, this would be the likely reason as opposed to a rollover on the soft sand dunes of the region.
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