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Some vehicles do build up a reputation, they do. Take Toyota's Hilux, for instance. The legendary pick-up that Top Gear simply could not destroy and which was the first car to be driven across the Arctic to the Magnetic North Pole has added another feather to its cap, this time at Eyjafallajökull.

The pickup proved the perfect transport for scientists racing to set up monitoring equipment on the Icelandic volcano, just hours before the long-dormant mountain erupted and brought chaos to the skies of Europe.

The vehicles used for the expedition were prepared by specialist firm Arctic Trucks to the same extreme environment specification as the Hilux used by Jeremy Clarkson and James May for their historic polar expedition.

With giant low pressure 38-inch tyres, the go-anywhere Hilux had the measure of every challenge in its path as it made its way through ice and snow towards the volcano’s fiery heart. Just the sort of thing that helps the legend grow even more, yup.