Toyota Tundra Tows Endeavor Shuttle
erco
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The sideshow starts October 13, when a "bone stock" Toyota Tundra tows the space shuttle Endeavor through the streets of LA to the California Science Center. Will the shuttle be festooned in "protective" blankets with Coca Cola logos? Tune in and find out who's the highest bidder!
http://www.toyota.com/tundraendeavour Toyota's painfully slow-loading website
http://www.toyota.com/tundraendeavour Toyota's painfully slow-loading website
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Not that I don't like Toyota. It just dosent seem right! American automakers should of never let this happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1GK00oe170
The next thing you might see is NASA as a brand name for some Asian running shoes. Gawd the world changes too quickly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Tundra
Cheers, Jen J.
But we all know that Made in America is a rather dubious claim in the automotive industry as nothing is 100% made in the USA. It is assembled in America with parts from all over.
I suspect that the Tata Nano may be closer to 100% made in India. But the 36 or so horsepower wouldn't pull a space shuttle. I am sure that the British would be upset if they had a Rover pulling something as symbolic. After all, Rovers are now an India company.
From http://news.discovery.com/space/toyota-tundra-to-tow-shuttle-endeavour-121013.html :
During the final 400 meters of its trek, Endeavour's computerized Over Land Transporter (that was used to carry the shuttle for the majority of its journey from LAX) will be disengaged and a 2012 Toyota Tundra CrewMax pickup truck will be used to haul the shuttle, ensuring Endeavour arrives at its retirement home in style.
So the Toyota pulled it downhill?
Could be a reason it's called a "Toy"ota...
C.W.
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/10/15/time-lapse-video-space-shuttle-endeavours-trek-across-l-a/
A Quad-Rover would have been much better.