4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 2007
NAMED MODELSpecial · Expedition & CampersIcelandJapan

Hilux Arctic Trucks AT38.

The Icelandic conversion of the Hilux for snow and ice: the Arctic Trucks AT38 on 38-inch tyres with widened arches, re-geared axles and a raised body, which reached the magnetic north pole in 2007 and the South Pole in 2010, and now supports Antarctic stations.

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Sources & evidence
Hilux Arctic Trucks AT38 — <a href="http://www.arctictrucks.com">Arctic Trucks</a> at the expedition to the maginetic North Pole with car magazine Top Gear.Wapster · CC BY 2.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEHilux 4WD (N30–N40)BUILT BYToyota Motor Corporation, Arctic TrucksIN SERVICE2007OPERATED INIceland, NorwayPRODUCTIONHundredsLAYOUT4 wheels · 103″

The record

Arctic Trucks of Reykjavík converts Hiluxes for glacier and polar travel; the AT38 Hiluxes of the 2007 Top Gear polar special and of the 2010 Indian and Norwegian South Pole expeditions were the first cars to drive to the pole, and the AT44 has since served the Antarctic science programmes of several nations.

Specification

MANUFACTURERToyota Motor Corporation ↗, Arctic Trucks ↗
Reykjavík, Iceland (on Toyota Hilux)
MANUFACTURED2007–present
ENGINE3.0-litre 1KD-FTV and 2.8-litre 1GD-FTV turbo-diesel four
PRODUCTION RUNHundreds
COUNTRY OF ORIGINIceland
OPERATED INIceland, Norway
STATUSin production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEHilux 4WD
FAMILYHilux 4WD
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE103″
BODY STYLEpickup
CATEGORYSpecial · Expedition & Campers

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Sources

  1. 1Arctic Trucks ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE
  2. 2Toyota Hilux ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched