Toyota Hilux
The Toyota Hilux is a little-known pickup in the states simply because it was only briefly sold on U.S. soil as the generic-sounding “Toyota Pickup” – but it’s so reliable and it carries such a reputation for toughness that it deserves an honorable mention on our list. The Hilux has seen use in nearly every climate, including the bullet hole-ridden mountains of Afghanistan, the conflicted streets of Iraq, the tundra of the North Pole, and even the simmering grounds of an active, lava-spewing volcano. If that all sounds very Hollywood, it’s because it is (minus the Afghanistan and Iraq parts, that’s very much real). The team over at Top Gear tried to “kill” a Hilux by taking it to said destinations, dropping it from a crane, and dunking it in the ocean. Even mangled and deformed, the Hilux lived on.