Watch a team of divers, engineers, and off-roaders drive a 1978 Toyota Land Cruiser on the ocean floor for over 4 miles in world record attempt.
across Darwin Harbor in Australia. Rather than drive the SUV across a bridge, the aim was to drive it 30 meters deep—almost 100 feet—along the ocean floor on a 4.3 mile trip from one end of the harbor to the other. On a ferry boat, that trip only takes a few minutes. Though, as you might guess taking the same trip while driving a car underwater takes quite a bit longer., we're pretty sure it won't be able to do in stock form.
If you're wondering how a combustion engine even functioned deep under water like that the answer is that it didn't. The '78 LandCruiser was powered by a special water-proof electric motor instead. That's right, they drove an electric car underwater. To help keep the car weighed down each tire was filled with 330 pounds of water. As mind-blowing as this feat sounds, it's not the first time it's been attempted.
This reminds us of another underwater off-roader, when our own Dirt Every Day put a Cummins diesel in a special Jeep and drove it under water a few years ago. You can
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