Arctic Trucks
| Founded | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Iceland, UK, Norway, Finland, Poland, Russia, UAE |
| Products | 4 wheel drive vehicle engineering |
| Website | www.arctictrucks.com |
Arctic Trucks is an international company founded in Iceland and with operations in the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, Poland, Russia and the United Arab Emirates. Arctic Trucks specialise in the re-engineering of four wheel drive vehicles to allow them to be used in the most challenging conditions.
They have supplied vehicles for a number of high-profile expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic.
In Iceland the difficult terrain led the locals to experiment with larger tires and low tire pressures on the snow. In the mid-1980s, practical solutions began emerging and in 1990 Toyota in Iceland (P. Samúelsson hf.) established their own re-engineering division, calling it “Toyota Aukahlutir” (Toyota Accessories). This division grew very quickly and soon 20% to 70% of all new Toyota Hilux, Land Cruiser and 4Runners were re-engineered before delivery to customers - and in 1996 this division became Arctic Trucks.
In 1999 Arctic Trucks Norway was established. In 2005 Arctic Trucks was separated from Toyota Iceland, and began working more with other brands.
Additionally, Arctic Trucks has offered self-drive tours in Iceland since 2008 under the name "Arctic Trucks Experience".
It also offers support services to explorers, broadcasters and scientific surveys in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
Arctic Trucks was established in Iceland in 1990 and specialises in the re-engineering and conversion of four-wheel drive vehicles for extreme conditions. Over the years, Arctic Trucks have built an unparalleled level of expertise in developing vehicles to deliver handling, safety and reliability improvements both on and off road. Their development engineers have accompanied many of these expeditions so they can understand, first hand, the challenges the vehicles they design will need to conquer.
Arctic Trucks have driven to both poles. They visited the magnetic North Pole with BBC Top Gear, and in the Antarctic a fleet of four and six wheel-drive vehicles are used by scientists to support their work, all under the most extreme conditions our planet has to offer. Arctic Trucks vehicles also set the record for the fastest journey to the South Pole in 2010.
Arctic Trucks offer 3 different categories of vehicle:
In addition to vehicle engineering services and sales Arctic Trucks also provides logistical support, training and tourism services in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
Arctic Trucks Experiences offer a range of single and multi day tours. Alternatively you can create your itinerary or our vehicles can be rented on a self-drive basis, leaving you to explore Iceland in your own time. Arctic Trucks Experiences have built up a reputation as being one of the most popular off road vehicle tourism experiences in Iceland.
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