HISTORY // ROD MILLEN'S TOYOTA TACOMA

With the 88th annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb just a few months away, we thought we'd take a look at one of the more impressive vehicles built exclusively for the Race to the Clouds... [read more]

Say hello to Rod Millen's Toyota Tacoma Pikes Peak. With more than 1,000hp, Millen's pickup truck can run to sixty miles per hour in 1.6 seconds and 125 mph in just 4.9 seconds. That said, the Tacoma is geared to do no more than 132mph (you know, for safety) and was driven by Millen at the 1998 and 1999 PPIHC where he won the Pikes Peak Unlimited class.

Millen's Tacoma was built on a chromoly tubular space frame chassis, which was then wrapped in carbon fiber. Power is derived from the aforementioned 2.1-liter 3S-GTE four cylinder that is both turbocharged and intercooled and is said to produce more than 1,000hp.



In the video featured above, watch as Millen struggles to keep his Toyota Tacoma Pikes Peak on track during the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

A true monster, it's no wonder Rod's son Rhys is hoping to claim the unlimited class victory this year, having just unveiled his Genesis PM580 Rhys Millen Racing prototype.



Images: Millen Works
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey