How a Million-Mile Truck Influenced the All-New Toyota Tundra
When Victor Sheppard purchased a brand-new 2007 Toyota Tundra, he told the dealership he was going to put a million miles on the odometer. He never got there, but only because the odometer topped out at six digits. After hitting 999,999 miles, Sheppard resorted to using the trip counter to track his mileage, eventually reaching 1,020,130 miles after just nine years.
The truck was in remarkably good shape for a vehicle that had covered the distance of two round trips to the moon. So much so that Toyota sent chief Tundra engineer Mike Sweers to see what…
