Auto Car | 2008 Toyota Ducati at SEMA | Toyota has partnered with Italian sports- and racing-motorcycle maker Ducati to create the very red Tundra/Ducati Transporter.
"It's designed to be the ultimate track-day transport," said Warren Victor, project manager for Toyota's Tundra and Tacoma SEMA trucks. "We wanted to build a truck that would be the best showcase for Ducati's 'Desmo' $70K MotoGP bike."
The Ducati Desmosedici RR is the only street-legal MotoGP bike ever produced.
To create the ultimate track-day transport, Toyota focused on enhancing the cargo box. Similar to the Hide-N-Side bedside storage kit we saw at SEMA in 1999, the flanks of the Tundra's cargo box can be opened automatically with a switch, revealing steel shelving and integrated tool boxes.
"(The sides of the bed are) utilitarian from the standpoint that this storage feature is extremely functional," Victor said. "But when you close the bedsides and flip it around, it doesn't look like a service body in the least, or even a work truck. You can't tell anything has been done to it."
A Rampage folding ramp folds out of the bed at the press of a button to help load or unload a bike into or out of the Tundra.
Placed above the deep, storage-providing bedsides are solar panels that can be raised out of the way to generate power for 120-volt tools, allowing the driver to be self-sufficient for certain energy needs.
"Everything is designed to be automated on the truck so one guy can operate it," Victor said.
The enhancements also continue under the hood. Toyota Racing Development has attached its roots-type supercharger to the Tundra's 5.7-liter V-8, boosting horsepower from 381 hp to 504 hp and upping torque from 401 pounds-feet to 550 pounds-feet. It also has TRD's dual-exhaust kit custom-integrated into the truck's rear bumper.
SOS (Speed of Sound) Racing and TRD teamed up to create a custom hybrid suspension kit.
The Tundra/Ducati Transporter's cabin was inspired by a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, designed and installed by Fast Ed's interiors. There's a yellow-faced tach and yellow stitch highlights around the rich, diamond-pleated leather seats. The headliner is alcantara and the carpeting is custom cut wool. Hard plastic surfaces are covered with a soft-touch coating to improve the perception of quality.
"It's designed to be the ultimate track-day transport," said Warren Victor, project manager for Toyota's Tundra and Tacoma SEMA trucks. "We wanted to build a truck that would be the best showcase for Ducati's 'Desmo' $70K MotoGP bike."
The Ducati Desmosedici RR is the only street-legal MotoGP bike ever produced.
To create the ultimate track-day transport, Toyota focused on enhancing the cargo box. Similar to the Hide-N-Side bedside storage kit we saw at SEMA in 1999, the flanks of the Tundra's cargo box can be opened automatically with a switch, revealing steel shelving and integrated tool boxes.
"(The sides of the bed are) utilitarian from the standpoint that this storage feature is extremely functional," Victor said. "But when you close the bedsides and flip it around, it doesn't look like a service body in the least, or even a work truck. You can't tell anything has been done to it."
A Rampage folding ramp folds out of the bed at the press of a button to help load or unload a bike into or out of the Tundra.
Placed above the deep, storage-providing bedsides are solar panels that can be raised out of the way to generate power for 120-volt tools, allowing the driver to be self-sufficient for certain energy needs.
"Everything is designed to be automated on the truck so one guy can operate it," Victor said.
The enhancements also continue under the hood. Toyota Racing Development has attached its roots-type supercharger to the Tundra's 5.7-liter V-8, boosting horsepower from 381 hp to 504 hp and upping torque from 401 pounds-feet to 550 pounds-feet. It also has TRD's dual-exhaust kit custom-integrated into the truck's rear bumper.
SOS (Speed of Sound) Racing and TRD teamed up to create a custom hybrid suspension kit.
The Tundra/Ducati Transporter's cabin was inspired by a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, designed and installed by Fast Ed's interiors. There's a yellow-faced tach and yellow stitch highlights around the rich, diamond-pleated leather seats. The headliner is alcantara and the carpeting is custom cut wool. Hard plastic surfaces are covered with a soft-touch coating to improve the perception of quality.
The Ducati Desmosedici RR is the only street legal MotoGP bike ever produced. The ultimate track day bike requires the ultimate transport; that’s where Toyota comes in with the 2009 Tundra Ducati Desmosedici transporter.
The Tundra/Ducati Transporter is built on a Tundra CrewMax, which has been modified to accept a 6.5-inch bed. The transporter is tied thematically to the bike, incorporating Ducati Corse style along with high tech materials and execution to create synergies for two companies obsessed with quality and performance. Additional features include major bed innovations such as flip up bedsides, a motorized loading ramp by Rampage, integrated tool and spares storage, and popup solar panels for accessory power.
Performance is enhanced through the full catalog of TRD Performance parts such as supercharger, exhaust, intake, suspension and brakes.
Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
The Tundra/Ducati Transporter is built on a Tundra CrewMax, which has been modified to accept a 6.5-inch bed. The transporter is tied thematically to the bike, incorporating Ducati Corse style along with high tech materials and execution to create synergies for two companies obsessed with quality and performance. Additional features include major bed innovations such as flip up bedsides, a motorized loading ramp by Rampage, integrated tool and spares storage, and popup solar panels for accessory power.
Performance is enhanced through the full catalog of TRD Performance parts such as supercharger, exhaust, intake, suspension and brakes.
Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
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