Cars make people smile. The team le f t the tourist haven of Salta, beginning their trip south to their destination of Buenos Aires. Kondo from the Uni t Advanced Control System Development Division comments, “Being able to spend this concentrated time as a group has been an invaluable experience.

Slick roads after the rain create treacherous driving conditions. A new week begins. The vehicles get checked out at a dealer in San Rafael in the morning.

The powerful and reliable Hilux. After spending a day off enjoying the beauty of Argentino Lake, the team returned to the road. Each day after get t ing in the vehicles, the team members test the CB radios to make sure they’ re in working order.

A test drive to learn the local rules of the road. On the first day of Team 3’ s South America Drive Project, the Japanese team member s went t o T o yota Argentina S.A. (TASA), where they attended an informational session on Argentina’ s rules of the road.

A strong crosswind from the ocean blows across the highway in Chile. Driving along a road with the deep blue Pacific Ocean spreading out before their eyes was a refreshing sight for the team, which had just f inished driving through the high, dry plains of the Andes.

Power is needed in Salar de Uyuni, where people drive cars loaded with cargo. “Oh, a Land Cruiser,” Miyazaki from the Vehicle Technology Development Division uttered, one of the countless times he said this while riding in a Drive Project car.

Questions raised by the mountain roads in the Andes. Departing from the ancient capital of Cusco, sometimes called the belly button of the Inca Empire, the team once again drove into the Andes.

Cars come and go as they please on the chaotic streets of Lima. The Japanese crew looked out of the car windows apprehensively at the streets of Lima.

The technology to drive across wild lands. A project started in 1990 to protect the hyacinth macaw, a species of blue par rot listed as endangered.

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