Zydrunas Savickas, known as the world’s strongest man, has set a new Guinness world record for the ‘Most Cars Pulled By One Man’ thanks to a little help from Nissan.
Nissan recently caught wind of Savickas’ world record attempt and decided to get in on the action by loaning 12 Nissan Notes (sold here as the Versa Note) to the five-time World’s Strongest Man champion. Equipped with a special harness and rope arrangement, Savickas pulled the 12 Notes – totaling a jaw-dropping 28,530 pounds – five meters in just 32.9 seconds.
The feat would have been even more impressive last year as the new Note is 46 pounds lighter than its predecessor.
Although Nissan’s name will now be linked to the world record, the Japanese automaker had more than just the history books in mind when it devised the stunt. The world record pull took place in Druskininkai, Lithuania, where jurors are currently convening to select the Lithuanian Car of the Year.
“We at Nissan like setting records and are always aiming high. Today we are delighted to have been able to help Zydrunas set another world record and to see so many people turn out to support him; it was a great way to mark the end of the Lithuanian COTY camp,” said Taina Erkkila, Communication Director of Nissan Nordic Europe.
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