Volkswagen has rolled into Sochi with a trio of highly modified and incredibly badass pickups, and on the way there, the team set a world record for the longest off-road trek through a single country.

To promote the Winter Olympics in more rural areas of Russia – some two-thirds of the gigantic country – VW built three Polar Expedition versions of its Amarok pickup. The outrageous trucks set the new Guinness World Record by traveling some 16,000 kilometers (9,942 miles) over 60 days between the Russian capital of Moscow and the Bering Sea city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – one of the largest "cities" in the world without a road leading to it.

A nine-man team travelled across a huge variety of terrain, including Lake Baikal, where they slipped their way over three-foot thick ice, and Iultin Pass, where the crew – despite the modified pickup's off-roading abilities – still managed to get stuck in the incredibly deep snow.

The trucks were equipped with an array of GPS and navigation equipment essential for the backcountry trip across Siberia, along with enormous off-road tires and heavy-duty shocks, additional exterior lighting and storage, a roll cage, and more. But the greasy bits were left alone, including the Amarok's stock 2.0-liter diesel engine and 4Motion all-wheel drive.

Volkswagen of Russia is the official vehicle partner of the Sochi games, providing more than 3,000 Volkswagen, Audi and Škoda vehicles to the Sochi 2014 organizing committee, in addition to the specially built pickups. V-Dub isn't making the complete Polar Expedition kit available to consumers, but it is offering a special Sochi edition of the Amorak in Russia. And VW still won't bring the pickup to the States.