Hino Motors
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Hino Motors, Ltd. (日野自動車, Hino Jidōsha, TYO: [7205]
History
The company traces its roots back to the founding of Tokyo Gas Industry Company in 1910 (today it is two companies; Tokyo Gas Company and Tokyo Electric Power; TG&E). It produced its first motor vehicle in 1913, the Model TGE "A-Type" truck. In 1937 TG&E merged its automobile division with that of Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. and Kyodo Kokusan K.K. to form Tokyo Automobile Industry Co., Ltd., with TG&E as a shareholder. Four years later the company changed its name to Diesel Motor Industry Co., Ltd. which would eventually become Isuzu Motors Limited.The following year (1942), the new entity of Hino Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. spun itself out from Diesel Motor Industry Co., Ltd., and the Hino name was born. Following the end of World War II, the company had to stop producing large diesel engines for marine applications, and with the signing of the treaty, the company dropped the "Heavy" from its name and formally concentraded on the heavy-duty trailer-trucks, buses and diesel engines markets, as Hino Industry Co., Ltd.
To sharpen its marketing focus to customers, in 1948, the company added the name "Diesel" to become Hino Diesel Industry Co., Ltd.
Products
Trucks
- Profia (previously Super Dolphin Profia), sold as Hino 700 for export - heavy duty truck
- Bonneted medium truck (for North America)
- Dutro - light truck
- * Wide range in Japan including Wide Cab, Double Cab, Hybrid, 4WD, and Route Van. Engine choices are 3.7 liter 4B, 4.1 liter 15B-FTE, 4.0 liter N04C, 4.6 liter S05C, 4.7 liter J05D, 4.8 liter S05D, and 5.3 liter J05C.
- * Five models in Indonesia: 125ST, 125LT, 125HT, 140GT, and 140HT. All are Standard Cab. 125ST is 4-wheel short wheelbase, the rests are 6-wheel long wheelbase. Engine for 125 models is 4.0 liter W04D, the 140 models is powered by 4.6 liter S05C.
- * In Thailand: Dutro 300, 301, 340 (Standard Cab), 410 and 420 (Wide Cab).
- * The Dutro is also sold in Malaysia, Australia, and Latin America.
- FB, FC - light trucks replaced by Dutro
- Ranger - medium to heavy truck
- * The Ranger KL was first introduced in 1969
- * The 2nd generation was launched in 1980
- * The 3rd generation of 1989 is called Rising Ranger
- * The latest 4th generation (Ranger Pro) came in 2002
- In Indonesia the 2nd & 4th generation are labelled Super Ranger and Jumbo Ranger . The 3rd generation was not offered.
- Hino has been competed in Dakar Rally since 1991 with Ranger FT 4WD truck driven by the Japanese rally driver, Yoshimasa Sugawara. He always finished in the Top 10 in Camion Category, and 1st in the category in the 1997 event.
Buses
- Poncho - Non Step light bus
- Liesse & Liesse II - light bus
- * The Liesse II is a rebadged Toyota Coaster.
- Blue Ribbon - city bus
- Rainbow - medium bus
- Melpha - medium bus
- S'elega - luxury bus
- * The new model is offered as High Decker and Super High Decker.
- Front-engine chassis (e.g. FB) - light bus
- Front-engine chassis (AK) - big bus
- Rear-engine chassis (RG, RM, RK) - big bus
Others
- Toyota Hilux Surf (4Runner) - assembled by Hino Motors
- Contessa, passenger car built in 1960s
Affiliates/Subsidiaries
- HINO MOTORS MANUFACTURING U.S.A.
- HINO MOTORS SALES U.S.A.
External links
- [Company website] (English)
- [Company website] (Japanese)
- * [Hino U.S.A]
- [Hino Indonesia]
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