Hino is celebrating another solid Dakar Rally finish with its 600 series hybrid truck
Hino Trucks says it has once again returned to the top 10 in the Dakar Rally with its bonneted Hino 600 series hybrid truck.
In the 45th edition of the Dakar, trucks started on a sea camp on the shores of the Red Sea before ending on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula, with 14 stages covering almost 5,000 kilometres in total.
Hino says the 2023 edition was the 32nd consecutive Dakar Rally finish for the brand since 1991, when it became the first Japanese commercial vehicle manufacturer to enter the rally.
“The course was amazing and I think this has been the most difficult year for us so far,” driver and team director of Hino Team Sugawara Terubito Sugawara says.
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Hino Australia vice president of brand and franchise development Richard Emery says: “Hino Australia has been a proud sponsor of Hino Team Sugawara for the past decade and we congratulate them on returning to the top 10.”
“In difficult weather conditions over tough terrain, Hino Team Sugawara again demonstrated the reliability that Hino is renowned for.”
Hino says its Dakar Rally trucks is powered by an 8,866 litre director injection, turbocharged and intercooled A09C engine, matched to a six-speed automatic transmission.
A production version of the A09C engine is available in the Hino 700 series and 500 series wide cab trucks in Australia.