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THE ALL-NEW 700 SERIES, BUILT FOR THE FUTURE.

The new Hino 700 Series rewrites the rules in safety, emissions and connectivity. It’s our safest truck ever, with an enhanced Hino SmartSafe package including Pre-Collision System, Pedestrian Detection, Lane Departure Warning System and Driver Monitor. Designed to meet Euro 6 exhaust emission standards, it’s the cleanest Hino heavy-duty yet. With Hino-Connect as standard, customers benefit from superior business intel and support – it’s next-generation telematics delivered in real-time. The all-new 700 Series is the truck of the future, here today. Find out more at hino.com.au were comfortable retarding our progress using only the wand, moving it between the levels to slow it up or to let it run. The Kenny appeared to be lightly loaded with not too much on the open trailer so both trucks were grossing similar weights. It was extremely confidence building, and the more we used it the more confident we were in its ability to manage the speed of the Hino on steep downhill runs. would be an ideal choice.

The Hino 13 litre is a nice, flexible and very driveable engine, which at 480hp is a little on the conservative side these days, with a lot of manufacturers, including notably Japanese rival Fuso, pushing their 13 litre units up past 500 hp. Speculation is that market leader Isuzu may have a 500 plus flagship in the not too distant future, but that is yet to be confirmed. Hino however has resisted pushing up and locked this engine in at a safe and happy 480 horses.

Watch this space, we reckon a higher horsepower Hino may be on the horizon.

Back in Sydney’s southern outskirts the traffic and the stop-start at the various intersections, further tested the 13-litre driveline. All to soon we were back at Hino and parking the 13litre. We had a best average fuel burn of 2.5km/ litre which given the conditions and the number of heavy climbs and descents along with the weight we were hauling was a pretty good result.

Once at the bottom the Hino was pointed toward Port Kemba, in an environment that is truck central. Plenty of similar tipper dog rigs and lots of B-Doubles and single semis, all battling the wet and slippery roads. The Hino tracked and steered very well and always felt well tied down and manageable.

THE ALL-NEW 700 SERIES, BUILT FOR THE FUTURE.

Above all it was easy and comfortable to drive, with the 16-speed Traxxon AMT making the Hino a very user friendly truck. Couple that to all the safety systems and for fleet operators needing trucks at the bottom end of the heavy sector, this

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Just how good that engine and transmission package performed under heavy climbing, we were about to find out. Ahead lay the return ascent of Ousley, and we have to say the Hino held its own and impressed with its honest effort and the deep well of torque that allowed it to crest the top still holding ninth gear. It was a strong effort that underlined the fact that if Hino wanted to uprate the power on this engine it would not be too much of a struggle.

We’d organised to step straight out of the 13-litre FS and into the new nine-litre 700 Series FR, using Hino’s superb newish sixcylinder that first debuted in the 500 Series about three years ago. It has since been further uprated to meet the equivalent of Euro 6 emissions

The FR test truck was specced as a heavy rigid tautliner and although the architecture and appearance, the systems and interior design are the same for the nine or 13-litre models, the new cab can

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