Hino Dutro

Hino Dutro & Hino 300 Series
Overview
Manufacturer	Hino Motors, Ltd. Kuozui Motors
Also called	Toyota Dyna Toyota Toyoace Hino 300 Series
Production	1999-present
Body and chassis
Class	Truck
Body style	Truck (standard cab, crew cab)
Powertrain
Transmission	5-speed manual 6-speed manual 4-speed automatic 6-speed automatic
Chronology
Predecessor	Hino Ranger 2/3

The Hino Dutro (Japanese: 日野デュトロ) is a light commercial truck shared with the Toyota Dyna, manufactured by Hino Motors. Like the Dyna and its twin Toyoace, the Dutro is built on the U300 platform for standard cab, or U400 platform for the wide cab and offered in many different chassis type suitable for different purposes. The Dutro took over from the earlier Ranger 2 (and Ranger 3), a badge-engineered version of Daihatsu's Delta series. Outside of Japan, it is also known as the '300 series'.

For export market, the Dutro is sold in Australia, Chile,Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and other countries in Latin America. As of 2008, the Dutro was available in Canada as the 'Hino 155'. Canadian models are built in from CKD kits imported from Japan.

The Andinian and Latin-American models are built in Cota (Cundinamarca), Colombia and in Chile, from CKD kits imported from Japan. In some of these markets, however, the trucks are imported from Japan completely assembled.

A new assembly plant is located in the town of Cota, in Colombia, built and financed by two partners: one local company and the Toyota group, the majority owner of the Hino subsidiary and the brand. The initial products of this portfolio, assembled at this factory and related with this article are:

Many of these are built in Japanese plants, although some units are assembled in Canada, Colombia and Indonesia. The more appreciable changes are the engine (accomplishment with the EURO IV/V/VI standard), a new facelift made by Toyota, and more and new improved equipment on board.

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