HINO
8 entries
Japanese maker of commercial vehicles and diesel engines, a Toyota subsidiary and part of the Archion holding company.
- Founded
- 1942, as Hino Heavy Industry
- Headquarters
- Hino, Tokyo, Japan
- Owner
- Toyota, since 2001
- Group
- Archion, from 2026
Hino's predecessors trace back to Tokyo Gas Industry, established in 1910, which built its first motor vehicle in 1917. Hino Heavy Industry was spun out in 1942, and in 1959 the company adopted the name Hino Motors, Ltd.
Hino formed a business alliance with Toyota in 1966 and became its subsidiary in 2001. In 1991 it released the world's first commercially available hybrid transit bus, and in 2026 it merged with Fuso under the holding company Archion.
- 1910Tokyo Gas Industry established
- 1942Hino Heavy Industry spun out
- 1966Business alliance with Toyota
- 2001Becomes a Toyota subsidiary
- 2026Merged with Fuso under Archion
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HINO Hino Super Dolphin: the heavy truck of the 1980s
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HINO Hino Profia: Hino’s heavy cab-over truck
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HINO Hino Briska: the pickup the Toyota Hilux grew from
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HINO Hino 600: Hino’s conventional-cab truck for America
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HINO Hino Dutro: Hino’s light truck and 300 Series
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HINO Hino Contessa: Japan’s own rear-engined saloon
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HINO Hino Ranger: six generations of the 500 Series
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DAIHATSU Daihatsu Delta: trucks and vans borrowed from Toyota and Hino