CMI’s low-mileage 1970 Hino KL has ticked past 1.6m km.
Hino is celebrating 50 years of Aussie truck sales, and its Adelaide dealer has hit a milestone of its own.
CMI Hino is officially the longest-running Hino dealership in the country, with 45 years at the wheel.
“Obviously Hino trucks have really evolved over the last 50 years, but I’ve got to say that the foundation for the Hino brand – particularly its core, QDR (quality, durability and reliability) – was there from the beginning, and is still there today,” says joint managing director Paul Crawford, one of three brothers running parent company CMV Group.
“In the early ’60s we became involved with Toyota Motor Corporation through Thiess Toyota, and that then led us in the late ’60s to become involved with this new brand, Hino trucks,” Mr Crawford said.
“In those days Hino was really setting the new benchmarks for reliability and durability which was not seen up until then.”
CMI marked the occasion by giving its 1970 Hino KL 300 a makeover – in the livery of longterm customer Harris Bros, South Australia.
The KL – powered by an EC 100 making 88kW and 298Nm – has covered more than 1.6 million kilometres.
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