It isn’t daily that you simply see a race automobile based mostly on a medium-duty truck, however that is precisely what we’ve right here now that Hino has revealed their entry into the 2022 Dakar Rally. The rally rig relies on the Hino 600 medium-duty truck, which is extra generally seen with a Ryder cargo field affixed to the rear, however clearly there have been some modifications made.
For one, that cargo container has been swapped for an aerodynamic field carrying a 211-gallon gasoline tank, spares and provides for the grueling 5,000-mile desert contest. That features extras of the Hino’s huge XZL 14.00 R20 tires that measure 49 inches tall with a sidewall of 14.7 inches.
Powering the Hino is an 8.9-liter diesel straight-six, turbocharged and intercooled to supply 789 horsepower at 2,900 rpm and a mountain-moving 1,693 pound-feet of torque at 1,700 rpm. And for the primary time in Hino’s 30 years of Dakar Rally participation, the engine will likely be mated to a hybrid system squeezing out an extra 276 horsepower, for a complete of 1,065.
Energy is dispersed to all 4 wheels by way of a six-speed computerized transmission with excessive and low vary, in addition to a center-locking diff. All in all of the truck weighs about 18,960 kilos, which makes it all of the extra spectacular that photographs and video present it catching air because it hurtles forth like a rampaging bison.
Hino has been competing within the Dakar Rally within the Truck Division since 1991. In that point, they’ve gained their class (underneath 10 liters) a complete of 20 occasions, 12 of them consecutively since 2010. In 1997 and 2005, Hino additionally took the general win, besting a few of the really gargantuan vehicles within the over-10-liter class. However even reaching the end line on the Dakar is a problem, because the race has solely a 20.5% completion price amongst contributors.
“I’m wanting ahead to seeing how far we are able to face the massive rivals in manufacturing,” mentioned Teruhito Sugawara, who will likely be behind the wheel of the race truck.
The operating of the 2022 Dakar Rally will start in Ha’il, Saudi Arabia, heading east in direction of the Persian Gulf earlier than turning south in direction of the huge sands of the Empty Quarter. The route then loops northwest to Riyadh earlier than persevering with westward to the Crimson Sea and the end at Jeddah. The rally lasts two weeks, from January 2-14, 2022.
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