FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Hino Trucks Reaches New Dealer Milestone in the U.S.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI, June 19, 2007 – Hino Trucks has grown their U.S. dealer network to 150 nationwide dealerships. Hino Trucks has plans to add up to 30 additional dealers during the 2007 fiscal year.
Since the inception of their conventional truck model in 2004, Hino Trucks has gone from 84 U.S. authorized dealers to its current total of 150, and increase of 56% in less than 3 years. Continued high demand for new truck sales, and a growing need to expand its dealer network to serve a growing population of trucks are the main contributing factors to this growth. In a little less than 3 years, Hino has sold over 16,000 class 4-7, light and medium duty trucks.
“Due to our sold-out situation last year, we were limited to the number of new dealers we could add. Our plan for our 2007 fiscal year is to add dealer points in 35 priority markets, giving us a dealer point in each of the top 150 medium duty markets in the U.S.” said Debbie Morello, Dealer Development Manager for Hino Trucks.
Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc. (HMS) is the Detroit, MI headquartered distribution arm of Hino Motors Ltd. based in Tokyo, Japan. HMS sells and services a full product line of Class 4-7 Medium Duty Trucks through a nationwide dealer network. The Company assembles its products in Long Beach, CA and operates a National Parts Distribution Center in Southaven, MS. Toyota owns controlling interest of Hino Motors Ltd.
