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HINO AIMS FOR ITS 26TH DAKAR RALLY
HINO AIMS FOR ITS 26TH DAKAR RALLY
Once again, the team will be managed by Team Sugawara and is a joint venture with Hino engineers who have further improved the performance of the two 500-series four-wheel drive trucks. Hino is once again the only entry from a Japanese truck manufacturer, with all the other trucks coming from Eastern and Western Europe.
This year's route of almost 9000km and goes from Asuncion in Paraguay on January 2 via Bolivia to the finish in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 14. This is the first time the route goes through Paraguay, which makes it the 29th country in the world that the Dakar has traversed in its history, which dates to 1977. Paraguay is the fifth South American country to be on the rally route.
The 2017 event has attracted a total of 344 entries, with 54 trucks, 136 cars, 110 motorcycles and 44 quads.
The truck entry for the 2017 Dakar Rally is made up of 12 makes of truck. Most popular for the 2017 event is MAN with 16 entries. The other makes are: DAF (8), Iveco (6), Tatra (6), Kamaz (4), Maz (3), Ginaf (3), Renault (3), Hino (2), Liaz (1), Scania (1) and Mercedes-Benz (1).