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Image: courtesy of motorpress AA Bakery, situated in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, is in the process of changing its fleet to Hino trucks only from a mix of Hino plus two competing brands due to the reliability and low running costs of a sample group of Hino trucks which were evaluated under regular operating conditions over a couple of years. Ashen Ajoodha, the CEO of the Super Soft Group of which the AA Bakery is the major component, says that the current cost of oper

Image: courtesy of motorpress “Sales by Hino and the other Japanese truck manufacturers are showing more resilience than their European counterparts in a global automotive industry that is in greater turmoil now than ever in its 150-year history,” says Anton Falck, Vice President of Hino South Africa. He was speaking at a media briefing at the Nampo agricultural show at Bothaville on May 11. Uncertainty about the future, ever-changing legislation, and tariff barriers as well

Image: courtesy of motorpress Hino Isando, a company in the Super Group stable, has won the Hino Dealer of the Year title for the second time, taking the honours for 2025. The prestigious award was handed over to Bobby Pringle, the Dealer Principal, at the Sandton Convention Centre recently. This also marks only the second time in the 38 year history of Super Group that the coveted award has gone to one of its dealers. The dealership in Isando is one of the largest Hino deale