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[willswitchengage]

9 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Nissan make some mid sized trucks which you do see on the continent but they never seem to have been available here.

I think these are Ebro or something - Nissan bought a factory in Spain. They remain pretty popular there as the average age of Spanish vehicles in general is pretty low and they are tolerant of higher polluting old stuff. Talking of which, the European emission standards (and the EPA in America) are a form of protectionism as they make it difficult for new entrants to get a foothold. Isuzu and Ford Otosan being arguably the only foreign manufacturers brave enough to make a Euro6 compliant vehicle.

I think @CreepingJesus this is the snap you're after?

[danthecapriman]

9 minutes ago, willswitchengage said:

I think these are Ebro or something - Nissan bought a factory in Spain. They remain pretty popular there as the average age of Spanish vehicles in general is pretty low and they are tolerant of higher polluting old stuff. Talking of which, the European emission standards (and the EPA in America) are a form of protectionism as they make it difficult for new entrants to get a foothold. Isuzu and Ford Otosan being arguably the only foreign manufacturers brave enough to make a Euro6 compliant vehicle.

I think @CreepingJesus this is the snap you're after?

That would make sense.

I know of Ebro, as they used to build Ford and Ford based trucks in Spain. The Thames ET6/7 was built by them almost identical and the Thames Trader was sort of built by them but it’s not identical. I didn’t realise Nissan had acquired them though.

[quicksilver]

7 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

From what I gather Hino’s were/are excellent trucks. Reliable and robust. 
They seem popular in remote places and get used in jungle type environments a lot for earth moving and logging, which must say a lot! 
It’s a pity they were squeezed out of the UK.

It must be quite difficult for newcomers to get a good foot hold in the UK market nowadays as everything is on lease deals rather than bought. So if your not going to/arent able to fight your way into the big lease deals your probably not going to last long. 
When I was at SSE we stopped buying vehicles back around 2008/9ish and went for leases instead. Literally everything from vans right through to artics came through Rygor commercials via a lease company. The only variation were the lease times - 7 years for vans and I think 10 years for trucks. But that kind of thing seems the norm now for every company.

Harris seem to have stopped their Hino sales around 2014 as they didn't have a Euro 6 engine available. They mainly sold to the construction industry and most were tippers or concrete mixers, so 11 years on that kind of hard work with no manufacturer support would have taken their toll and it's very rare to see one now.

[Vantman]

12 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Harris seem to have stopped their Hino sales around 2014 as they didn't have a Euro 6 engine available. They mainly sold to the construction industry and most were tippers or concrete mixers, so 11 years on that kind of hard work with no manufacturer support would have taken their toll and it's very rare to see one now.

There's a few Hino tippers for sale on Autotraders truck section.