Hino XZU600L

Unlike the exterior design, which shows some kind of individuality, the interior cabin of the Hino XZU600L is completely the same as that of the other smaller 4-wheeled trucks from the 300 series of light-duty offerings. The cabin of the Hino XZU600L impresses with its practicality in terms of storage spaces and ergonomics, but the overall lack of features and dull-looking finish are a couple of traits that cannot be ignored.

The simple-looking driver’s cockpit of the Hino XZU600L is a combination of a two-spoke steering wheel and a simple-looking part digital instrument console, the latter of which has analog dials for speedometer and tachometer and digital readouts for fuel and engine temperature in a sleek looking LCD screen. 

The Hino XZU600L’s interior cabin has got a wide-looking center console, which comes with rectangular housings for the music system, AC control panel, and storage bins. The corners of the center console have got round AC vents fitted on it, with additional round AC vents present in the corners of the dashboard as well.

The cabin of the Hino XZU600L impresses with its additional storage places apart from those in the center console, in the form of bottle holders placed ahead of the AC vents and glove boxes (one open and one closed) on the passenger side.

Compared to the other 4-wheeled light-duty trucks from the 300 series of Hino Motors, the Hino XZU600L looks a bit different and slightly premium, and bigger. However, in isolation, the Hino XZU600L looks a bit basic and could have been designed to look a bit more modern.

Like the other light-duty trucks from Hino, the Hino XZU600L too has got a rounded influence, which is evident from the edges of the front windscreen as well as the lower lining of it. There are proper housings for the mounts of rearview mirrors beside the lower edges of the windscreen. 

The lower half of the front apron is firstly characterized by a simple curved character line flowing across the width of the Hino XZU600L. At the bottom of the front profile sits a wide-looking trapezoidal grille, which is fully finished in chrome and gets two thick slats covering it. The upper corners of the grille have extensions that flow over the headlamps placed adjacent to either sides. 

The Hino XZU600L comes with trapezoidal headlamps which do house clear lens turn indicators in its outer housings. The Hino XZU600L comes with a sleek-looking front bumper, which looks simple and comes integrated with small rounded fog lamps.

The side profile of the Hino XZU600L looks much similar to those of the smaller 300 series of light-duty trucks, with a curved rear pillar, curved lower window line, and a smooth curved character line flowing over the wheel arches.

Under its skin, the Hino XZU600L employs a sturdy suspension setup of semi-elliptical leaf springs with double-action shock absorbers at both front and rear. The braking duties are taken care of by a service brake setup of the hydraulic system, dual circuit, vacuum-assisted service brakes with brake shoes for both front and rear wheels, as well as a parking brake setup of internal expanding mechanical type acting on the transmission output shaft.

The Hino XZU600L has been bestowed with the same 4.0-litre, inline-four, water-cooled, diesel engine, which powers the other two smaller 4-wheeled light-duty trucks from Hino. The engine is coupled to a 5-speed manual gearbox and produces 136 PS of maximum power and 390 Nm of maximum torque.

To keep costs in check, the Hino XZU600L, like all the other light-duty trucks, misses out on prominent safety features, including ABS.

With its slightly distinctive design and bigger dimensions than the other 4-wheeled trucks, the Hino XZU600L offers better visual appeal and better load carrying capacity over its siblings.