Skeletal Hino for the group sector
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• The Selega is Hino's latest contender in the highly competitive Japanese group travel coach market.
Hino pioneered the move away from monocoque to skeletal chassis 13 years ago, and the Selega is constructed with metal tubes and thin welded metal panels, allowing more curved, fluid designs.
Skeletal chassis give designers more scope because they are not restricted by the need to support the weight of the vehicle on riveted panels and thus allow a larger window area.
The Selega coach has leather and suede seats, stereo speakers built into the ceiling and a hydraulic kneeling system that lowers the vehicle to ease passenger access.
EC trade barriers mean that the Selega is not yet available in Europe, but the company says that "in the future, anything is possible".