The HINO 4009cc four cylinder diesel develops 120bhp at 1600rpm and develops 315lb of torque at a staggering 1300rpm and all this for a mesly four cylinder non turbo, put a turbo in it or upgrade to the six and see the firues go up. All this from a pushrod operated engine, their newer OHC J series rev higher and develop even more.

The point is that diesels are the most forgiving luggers around and for trails in a 4WD nothing comes closer to them, not to mention their inherent durability.


Also consider this, from its introduction in the Indian market, the OM 616 has been primarily used for mini truck purposes, a statement grossly miss used here, a truck rated for 3.5 ton payload was regualarly over loaded to almost 5 tons and even with bad maintainance these engines would stretch to over 200,000 KM. Show me one 2.4 liter gasoline which can do this and last even 30,000 KM. Today the OM 617 is used for hauling 8 ton payload and the both the OM616/671 is used for tractors. Diesels are venerable to say the least.