Hino’s new Class 8 offering, the XL8, has been in the pipeline for nearly a decade. It launched in 2018 and went into production in early 2019. It’s not fancy, but it’s solid and well built and was designed with the driver in mind. Equipment editor Jim Park takes us on a walk-around of the XL8 and it’s new engine, the A09 at Hino’s new manufacturing plant in Mineral Wells West Virginia.