Great Wall Motor does not build many cars like the Great Wall Deer with 2.2 L GW491QE Inline-four engine, built from 1996 to 2013 when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard.
The background
The Great Wall Deer (Chinese: 长城迪尔; pinyin: Chángchéng Díěr) is a compact pickup truck manufactured by the Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors from 1996 to 2013. The Deer commenced production in March 1996 and ceased in June 2013. The Deer started being exported to the Middle East in 1996. It was exported to other regions such as Africa and Latin America. The Deer was built as a replacement for the Hongqi CA1021U3 coupe utilities. The design heavily resembles the sixth generation Toyota Hilux.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 2.2 L GW491QE Inline-four engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1325 kg. The gearbox is a 5 speed manual. The wheelbase is Single cab: / 2960 mm / One and a half cab: / 3085 mm / Standard-wheelbase double cab: / 2850 mm / Long wheelbase double cab: / 3380 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Great Wall Motor's history is not in doubt: the Hongqi CA1021U3 came before it; the Great Wall Wingle followed it; it was built at Baoding, Hebei, China. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Porsche Boxster, the Lotus Elise, the Škoda Auto Škoda Octavia. Its Great Wall Motor stablemates include the Great Wall Coolbear and the Great Wall Cowry.