Great Wall Wingle 7

Great Wall Motor

Production2018–present
Power168hp (GW4C20B petrol)
Engine2.0L GW4D20D I4 (turbo diesel) / 2.0L GW4C20B (petrol) / 2.4L Mitsubishi Sirius I4 (gasoline)

Strip the Great Wall Wingle 7 back to its specification sheet and the character is already there: 2.0L GW4D20D I4, 168hp. Great Wall Motor built from 2018, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.

The background

The Great Wall Wingle 7 (Chinese: 风骏) is a full-size pickup truck manufactured by the Chinese company Great Wall Motors since 2018.

The engineering

Power comes from 2.0L GW4D20D I4; 168hp is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 2885 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 58 horsepower — unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. It shifts through a 6-speed manual. The wheelbase is 3350 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Baoding, China. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Porsche Taycan, the Kia EV6, the Hongqi E-HS3 — show what else the money bought that year. Its Great Wall Motor stablemates include the Great Wall Coolbear and the Great Wall Cowry.

Specifications

Transmission6-speed manual
LayoutFront-engine, rear-wheel drive / Front-engine, four-wheel drive / Rear-motor, rear-wheel drive (Electric)
Body style4-door crew cab
Kerb weight2885 kg
Wheelbase3350 mm
Length5,395 mm
AssemblyChina: Baoding
Catalogue IDQ107363931
SourceWikipedia