Great Wall Wingle

Great Wall Motor

Production2006–present
Engine2.2 L GW491QE I4 (petrol) / 2.4 L 4G69 I4 (petrol) / 2.0 L 4D20 I4 (turbo diesel) / 2.8 L GW2.8TC I4 (diesel)

Start with what the Great Wall Wingle is: a 4-door crew cab (2006–Present) / 2-door pickup truck (2006–2021) with 2.2 L GW491QE I4, built from 2006, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. What it meant takes a little longer.

The background

The Great Wall Wingle (also called the Great Wall Steed in some markets) is series of pickup trucks manufactured by the Chinese company Great Wall Motors since 2010. It was originally launched as a single pickup model, it has since been updated and facelifted multiple times with different variants offered at the same time.

The engineering

The engine is 2.2 L GW491QE I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 6 speed manual / 5 speed manual. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

In the Great Wall Motor line-up the Great Wall Wingle has a clear place: it replaced the Great Wall Sailor / Great Wall SoCool / Great Wall Deer; the factory was ubl | China: Baoding ( ) | Bulgaria: Bahovitsa (Litex Motors) | Iran: Golpayegan (Diar Automobile Company) | Indonesia: Jakarta (National Assembler, 2008–2011). The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Audi R8, the Nissan Qashqai, the Aston Martin Vantage. Its Great Wall Motor stablemates include the Great Wall Coolbear and the Great Wall Cowry.

Specifications

Transmission6 speed manual / 5 speed manual
Body style4-door crew cab (2006–Present) / 2-door pickup truck (2006–2021)
Length5,040 mm
Assemblyubl | China: Baoding ( ) | Bulgaria: Bahovitsa (Litex Motors) | Iran: Golpayegan (Diar Automobile Company) | Indonesia: Jakarta (National Assembler, 2008–2011)
PredecessorGreat Wall Sailor / Great Wall SoCool / Great Wall Deer
Catalogue IDQ2354579
SourceWikipedia

The family, through the years

Every generation and sibling of this nameplate in the catalogue, oldest first. Photos: Wikimedia Commons.