Strip the Tank 500 back to its specification sheet and the character is already there: Petrol engine, 345 hp. Great Wall Motor built from 2021, in the decade the industry is turning electric.
The background
The GWM Tank 500 or Tank 500 (Chinese: 坦克500; pinyin: Tǎnkè 500) is a full-size luxury SUV produced by Great Wall Motor under the Tank marque. It is the second model to be introduced from the brand after the Tank 300, and seats seven passengers across three rows. Its pickup truck counterpart is marketed as the Great Wall Shanhai Cannon.
The engineering
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; it is rated at 345 hp; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 2455 -. Power-to-weight lands near 141 horsepower per tonne, which is brisk everyday performance. The gearbox is a 9-speed 9AT/9HAT automatic transmission / automatic / 3-speed DHT (PHEV Hi4-Z). The wheelbase is 2850 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: it was built at Tianjin. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan Z, the Porsche Taycan, the Mercedes-Benz EQS. Its Great Wall Motor stablemates include the Great Wall Coolbear and the Great Wall Cowry.