TANK

The TANK is one of the Great Wall Motor entries the open record knows by name and by date — in 2021, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable.

The background

Tank or GWM Tank (Chinese: 坦克; pinyin: Tǎnkè, styled in all caps) is an automotive marque owned by the Chinese carmarker Great Wall Motor (GWM). The brand specialises in off-road oriented SUVs. The brand was named after the Tank platform that underpin GWM Tank vehicles.

Where it sits

Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Kia EV6, the Tesla Model Y, the Nissan Z — show what else the money bought that year. Its Great Wall Motor stablemates include the Great Wall Coolbear and the Great Wall Cowry.