Great Wall Motors to expand range
August 25, 2009 by David Twomey
Australia’s first Chinese automotive importer, Great Wall Motors, certainly seem s to be building a sales foundation, and has announced plans to add three more vehicles to its range.
![GreatWall X240_001a[1]](http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/GreatWall-X240_001a1.jpg)
Two Great Wall twin cab utilities were launched onto the Australian and New Zealand markets in late June by local importer Ateco Automotive, and since then they have been selling as quickly as they can be supplied.
The entry level SA220 is priced at $19,990 while the up-market 2WD V240 is $23,990 on road, add $3000 to that if you want the 4WD version.
Official VFACTS industry figures show Great Wall achieved 274 retail sales in July, but a spokesman for Ateco Automotive, the importer of Great Wall, has advised that dealers actually took more than 300 new orders during their first full trading month.
Ateco says the existing imports will be supplemented in coming months by new models including a well-appointed mid-sized SUV, an economical small sedan and single cab versions of the current utilities.
All are expected to be on sale in Australia before the end of the year and further enhancements to the line-up including an eagerly awaited turbo diesel engine are also in the pipeline.
Great Wall launched with 43 dealers in Australia and six in New Zealand, but the dealer network is growing as Ateco works steadily through its appointment processes.
An Ateco spokesperson said the greatest short-term challenge facing existing Great Wall dealers is finding stock for their showrooms as they meet and exceed sales targets months ahead of expectations.
Great Wall availability is expected to improve soon as increased orders of freshly produced vehicles enter the country, while dealer willingness to embrace a forward ordering system has helped Ateco to better match supply to actual individual model demand.
According to Ateco’s Managing Director, Mr Ric Hull, “No one here is getting carried away at this early stage, but we are greatly encouraged by the initial success of Great Wall’s products and the enthusiasm of our dealer netwo
Print it: 
I’m sure many will look at GWM and laugh… for having a silly name, for having a substandard product, for being Chinese made…
And all that is warranted.
But companies like these are going to be the Hyundais in a decade’s time. Which in turn means that they’ll be the Toyotas and Mazdas in two decade’s time.
The headlights of the SA220 are a direct D20 Navara rip-off.
The first car looks a bit prado-ish in the front end. But if they can offer safe and reliable product(which i doubt they can) then they deserve to make sales. Hey at least they sold more then companies like Morgan and Elfin.
Renil hyundais are alreday on par with toyota have a look at the new tuscon/ix35 it looks amazing
Baddass – you aren’t suggesting the Chinese copy other cars are you?
The X240 in the first picture looks a bit Mitsubishi, but it actually looks OK in the photo.
If you copy copy and copy you are bound to get something at least right..
I think in a decades time, it will be the Chinese and Indians who will battle out the budget car market.
do they actually have an automatic transmission?
so far i haven’t seen an automatic Hover anywhere
this is a problem as automatic softroaders are aussie as meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars…
actually Holdens aren’t that ‘aussie’ any more
also this is a real body on frame SUV I believe? please correct me if I’m wrong
if you go onto Youtube you can see the Hover do some offroading I wouldn’t DREAM of putting a CRV or Xtrail or Forrester through
Well done Great Wall. Keep on going..!!
Why does someone have to bring Holden into this.
because thw wingle has the back of a rodeo.
Great wall build there car like other cars that are already out. This is what they do, they choose popular design cars and put them together and put a mitsu engine into it and make the interour look good also safety pack etc. Thats how most of the great wall cars are.
JoberGTI
In five years, the big battle will between German, Japan and China, but not in the budge range!! It will have nothing to do with India which will be squeezed out I believe! Koreans will has a much smaller share!
the twincab from the A pillar back looks like an older rodeo first 2.6 model
There are going to be so many black ones with chrome wheels and P plates around…
Any ANCAP safety ratings?
Scored 3 stars in C-NCAP according to the internets. Better than 0 but still not good enough for 2009 IMHO.
Hey guys how about we leave all the comparisons and bagging of Great Wall aye ? Havn’t we allready been there by the boatload.
Good luck to them I say, goodness give em a fair go would ya !
Do you understand that they are a big car makers and have been going for a fair while, and have you heard any horror stories ??????????????????????
You lot call the poms whingers, have a look at yerselves.
Ashes anyone ???????????????????????
Well we had to give you the ashes, otherwise…
..we woulda copped a fair whinge from you lot :P
This company is a disgrace
The 4×4 in the top picture looks like a Toyota Prado / Landcruiser.. and I suspect will cost what the Prado would / should if it didn’t have the Toyota badge on it!
the 4×4 aka HOVER has the front of the previous shape kluger and the back of honda HR-V’s
Mikes right….
I would consider the duel cab 4×4
A bit information about Great Wall Hover suv from wiki:
The gasoline Great Wall Hover uses a Mitsubishi 4G64 engine, a Sirius series straight-4 automobile engine. The 4G64 engine and was introduced in 1988 the Mitsubishi Galant and has been used in several other car manufactures. The 4G64 engine produces 128 bhp. The diesel version uses a motor built by Great Wall themselves, the GW2.8TC. Both versions have a 5-gear manual transmission.
Wheelbase 2700 mm (106.3 in)
Length 4620 mm (181.9 in)
Width 1800 mm (70.9 in)
Height 1710 mm (67.3 in)
Curb weight 1720 kg (3792 lb)
I checked out the Great Wall utes out on the weekend, they are similar looking/feel/smell/taste to a late 90’s Japanese Ute.
The quality fit and finish surprised me, its very very good quailty/finish, MUCH better than the poor-quality-indian-mahindra [cake] pikup.
The seats are LEATHER i think its the first i have ever seen that in a dual cab.
GreatWall is going to be kicking butt with good quaility at a low price, selling really well.
Even if you don’t like them, it keeps the other brands/makes lower compete prices
Kip
Saw the Great Wall 4×4 crew cab on the weekend, seemed a little light on for a work horse. When does a decent turbo diesel come into Aus.
June 2010
If u want one i will have it
255 hume highway