Great Wall Vehicles

[lilpigzuk]

anyone had any experience with them? I know you get what you pay for, but be interested to hear of ACTUAL experience

[CLUMZ1]

don't think anyones dared to have ACTUAL experience with them?

[Mudde1]

i know a local farmer who has one. had no problems with it and says it is excellent value for money, but paint and plastic lost its shine and it looked a bit shabby quite quickly.

[muddyhilux]

boss got 1 for one of the top of the ladder blokes.goes ok apparently,if i remember right the seat gave his back a bit of pain but he some how sorted that out and also i think the check engine light is already on and motor must be disassembled to reset...something like that anyway.but in saying that it gets driven daily so its heads or tails or both

[badnuz]

did you all see the LTSAVTNZ one from the barrier crash test at feildays? OMG i wouldnt want to crash in one......

[CLUMZ1]

Interesting video description and comments on that clip!

[sprey]

Boss has one at work. Drives nicely 4x2 ute. Once the turbo kicks in theres plenty of power. Only driven it a few times and i couldnt fault it.

[Mattman]

Wow that Proton got smashed!

[Muscles]

I have had two of them drove them hard first one 2wd second one 4wd.They are a holden rodeo body/interior an chassie with mitsubishi motor and gearbox.I still have the 4wd one and find it great.

[007]

I have had two of them drove them hard first one 2wd second one 4wd.They are a holden rodeo body/interior an chassie with mitsubishi motor and gearbox.I still have the 4wd one and find it great.

That is interesting about the rodeo relation as I thought the new Colorado looks a little like the great wall.

[Taz]

http://www.smh.com.au/national/chinese-cars-found-to-contain-asbestos-20120814-246r1.html#ixzz23cJ74RtI

[Crash bandicoot]

don't make any relation between holden/GM and great wall. they have there own market to protect, why would they share platforms with the biggest copyright infringers on the planet.

They blantantly copied other auto manufacturers

"Other Great Wall models may have been copied from those of foreign automakers, too. The Great Wall Florid looks like a Toyota ist, the Great Wall Sailor/SA220 looks like an Isuzu Rodeo; and some older Great Wall Hover models may look like Isuzu Axioms, etc.[citation needed]"

That and GM don't own "isuzu" or the "rodeo" names anymore.

[turoa]

the great walls and colorado's etc are Isuzu dmax's built under liscense. Most things are the same but the great walls run their own diesel engine

[basics]

holy shit, people are paying 20,000 dollars for these things?

[turoa]

holy shit, people are paying 20,000 dollars for these things?

what are they worth in china?

[basics]

il have to do some digging tomorrow, but my boss bought a company car/truck thingy for a steal. somthing retared cheap.

[basics]

il have to do some digging tomorrow, but my boss bought a company car/truck thingy for a steal. somthing retared cheap.

asked around today, they paid 10,000 NZD roughly. not as cheap as i first thought.

[snotgoblin]

I think what GM have done is sell off the old tooling etc for the old Rodeo - hence the look.

Nissan have done the same with the D22 to one of the Korean manufacturers I think.. can't recall who they sent it too.

Mitsi did the same when the Malaysian company Proton started up.

[Cameron]

usually people reckon they're 'made under licence' or 'tolling was sold to them' or whatever but the parts are never the same. they look similar but are always just different enough that they wont take the same parts and stuff.
why would isuzu/gm sell all the old rodeo ute tooling to the chinese when they're still making and selling the parts for those models?

chinese just COPY other makes.
also, if they were rodeos/colorados made under licence, why do they crash so badly in comparison?

[snotgoblin]

It is true that the Chinese have an incredible ability to turn out copies of things. From designer hand bags to imitation Stihl chainsaws...

But GM and other big manufacturers invest in start up vehicle markets etc. They may have a shareholding in these fledgling companies where the local market is looking for inexpensive vehicles to buy.

Most companies are now looking to joint manufacturing ventures with China, as they will only but one of your products and have thousands within a month!