[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by danzvtil

I was at a dealer when my ex bought her Haval, and took a sticky at the GWM utes, bloody hell, they are an impressive beast when you look at dollars per KG. Paul Maric even insinuated during his Jolion review that the mainstream brands are taking the p when it comes to what you get for the money in their cars. Either that or the chinese will play the long game and buy market share by charging less for more features. Its both im sure.
Anyway, the haval/gwm dealer was flat strap, and they have just released a 2WD ute drivetrain to get the entry price even lower.

You're wrong on Chinese utes: Why your next diesel dual-cab might not be a Toyota HiLux or a Ford Ranger | Opinion

Great Wall's new ute offering, the Cannon, which debuted in 2021. The brand had been off the pace, and they knew it. What's staggering is how fast they caught up.

Its turbo-diesel now produces 120kW and 400Nm, which is channeled through an eight-speed ZF automatic. It can tow three tonne, carry more than a tonne, and offers all the modern safety and technology equipment you might expect.

It does not look out of place in a line-up with the rest of Australia's ute offerings, and it's lightyears from the Steed. And Great Wall did all that in a handful of years.

Hell, it'll soon also be Chinese only in name. The company has bought Holden's old factory in Thailand – which is the same country your Ford Ranger, along with countless others, comes from.

Or take LDV, which will soon launch Australia's most powerful four-cylinder diesel ute in the new T60, and has invested in local suspension tuning, too.

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-new...ota-hilux-or-a

LDV Australia is about to reset the four-cylinder benchmark for dual-cab utes, with the facelifted T60 set to launch in the coming months with a new twin-turbo engine that will outpower the best-selling Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger.

As reported, the T60’s facelift was previewed in March by the Chinese-market Maxus T90, but now it’s been revealed in New Zealand with the appropriate badging and some key details.

Across the ditch, the facelifted T60 is headlined by a new 160kW/480Nm 2.0-litre twin-turbo diesel four-cylinder engine, which puts it ahead of the most potent HiLux (150kW/500Nm) and Ranger (157kW/500Nm) units on power but not torque.

https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-new...r-toyota-hilux

They're trying, wonder how much sway our market has for LDV and GWM.