GWM’s spin-off model Tank revealed the wild Tank 700 again in 2023, and in response to Australian executives, it’s nonetheless deliberate for native launch.
Talking with CarExpert, GWM Australia and New Zealand (GWM ANZ) managing director Charles Zhao couldn’t verify precisely when the flagship Tank providing will arrive.
“[Tank] 700 is unquestionably within the plan,” stated Mr Zhao.
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“So I can’t inform our actual time, however we do have this beneath research.”
“Australia is the important thing marketplace for right-hand drive.”
In China the Tank 700 is at the moment solely supplied with a Hi4-T powertrain, which is GWM-speak for a plug-in hybrid (PHEV).
The Tank 700 Hi4-T makes use of a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol engine making 268kW and 500Nm. It’s augmented with an electrical motor that bumps complete system outputs to 386kW of energy and 750Nm of torque.
Drive is shipped by way of a nine-speed automated transmission to a four-wheel drive system.
The Tank 700 provides air suspension, electromagnetic shock absorbers, and a disconnecting stabiliser bar for larger off-road capacity.
It measures 5113mm lengthy, 2061mm broad and 1952mm tall on a 3000mm wheelbase. For reference, a Toyota LandCruiser 300 Collection measures up at 5015mm lengthy, 2000mm broad, and 1950mm tall on a 2850mm wheelbase.
Because it at the moment stands, GWM at the moment provides two Tank merchandise in Australia: the Tank 300 and Tank 500.
The previous not too long ago gained a turbo-diesel engine choice domestically, and the latter will acquire a Hello-4T PHEV powertrain choice within the fourth quarter of 2025.
The Tank 400, which options equally wedgy, aggressive styling to the Tank 700, hasn’t been confirmed for our market, whereas the flagship Tank 800 has to date been revealed solely in idea guise.
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