GWM international news

[pokershark]

China's biggest privately-owned carmaker GWM has announced their line-up and pricing for the South African market.

GWM will enter the local motoring scene in March with four well-priced vehicles.

The entry-level model is a single cab bakkie with a 2.2-litre engine, which will be priced from R95 000.

Next in line is a more luxurious version which features luxury items and trim, such as aircon, alloy rims, power steering, leather interior etc, and it will cost R105 000.

The GWM 2.2i Double cab will be available at a low R135 000 and the Multi-wagon model will cost R155 000. Both these derivatives will only be available in a luxury specification.

GWM says all their vehicles fully comply with the stringent homologation requirements as demanded by the SABS.

Henri Meistre, managing director of GWM SA, highlights the importance of a national dealer network and availability of parts: "At our launch in March, our initial dealer network will comprise in excess of 20 reputable dealers in all the major cities and towns in SA.

"This will be expanded to over 30 dealers by the end of 2007. We have also set up the needed infrastructure to ensure that all the dealers will have an uninterrupted supply of parts, from our parts distribution centre in Durban, to ensure efficient service and repairs."

[rodrally]

Yes... the Hover is in Chile. The sales starts in March.







Price starts at US$18.230

[bolita]

Isn't Derco selling the Wingle pick up as well in Chile?

[lucho]

Here are some pictures of the GWM dealers in Colombia, they started sales on january 2.007 with 3 dealers in Colombia`s main cities as Bogota, Medellin and Cali. And there are arround 120 cars selled this year so far.

[rodrally]

The Hover is the only chinese-brand product present until today in the Chilean market (not counting the Chevrolet Corsa Plus -a chinese Shanghai GM Sail-).

But, there's an individual company, called "AUTORRAD" which is now looking to import directly from China, the Sceo 2.4, the Century 2,2 PickUp, GWM Hover CC6460K and GWM CC1022SR PickUp, already aproved under the Euro III emissions regulations for petrol engines in Chile.

[CCF mod]

Thanks for interesting news.

Originally Posted by rodrally

Price starts at US$18.230

Can you please also write the price of some other competitor SUVs, to give us clearer picture how competitive Hover is?

[Dennis Juan Sanabria]

I am from Costa Rica, we start sales GW in Centro America, now we have more them 4 years, and the people are very happy whith our brand.
WELCOME, and best regards.

[2o6]

Im sorry, but this is CLEARLY an Isuzu Axiom. Is this actually a legal rebadge? Or an Illegal Rebadge?

[juanelo242]

Originally Posted by martin_krpan

Thanks for interesting news.

Can you please also write the price of some other competitor SUVs, to give us clearer picture how competitive Hover is?

Some of these models (all are basic models) are not direct competitors, they're just reference, and i made a monery conversion so the prices are approx.:
-Hover: 18.420 (Photo taken by me in Chile)
-Chevrolet Trailblazer: 31.700
-Daihatsu Terios: 14.300
-Dodge Durango: 28.000
-Dodge Nitro: 28.000
-Ford Ecosport (very popular): 13.100
-Ford Explorer: 21.150
-Honda CRV: 26.150
-Hyundai Sportage: 20.000
-Hyundai Santa Fe: 22.600
-Hyundai Terracan (very popular): 31.600
-Jeep Grand Cherokee: 33.600
-Jeep Compass: 22.400
-Mazda CX7: 29.700
-Mazda CX9: 35.300
-Land rover defender: 30.400
-Mitsubishi Outlander: 20.170
-Mitsubishi Montero: 48.600
-Nissan XTrail: 25.760
-Nissan Murano: 39.050
-Porsche Cayenne: 66.000
-Ssangyong Actyon (very popular): 18.500
-Ssangyong Rexton (very popular): 29.900
-Suzuki Jimny: 12.880
-Suzuki XL7: 27.800
-Toyota RAV4: 21.500
-Toyota 4Runner: 26.150

[BringIt]

Originally Posted by 2o6

Im sorry, but this is CLEARLY an Isuzu Axiom. Is this actually a legal rebadge? Or an Illegal Rebadge?

It's 100% legal, not a worry.

I think it looks great! I'd love to have one...