Great wall

Chris can you please elaborate on your query to ensure anyone considering giving you a response can be of most help. What year model are you looking at what is your intended use etc? Do you have a particular concern or query?

Hi Chris, My only comments will be related to price vs re-sale value. From what I can see they don't hold their value in comparison to say a Toyota Hilux which is a market leader in re-sale value. If your leasing a car and buying new you would need to be careful on on your payout and -resale price of the vehicle. My advise is to many people who want to buy a cheaper ute with say $20-25k is buy a second hand Hilux, a well looked after Hilux even with 150,000 KM's is still a good buy but not if your leasing as that doesn't apply to used cars. The Great Wall is being sold with 3 years warranty and most of the big brands have gone to 5 years now. If you want to buy new and only have $20k cash then the Great Wall is your only option unless you spend $28k on the LDV which is by far the better finished product and more features etc. I have nothing bad to say just do your maths on what you spend vs what you return will be when the time comes to sell.

Here's a comparison link which should answer a lot of your questions:

Great Wall Steed vs LDV

I might be wrong, but the newer model Steeds don't seem to advertise low range box.

Mate has had over 8 years. Been absolute faultless. He lives in remote NT and was always buying land cruisers/hilux. It was a try and see what happens purchase. He sold his first one at 120,oooklms and bought another. He said he had no faults at all in the 120,000klm and willing bought another. 99% of time on dirt roads with corrugations. Often drives from Gove to Katherine/Darwin. Plenty were doubtful butI must admit the car did everything he asked of it at half the price of a roll-lux. Resale isnt as good as Toyota but then again you pay for the resale at purchase of toyota. More and more parts for vehicles are made in China and in years to come there will be less manufacturers and more chinese cars on the road. Read up on reviews and test ride one for a weekend.

A mate on Cocos-Keeling Islands has one. He's not impressed with it.

The dealers had three tries at supplying the brake master cylinder, because Great Wall changed the brakes design so often.

The metal protection and paint quality is abysmal, as you'd expect for something built to a price, not for a job.

Expect plenty of parts to fall off, because they do not have a reputation for quality, only for cheapness.

I might add, there's a bloke renting Hiluxes on Cocos Islands, these endure the same conditions as the Great Wall, and look at the difference (last pic).

Cheers, Ron.