GWM has solely simply launched a turbo-diesel engine to its Tank 300 body-on-frame SUV, and the corporate claims it’s already outselling the prevailing variants.
Talking with CarExpert, GWM Australia and New Zealand (GWM ANZ) head of selling and communications Steve Maciver stated gross sales quantity of the turbo-petrol Tank 300 has tapered off as turbo-diesel gross sales rise.
“We’ve solely actually had provide [of the Tank 300 Diesel] on the bottom for the final couple of weeks,” stated Mr Maciver.
“With the ordering, [the diesel] is already outstripping fairly significantly what we’re doing in petrol and what we’re doing in hybrid.
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“It’s virtually double the amount of every of these two powertrain combos.
“We’re seeing the petrol quantity come off a bit, since [the diesel] has gone in. So what we had in petrol has come off, however [the diesel] has added extra incremental quantity as nicely.”
Mr Maciver claims the Tank 300 Diesel is anticipated to make up 60 per cent of whole gross sales for the mannequin, with the opposite 40 per cent evenly break up between the turbo-petrol and hybrid variants.
Final 12 months GWM offered a complete of 3968 examples of the Tank 300. 26.1 per cent of gross sales have been of the hybrid variants, whereas the remaining 73.9 per cent have been of the petrol variants.
In response to GWM ANZ product specialist Tim Leong, the Tank 300 Diesel has been priced so it may be the “new most important vendor of the entire Tank 300 vary”.
There are two completely different Tank 300 variants, the Lux and Extremely, that are priced at $47,990 drive-away and $51,990 drive-away, respectively. This pricing places it between the corresponding turbo-petrol and hybrid variants.
The two.4-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine that’s now obtainable within the Tank 300 isn’t new to GWM. It’s already provided within the Cannon Alpha, in addition to the up to date Cannon dual-cab utes.
Whereas the turbo-diesel engine is the principle distinction to the remainder of the prevailing Tank 300 vary, GWM claims to have made greater than 20 part modifications and upgrades to it.
Consequently, the Tank 300 Diesel can tow 500kg greater than the petrol and hybrid automobiles. With a 3000kg braked towing capability, nevertheless, it nonetheless falls wanting the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport and Toyota Fortuner’s 3100kg figures, in addition to the class-leading 3500kg provided by the Toyota Prado and Ford Everest.
The Tank 300 Diesel’s greater towing capability pushes it into the “heavy off-road passenger automobiles” class below the Australian Authorities’s incoming New Automobile Effectivity Normal emissions regulation, giving it a better CO2 emissions goal than its petrol and hybrid siblings.
