2017 Great Wall Steed 4x4 Diesel review | CarAdvice

The Great Wall brand has always had two key attributes associated with it – that it’s cheap, and that it’s Chinese.

Now there’s a new pick-up from the brand, the Great Wall Steed – it’s still cheap, it’s still Chinese – but we want to know if it’s any good, this time around. So we got our hands on the most expensive Great Wall Steed you can buy, the 4x4 diesel, which is still very much affordable by dual-cab standards, priced at just $29,990 drive-away. That places it cheaper than the cheapest name-brand utes – if you shop around you can get dual-cab diesel versions of the Mitsubishi Triton, Volkswagen Amarok and Nissan Navara, for example, for less than $40,000.

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[gotrybrandnewtube]

I have one of these & just upgraded form my 2011 V240 single cab 4x4!!! And i must say i LOVE IT!! It was my second pic overall on interiors with Hilux being the first!!! but this car has everything & im finding new things about it everyday!! Best thing is i still have 25g to spend how i like!!!

[Reznor_Meeks]

as ALL car manufactures, the first 10 years or so are crap, give them another 5 years, and you will see, the chinese dominating less expensive car market, just as the japanese did back in the day, just as korea now with hyundai & kia
subarus their first cars specially in the US would rust to the frame, they were absolutely crap, i also remember hyundai 15 yrs ago were much worse than great wall, look at them now...
do i like it?, no, i wish the national car makers such as holden and ford (even tho they arent really aussie) would learn the lesson they have been schooled in every corner of the world as far car pricing goes.
Mcdonalds would never been a giant by selling $20 dollar burgers.

[BenzinioB]

Well but spending 10 grand more is over 1/3 of the price of the GW... So saving this 10k and selling the Steed just after the guarantee expire you can by yourself a brand new petrol one... that is a huge difference!
more over as far as I know the 4x4 models gearbox is Borg Warner, which is quite common and reliable and the diesel engine is based on the Hyundai last generation 2.0L diesel which is also quite good... yes they have a lot to learn in terms of fine tune and building quality but boy... 10 grand are quite a lot of money!

[jamiep]

If I was a Australian looking Into buying a Ute then I would choose the Mitsubishi Triton

[petercameron]

In 2010 I traded my triton ute on a Great Wall v240 two wheel drive ute, still have it going fine. The tray will carry more than a tonne of blue road screenings without sagging in the arse like the triton used to. It was cheap to changeover also, I recall it only cost me 79 fat lambs!

[creamcheese]

A day will come when these will be everywhere

[ssu]

Everytime there's a review on chinese or asian cars, there's alway gonna be a group of xenophobes who needs to write their overgeneralised + hubristic hatefilled comments cowardly fully behind their computer.

[edersonsantos]

I bought mine brand new in 2013 x200 tdi
Always serviced on time never spend more than $100 dólars in it I mean I only put fuel in it umm it’s very responsible and won’t to let you down driving in sands

[specializeder]

Thanks for the honest review, I was interested in one until I see your clip.

[Kiwi_NZ]

Hello can you get them in automatic or just manual???

[hwetl]

Any luck if it will come with Automatic Transmission?

[mkrestuarant]

It's a brush up Isuzu, isn't it?

[Getouttahere]

Just the other day you guys were still driving the 55 kw Isuzu kb 250, and you thought it was just the real shit. You are so spoilt

[jirokasuga]

Might just be me, but the A in Great Wall seems to be misaligned...

[SiroccoSeven]

That "great" emblem being sticked on the back speaks how the fit and finish is.

[PlatinumSan]

How is the reliability or fuel consumption on this? Does anyone have an idea?

[ابوعيسئ]

ليه ميجبونها للسعوديه زي الموصفات هاذي ديزل وحركات

[mohammedkhan]

the ford kuga catch fire and burned to the ground 2014 model 1.6ecoboost

[samy]

idk why haval and GWM cant go past 2.0 engines in there suv's are they such a new company that they still havent built a powerfull engine? they have great cars but bad engines GWM need to open more R&D outside china if they cant make engines in china

[wickedleeloopy]

Should be able to buy a preowned 3 year old car for under 5k . 🤔