Great Wall Wingle. The Great Wall Wingle is series of pick-up trucks manufactured by the Chinese company Great Wall Motors (风骏) since 2010. Originally launched as a single pickup model, the model was since updated and facelifted multiple times with different variants offered at the same time.



Wingle 3/ Wingle 5/ Wingle 6 (2006–2021)

Based on the original Great Wall Wingle pickup, the model was since updated and renamed to Great Wall Wingle 3. The second update and facelift version is called the Great Wall Wingle 5 and a third facelift version called the Great Wall Wingle 6 were also launched in the following years, with multiple versions being offered side by side at the same time forming a series of pickup products.

Wingle 3 (2006–2010)
The Great Wall Wingle 3 (), previously the Great Wall Wingle, is a compact pick-up truck built and marketed by the Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors since December 2006. In 2009, it became the first Chinese-made ute or pick-up to be sold in Australia, where it is marketed as the V-Series. It was also made available in Italy, with the model name Steed.

The body shell design heavily resembles earlier Isuzu/GM model which was sold as an Isuzu Rodeo. The steering wheels used in the truck are Toyota designs found in models like the Camry and Sienna.

Australian market
The Australian specification V240 (Wingle 3) came standard with a 2.4-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, producing 100 kW (134 hp) and  of torque, which was supplied by the SAIC-Mitsubishi joint venture in Shanghai. The diesel engines are of Great Wall design and manufacture. The V240 was specified as standard with alloy wheels, AM/FM CD radio, electric windows, leather trimmed seats, disc/drum brakes and air-conditioning.

Wingle 5 (2010–2021) 
A new pick-up named the Wingle 5 was released in March 2010 and the original was renamed Wingle 3. It is available with a new 2L turbodiesel engine developing  and . It was marketed as the Great Wall Steed in the United Kingdom, with sales beginning in 2012. It was the first Chinese vehicle to be sold in the country. In 2017, the Great Wall Steed was no longer sold in the United Kingdom.

Australian market
In Australia, the Wingle 5 remained marketed as the V240. In 2010, a single-cab model was released which, in the Australian market, replaced the SA220 (Great Wall Sailor). In 2011, the dual-cab V240 was upgraded to the newly released Wingle 5.

Ukraine market

Safety
The African version of the Steed 5 with no airbags and no ABS received 0 stars for adult occupants and 1 star for toddlers from Global NCAP in 2020 (similar to Latin NCAP 2013).

The Chinese-made Wingle 5 in its most basic version for Latin America with 2 airbags, no pretensioners, and no ESC obtained 0 stars from Latin NCAP in 2021 under its new protocol (similar to Euro NCAP 2014).

Wingle 6 (2014–2021)
In April 2014, the new Wingle 6 was introduced, featuring amongst other things LED headlights, a rear differential lock, reversing camera and parking sensors, and a tire pressure monitoring system. It is powered by the same 2.0-litre diesel and 2.4-litre petrol engines as the Wingle 5.

The updated Wingle 6 was released in Australia in 2017, with only the 2.0 L diesel engine available.

As of 2021, production has ended on the Wingle 6.

Wingle 7 (2018–Present)

The Wingle series received a new variant with a major update called the Wingle 7 in 2018. Just like the other Wingle series pickup, the Wingle 7 is also a pick-up truck manufactured by the Chinese company Great Wall Motors since 2018. The Wingle 7 is offered as a standard bed model with short wheel base and a long bed variant with long wheel base. The Wingle 7 is only available with a 2.0 liter GW4D20D diesel engine producing a maximum output of 143hp and 315N•m mated to a 6-speed manual transmission with four wheel drive available.

References

External links

Official website
Golden Arrow S.A. Paraguayan official representative

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