Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (GWM) is a Chinese privately owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in
Baoding
Baoding (), formerly known as Baozhou and Qingyuan, is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants out of which 2,176,857 lived in the b ...
,
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and ...
. Founded in 1984, it is currently the
eighth largest automobile manufacturer in China, with 1.281 million sales in 2021.
The company produces and sells vehicles under its own branding, such as GWM, Haval, WEY, TANK, POER, ORA. It also produces electric vehicles under some of the previously listed brandings, including dedicated EV brands such as ORA.
Named after the
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic grou ...
, the company is China's largest producer of
sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) and
pick-up trucks.
In 2021, it was the third largest Chinese plug-in electric vehicle manufacturer in the Chinese market, with 4% of market share, selling under brand names such as Ora and Haval.
History
Established in 1984, Great Wall began with low volume production trucks such as the CC130. They later made the CC513, using the chassis from the
Beijing BJ212
The Chinese Beijing Automobile Works, formerly Beijing Jeep, BJ212 (Chinese: 北京212) and BAW BJ2020 is a Land Rover and Jeep inspired four-wheel drive, originally a 2.4 L (2445 cc) four-cylinder gas-engine powered (four-cylinder dies ...
. In 1993, they started producing a series of different passenger vehicles, starting with a sedan called the CC1020, with styling heavily resembling the
Nissan Cedric Y30.
This was followed by the CC1020S with styling based on the
Toyota Crown (S130)
The is an automobile which has been produced by Toyota in Japan since 1955. It is primarily a line of mid-size luxury cars that is marketed as an upmarket offering in the Toyota lineup.
Introduced in 1955 as the Toyopet Crown, it has serve ...
along with a station wagon version, the CC6470.
Other early Great Wall models includes a BJ212-based crew cab pickup (also called CC1020S), a BJ212-based station wagon, the CC6490, a small sedan known as the Hawk CC6470 and a clone of the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur.
In 1994, the Chinese government halted the production because Great Wall didn't have the right permit for car productions.
In 1996, Great Wall focused on only trucks, not producing another
sedan car until 2010. The company has been a very successful producer of
pick-ups first reaching top position in the Chinese pick-up market in 1998.
Making an
initial public offering
An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investme ...
on the
Hong Kong stock exchange
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. As of the end of 2020, it has 2,538 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of HK$47 trillion. It is rep ...
on 15 December 2003, Great Wall was the first private Chinese auto manufacturer to become a
public company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange ( ...
. On Sept. 27, 2011, the company announced it had sold 304 million domestic A shares, and began listing on the
Shanghai Stock Exchange
The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the three stock exchanges operating independently in mainland China, the others being the Beijing Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Excha ...
the next day.
Sales in 2010 were measured at less than 400,000 (near 2%
market share
Market share is the percentage of the total revenue or sales in a market that a company's business makes up. For example, if there are 50,000 units sold per year in a given industry, a company whose sales were 5,000 of those units would have a ...
) with exports a small portion of that figure at little more than 50,000, no increase from 2009 figures. That same year saw the Great Wall Haval H series as the second most-purchased SUV in China although this figure may technically include two discrete models, the
Great Wall Haval H3
The Great Wall Haval H3 (), also known as the Great Wall Hover, is a compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) produced by the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motors from April 2005 to 2012.
It was the first Chinese car to be exported in large quantiti ...
and the
Great Wall Haval H5
The Haval H5, also known as the Great Wall Haval H5 and Hover H5, is a compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) produced by the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motor from June 2010 to 2020. It uses a body-on-frame construction, with rear-wheel-drive an ...
.
Manufacturing for 2011 resulted in 486,800 units, and output this year was the tenth largest of any vehicle maker in China.
In 2012, it was reported that the company only allows workers one day off per week and new hires undergo months-long, military-style training.
Great Wall started selling in Europe in 2006, offering small vans. A lot of 500
SUVs were shipped to Italy in 2006 as well.
Great Wall products were first available in the Australian market in 2009, and the company was, as of 2010, the only Chinese car manufacturer to sell in the EU. European sales continue, with the 2011 opening of a factory in Bulgaria that assembles three different models from
knock-down kit
A knock-down kit (also knockdown kit, knocked-down kit, or simply knockdown or KD) is a collection of parts required to assemble a product. The parts are typically manufactured in one country or region, then exported to another country or region ...
s.
In April 2017, GWM released a new premium SUV brand named WEY.
In May 2017, the company launched its first electric
new energy vehicle
A plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) is any road vehicle that can utilize an external source of electricity (such as a wall socket that connects to the power grid) to store electrical power within its onboard rechargeable battery packs, which then ...
, Great Wall C30EV.
In July 2018, GWM and German manufacturer
BMW announced a partnership to produce electric
Mini
The Mini is a small, two-door, four-seat car, developed as ADO15, and produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 through 2000. Minus a brief hiatus, original Minis were built for four decades and sold during ...
vehicles in China.
In January 2020, GWM agreed buy the Talegaon plant owned by
General Motors India as part of the company's aim to manufacture and sell cars in India.
In February 2020, GWM reached a deal with
General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
to purchase the
General Motors Thailand
General Motors (Thailand) Limited (GMT) was a holding company of sales and manufacturing subsidiaries of General Motors (GM) in Thailand. The company was registered in 1993 as a sales company and opened its manufacturing plant in 2000. At its hei ...
plant in
Rayong
Rayong ( th, ระยอง, ) is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province. It covers tambons Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of ''tambons'' Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within ...
province.
Sales and operations
Within China
Great Wall's primary base of operations is located in
Baoding
Baoding (), formerly known as Baozhou and Qingyuan, is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants out of which 2,176,857 lived in the b ...
,
Hebei province
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
.
A site in
Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...
began operating in 2011.
A second base of operations in Baoding become operational in October 2013, located in
Xushui county.
Outside of China
Great Wall products are available in many places across the globe, with many third-party factories producing models from
knock-down kit
A knock-down kit (also knockdown kit, knocked-down kit, or simply knockdown or KD) is a collection of parts required to assemble a product. The parts are typically manufactured in one country or region, then exported to another country or region ...
s, such as those located in
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
,
Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran,
Nigeria,
Russia,
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
, South Africa, Ukraine,
and Vietnam.
In Europe, GWM is present in Romania,
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
,
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
, and
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...
. The Great Wall marque was also available in Western European markets such as Italy and the United Kingdom with a range of commercial vehicles being sold, but the company stopped supplying new vehicles to these markets with the dealer network being used for warranty work. In 2021, GWM opened a new European base in Munich in order to launch the Ora Good Cat EV in France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom (with the car to be rebranded as the Ora Funky Cat in many of these markets).
In the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. ...
, GWM first landed in
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to t ...
, and now it is present in
Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wa ...
,
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
,
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
,
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
and
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
,
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
, Argentina,
Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
, and
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Hon ...
.
Australia
Great Wall was launched in Australia in 2009 by an independent distributor. In May 2016, GWM set up a factory-backed distribution operation, coinciding with the launch of the
Haval brand on the Australian market. As of October 2021, Australia is GWM's largest export market. According to official VFACTS reporting from Australia's Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), GWM Haval sold a total of 18,384 units in the 2021 calendar year, placing GWM Haval 14th overall on the Australian market, ahead of
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a producti ...
.
Brazil
On 18 August 2021, the company announced the start of operations in Brazil with the acquisition of a former
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquarte ...
plant in the city
Iracemápolis
Iracemápolis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 24,614 (2020 est.) in an area of 115.1 km². The elevation is 608 m.
It is known as the birthplace of footballer Elano
Elano Blumer (born 14 June 19 ...
,
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaW ...
. The annual production capacity would reach 100,000 vehicles, and would create nearly 2,000 local jobs. The production would cover both Brazil domestic market and the rest of South America. On 27 January 2022, details and launch of factory was presented. According news, GWM will offer 10 models in Brazil, most of then hybrid electric SUVs and pick-ups, with an planned investment of R$10 billion.
Bulgaria
Together with the Bulgarian company
Litex Motors
Litex Motors is an automobile manufacturing company based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the official partner of Great Wall Motors in Bulgaria. It assembles vehicles of the Chinese manufacturer at the jointly developed facility located in Bahovitsa, ne ...
, Great Wall has a production base in
Bahovitsa
Bahovitsa ( bg, Баховица) is a village in Central-North Bulgaria, part of the Lovech Municipality, Lovech Province, about 5 kilometers north of Lovech. As of February 2011, it has a population of 969.
Industry
In February 2012, Great Wall ...
,
near the town of
Lovech
Lovech ( bg, Ловеч, Lovech, ) is a city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast from the capital city of Sofia. Near ...
,
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
, that became operational in February 2012.
As of 2012, the factory had the capacity to assemble 2,000 cars per year
from
knock-down kit
A knock-down kit (also knockdown kit, knocked-down kit, or simply knockdown or KD) is a collection of parts required to assemble a product. The parts are typically manufactured in one country or region, then exported to another country or region ...
s.
Initially only making the
Voleex C10, the factory later added production of an SUV and a pick-up, the
Hover 6 and the
Steed 5.
As of January 2015, the company had a production output of about 5,000 vehicles per year (the Hover H6 and the Steed 5 models) and was planning to reach up to 8,000 vehicles within a year or two. By mid-2016, the company had a total of 14 dealerships in 12 Bulgarian cities, three of them in the capital Sofia.
Germany
Because of the joint venture with
BMW AG, an office was opened in 2021, where
EDAG was, Max-Diamond-Straße 7, in front of BMW Forschung und Ingenieurzentrum and Polizei Building in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...
. After presenting the ORA car at IAA in 2021, the objective of CEO Qiao Xianghua was to hire up to 300 Employees at Design and Engineering Sector for working services to BMW R&D, sales and management in complete vehicle integration, vehicle component development, development and integration of electronic power system platforms, smart driving and Internet of Vehicles. Edag had built another Engineering Building at Frankfurter Ring 77, where a Renault dealer second hand vehicles parking lot was, and left the building empty for GWM rent it.
India
In 2020, Great Wall announced its plans to acquire the
General Motors India manufacturing facility in Talegaon, Maharashtra, with an intent to launch sales in 2021.
In June 2020 it committed to a phased investment of $1 billion but no date was confirmed for the start of production, despite the expectation for confirmation of the investment approval by the Indian government by the end of 2020.
But later in July 2022, the company officially announced its exit from India, and fired all its employees.
In an official statement, the company said: "We would like to thank all the members of Indian team for their contribution, We would continue to study the Indian market and look for opportunity in the future".
According to many reports some of the reasons for this exit were:
# Failed to get
FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) approval from Indian Government.
# Could not buy a former
General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
plant in Maharashtra's Telegaon.
# No opportunistic takeover during COVID-19 Pandemic.
Iran
The Iranian motor company
Diar
Diar Automobile Company (in Persian دیار خودرو) is an automobile company based in Golpayegan, Iran. Established in 2000, the company manufacturers SUVs and pick-ups under license from China's Changcheng, also known as Great Wall Motor. D ...
has assembled Great Wall vehicles from knock-down kits.
Malaysia
Great Wall Motor Sales Malaysia was set up in 2022 in Menara Binjai, Kuala Lumpur, with the company having a warehouse in the
Klang Valley
Klang Valley ( ms, Lembah Klang; zh, 巴生谷; ) is an urban conglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and includes its adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. It is co ...
and a plan with Go Auto Group for localized CKD assembly of their models. GWM is expected to launch the Ora Good Cat EV in Malaysia, alongside a couple if hybrid-powered Havals, the Haval Jolion and the Haval H6, with the Poer P12 and Poer P11 double-cab pick-up trucks coming under the main GWM brand.
Russia
In September 2015, GWM broke ground on a new plant located in the
Tula Region, Russia.
The plant is slated to have a total production capacity of 150,000 units per year if the project is successful enough to warrant a second phase of expansion.
Initially scheduled to open in 2017, the facility is touted as an "all-process vehicle plant",
which may indicate it is on a larger scale than other overseas assembly shops.
South Africa
GWM made its debut in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
in March 2007. They currently have a national dealer network of more than 66 dealerships.
Thailand
As of 2013, GWM had plans to invest $340 million (฿11,191.44 million) for a new factory in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
,
but this expansion effort was shelved in early 2014.
On February 17, 2020,
General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
announced it will withdraw from the Thai market and sell its
Rayong
Rayong ( th, ระยอง, ) is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province. It covers tambons Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of ''tambons'' Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within ...
plant to GWM by the end of the year. On 30 September 2020, GWM signed a share sales and purchase agreement with General Motors to acquire GM's production facilities in Rayong, with a plan to begin production in the first quarter of 2021 with automobile production capacity of 80,000 units annually.
Research and development
While R&D activities commenced in 1998,
in 2010 the company began construction of a technical center in
Baoding
Baoding (), formerly known as Baozhou and Qingyuan, is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing. As of the 2010 census, Baoding City had 11,194,382 inhabitants out of which 2,176,857 lived in the b ...
,
Hebei province
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
. Part of an effort to increase
R&D investment, the center may become fully operational in 2013 as Great Wall states it will obtain "world-leading R&D... and technical ability" by that year.
Currently, component design may rely heavily on foreign technical assistance, and some hard-to-source parts may be provisioned from overseas; the company states it has cooperative agreements with companies such as
Autoliv
Autoliv Inc. is a Swedish-American
automotive safety supplier with sales to all leading car manufacturers worldwide. Together with its joint ventures, Autoliv has over 68,000 employees in 27 countries, of whom 5700 are involved in research, dev ...
,
Delphi Automotive,
BorgWarner
BorgWarner Inc. is an American automotive supplier headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The company maintains production facilities and technical systems at 93 sites (as of June 6, 2022) in 22 countries worldwide and has around 49,000 employ ...
,
Robert Bosch GmbH
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, the German company Brose,
Ricardo plc,
TRW Automotive, and
Valeo
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in regards to specific parts such as engines, transmissions, door locks, and airbags, etc.
As of 2009, some models used Mitsubishi engines and
Siemens
Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad.
The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...
electronic systems—both sourced in China.
In January 2016, GWM has announced the creation of a R&D center in Yokohama, Japan as part of a strategy to enter the Japanese auto market.
In June 2016, GWM has announced the creation of a R&D center in Bangalore, India as part of a strategy to enter the Indian auto market.
Brands and Products
While its entire model line initially carried the same badge, the company planned around 2010 to begin differentiating its SUV, passenger car, and pick-up truck offerings naming them Haval, Voleex and Wingle respectively.
Haval became independent around 2013, with Great Wall recognizing this on their website stating in March 2013, "
heHaval brand became independent officially, bringing GWM into an era of dual brand of Haval and Great Wall."
Around 2016, Voleex was dropped, and by 2020, it was reported that the firm would not be selling Great Wall branded passenger cars at all anymore (at least in certain international markets) as all their SUVs would carry the Haval name, whilst their pick-ups, including the replacement for the Great Wall Steed (known as the
Model P/Poer/Cannon/Ute), was branded under the GWM marque.
Additionally, Great Wall has spawned three speciality brands — WEY in 2017 for luxury vehicles, ORA in 2018 for Electric Vehicles, and TANK in 2021 for luxury off-roaders.
GWM
As the core brand of Great Wall, GWM originally produced many types of vehicles, but has since evolved to focus on pick-up trucks. GWM has a sub-brand called POER (pronounced as power), which stands for powerful, off-road, enjoyable and reliable, with models such as the GWM POER P11 and GWM POER P12 on sale in selected markets across the world.
File:Great Wall Wingle 7 004.jpg, Great Wall Wingle 7
The Wingle (风骏) 7 is a pick-up truck manufactured by the Chinese company Great Wall Motors
Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (GWM) is a Chinese privately owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Baoding, Hebei. Founded in 1984, it is curren ...
File:Great Wall Wingle 5 China 2014-04-16.jpg, Great Wall Wingle 5
The Great Wall Wingle is series of pick-up trucks manufactured by the Chinese company Great Wall Motors (风骏) since 2010, based on the original Great Wall Wingle — since renamed the Great Wall Wingle 3. The second version is the Great W ...
File:Great Wall Pao 001.jpg, Great Wall Pao
The Great Wall Pao ( zh, t=長城炮, hp=Cháng chéng pào) also known as the POER P11/P12, Cannon, P-Series, RUMAN, or SUCAN is a range of mid-size pick-ups manufactured in China by the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motors since 2019.
Overv ...
Haval
Haval is Great Wall's SUV brand.
File:Haval Jolion 001.jpg, Haval Jolion
File:Haval F5 004.jpg, Haval F5
File:Haval Big Dog IMG001.jpg, Haval Big Dog
The Haval Big Dog () is a Compact sport utility vehicle, compact crossover SUV produced by the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motor under the Haval (marque), Haval brand since 2020.
Its Chinese-language name "大狗" (Dàgǒu), means "Big Dog", ...
ORA
ORA is positioned as GWM's new generation electric car and brand. The marque was officially launched with its first model ORA iQ on August 20, 2018.
File:ORA R1 2021032001.jpg, ORA Black Cat
The Ora Black Cat, also known as the Heimao or R1 is a battery electric city car produced by the Chinese car manufacturer Great Wall Motors and sold under its electric vehicle sub-brand, Ora, since 2019. The Black Cat was unveiled at the Shangha ...
File:ORA White Cat 002.jpg, Ora White Cat
The Ora White Cat also known as the R2 is a battery electric city car produced by the Chinese car manufacturer Great Wall Motors under its electric vehicle brand Ora from 2020.
History
In June 2019, Ora presented the R2 EV Concept study as a pr ...
File:ORA Haomao 2021031401.jpg, ORA Good Cat
TANK
Tank is Great Wall's luxury off-road marque. Originally meant to be a sub-brand under WEY, TANK became independent when Great Wall launched the TANK 300 due to the significantly different styling and brand proposition.
File:WEY Tank 300 IMG002.jpg, TANK 300
File:Tank 700 001.jpg, TANK 700
File:Tank 800 001.jpg, TANK 800
WEY
Launched in 2017 and named after GWM founder Jack Wey, WEY is Great Wall's luxury marque, focusing on crossovers and SUVs.
File:WEY Latte 001.jpg, WEY Latte
File:WEY Mocha 006.jpg, WEY Mocha
File:WEY Macchiato 001.jpg, WEY Macchiato
The WEY Macchiato is a Compact luxury crossover SUV produced by Great Wall Motor under the premium brand, WEY.
Overview
The Macchiato was presented during the Shanghai Auto Show in 2021. Sales started in April 2021 at Auto Shanghai in the M ...
Sales
Motorsport
The company made appearances at the
Dakar Rally
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previously. In
2010
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, it first entered the race as car number 389, with a modified model based on
Haval H3, and ranked 33rd. The
next year
"Next Year" is a song released as the last single from the third Foo Fighters (band), Foo Fighters' album ''There Is Nothing Left to Lose''.
History
A shorter version (running at just 3:21 compared to the original's 4:36) was released as a s ...
it finished 22nd as car number 373. Its best rankings were achieved in the
2012
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and
2013
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editions, when the team finished sixth. At the
2014
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edition, the team had been competing with the new
Haval H8
The Haval H8 is a mid-size SUV produced by Haval, a sub-brand of Great Wall Motor.
Overview
The Haval H8 was previewed on the April 2012 Beijing Auto Show as the Great Wall Haval H7 concept, the production version was revealed on the Chinese car ...
model, and finished in eighth. Since 2015, the company decided to quit Dakar Rally, but kept participating in other domestic rally races.
Controversies
Accusations of copied designs
Italian automaker
Fiat
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has claimed that a Great Wall
A-segment
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A-segment sales represent approx. 7-8% of the market i ...
car, the Peri (''Jing Ling'' in China), is a copy of its popular second generation
Fiat Panda. A 2008
Turin
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court ruling substantiated the claim stating that the Great Wall Peri, “doesn't look like a different car but is a
iatPanda with a different front end.” A copyright infringement case in
Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang (; ; Mandarin: ), formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about southwest of Beijin ...
, China, however, was rejected, with the court claiming that "consumers would not be confused between the two" as they are "clearly different, particularly the front and rear parts of the vehicles".
Other Great Wall models were also inspired by products of foreign automakers. The
Great Wall Florid
The Great Wall Florid () is a subcompact car produced by the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motors between 2008 and 2013. Styling is suspected to be copied from the first generation Toyota Ist (Scion xA), while the nose section is inspired by th ...
looks like a
Toyota ist, the
Great Wall Sailor/SA220 resembles
Nissan Frontier, the
Great Wall Coolbear
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is essentially a carbon copy of the first-generation
Scion xB
The Scion xB is a compact car ( subcompact car in its first generation) made by Scion, a now-defunct fully owned division of Toyota, for the United States market. It is a box-shaped, 5-door hatchback.
First generation (XP30; 2003)
The firs ...
, and the original
Great Wall Hover model looks like the
Isuzu Axiom.
Recalls
In 2012, almost 25,000 Chery and Great Wall cars were recalled by Ateco Automotives in Australia after discoveries of asbestos in the engine and exhaust gaskets. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission who monitored the recall, stated that the newly imported stock of both brands were not affected by the recall. There was an investigation on GWM vehicles in 2014 in Italy to check for the presence of asbestos.
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial website of Haval in ParaguayOfficial website for Haval-branded products
{{Hang Seng China 50 Index
Electric vehicle manufacturers of China
Chinese brands
Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers
Companies based in Baoding
Companies in the CSI 100 Index
Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Publicly traded companies of China
Civilian-run enterprises of China
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1984
Chinese companies established in 1984