It is expected that the Great Wall artillery pickup truck will be officially launched in September this year.

　　On August 30th, the passenger version of Great Wall Gun, a pickup truck model owned by Great Wall Motor, was officially launched at Yongchuan Factory in Chongqing. The Great Wall Gun is a brand-new product of Great Wall pickup truck, adopting a brand-new design language, and its overall shape is very tough. According to previous news, the car is expected to be listed in September this year. With the official launch of this model in Chongqing Yongchuan factory, it also marks the official completion and production of Great Wall Motor Chongqing factory. In addition, the official announcement of its pre-sale price range is 126,800-159,800 yuan.

　　"Great Wall Gun Passenger Edition"

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　　"Great Wall Gun Passenger Edition"

　　"Great Wall Gun Commercial Edition"

　　The car debuted at the Shanghai Auto Show in 2019. In terms of appearance, the new car adopted a tough design style, and it was also a brand-new design language for the Great Wall pickup truck. The large-size front grille was combined with sharp headlights, and a brand-new brand LOGO was hung at the front grille, with a unique style. The car is built on the special platform of P71 pickup truck of Great Wall, and there will be three product directions: commercial pickup truck, passenger pickup truck and off-road pickup truck.

　　The car has a body size of 5410/1934/1886mm, a wheelbase of 3230mm, and an interior size of 1520/1520/538mm, which is one of the larger pickup truck models in China. In the rear part, the overall shape of the new car is full, and the rounded taillights are crystal clear, which echoes the shape of the headlights. In addition, in terms of external configuration, the new car comes standard with LED daytime running lights, front fog lights, adjustable headlight height, delayed headlight closing, LED exterior rearview mirror turn signal, electric adjustment of exterior rearview mirror, multi-stage boneless front automatic wiper, four-door window one-button lifting, shark fin antenna and so on. On this basis, the high-profile models have added electric sunroof, electric folding of exterior rearview mirror and welcome pedal.

　　The interior of this car has a strong riding style in terms of materials and modeling. The symmetrical design looks very relaxed, and it provides three combinations of technical texture, brown imitation wood decorative board and brown and white leather material to meet the aesthetic needs of different consumers. In terms of details, the front and rear rows are equipped with multiple external power ports, and the back of the rear seat can be leveled at a ratio of 4:6, which has a good performance in humanization and details.

　　In terms of power, it is equipped with a 2.0T gasoline engine of GW4C20B, with a maximum power of 197 HP. The transmission system is matched with an 8-speed automatic manual transmission from ZF, and it has a four-wheel drive system. In addition to the passenger version of the car that will be pre-sold, the Great Wall Gun series will also provide off-road style models and commercial models for consumers to choose from in the future.

　　● About Great Wall Motor Chongqing Yongchuan Factory

　　The factory established by Great Wall Motor in Yongchuan, Chongqing is its fifth full-process production base, and it is also a powerful supporting force for the formation of Great Wall Motor’s globalization strategy. The newly built and put into operation Chongqing factory has achieved a high degree of automation. There are 98 welding robots in the welding workshop, and the automation rate has reached 100%. The automatic online rate of SPS+AGV automatic conveying system in the assembly workshop has also reached 70%.

　　In terms of intelligent manufacturing, Chongqing factory can combine the monthly sales demand, form the monthly production plan of the factory through APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) system, and decompose the plan into material demand plan, distribution plan and production plan, so as to realize the high coordination of multiple processes in advance. In terms of intelligent logistics, Chongqing factory can realize logistics management inside and outside the factory, logistics quality management, distribution management and order-driven warehousing management through WMS (Warehouse Management System) and LES (Logistics Execution System), so as to reach the leading level of intelligent logistics management in China.

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　　According to previous data, in May 2019, the number of domestic pickup terminals was 30,400, up 1.76% year-on-year. From January to May, the number of insured terminals was 174,000, a year-on-year increase of 10.14%. In the context of the overall decline of the automobile market, pickup trucks with a double-digit growth trend are regarded as one of the potential market segments. As one of the earliest manufacturers of pickup trucks in China, Great Wall Motor naturally has to dig deep into this market segment. The brand-new pickup truck that Great Wall Motor put into production this time is such an example. With the improvement of people’s living standards, there is also more demand for pickup trucks. Therefore, on the basis of better appearance and more comfortable interior, the car has also derived three types of commercial pickup trucks, passenger pickup trucks and off-road pickup trucks to meet the needs of various consumers, which is quite worthy of recognition. We also expect this epoch-making China brand pickup truck to enter the market as soon as possible. (Author: Luo Aoyu)