We had a Chinese pick-up truck once before. It arrived about a dozen years ago or something like that; it was called the Great Wall Steed and, well, of the four on the Trader at the time of writing the most expensive was a very low miler from 2017 and the guy was after five and a half for it.
Now it’s time for another attempt. The Poer300 is also from China and it’s also from Great Wall, or GWM as they now
want to be known. They company is also responsible for an electric car called the Funky Cat, so Poer300 (it’s pronounced ‘power’) is at least not the worst name out there. It’s better than Steed, too.
And that’s not the only area in which it improves on the sad old effort from back then. This time, it feels like it was made with European punters in mind. In fact, this time it feels like it was made with people who don’t want their truck’s cabin to fall apart in their hands in mind, which has got to be a good thing.
To begin at the beginning, the Poer300 is a double-cab available solely with a 2.4-litre turbo-diesel engine and 9-speed auto box. It has 183bhp and 354lbf.ft at 1500rpm, it’ll carry 1050kg and tow 3500kg (with a GTW of 6200kg) and the man says you’ll get 32.6mpg out of it.
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