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Road Test: GWM Ora 300 Super Luxury

Coming in as South Africa’s cheapest EV, we have comprehensively tested the new GWM Ora 300 in the December issue of CAR Magazine. Read here.
Posted by Ryan De Villiers - 14 December 2023
GWM Steed 5E DC 2,0 VGT Xscape Test

GWM Steed 5E DC 2,0 VGT Xscape Road Test

Value for money is a relative concept, especially in the motoring industry. Some consumers attribute value to a vehicle’s sheer competence. A BMW 3 Series, […]
By CAR magazine - 21 July 2015
GWm C20R front-three quarter driving image

Long-term update (4) – GWM C20R

I will admit that I haven’t always had good things to say about GWM C20R long-termer. As my latest update in the magazine shows, it’s […]
By CAR magazine - 21 July 2014
GWM M4 1.5 VVT rear view

GWM M4 1,5 VVT

Another newcomer has joined the small crossover fold, but has GWM lost its way? We test the GWM M4 1,5 VVT.
By CAR magazine - 12 July 2014
GWM C20R open bonnet image

Long-term update (3) – GWM C20R

I will admit that the C20R has done more family duty than anything else recently. It’s a small car. When I have my nephew’s car […]
By CAR magazine - 7 May 2014
GWM H6 2,0 TCI rear view

GWM H6 2,0 TCI

IT’S the Chinese Year of the Horse and a quick glance at 2014’s proposed new-model launch schedule reveals that Great Wall Motors is not only […]
By CAR magazine - 30 April 2014

Long-term update (2) – GWM C20R

I didn’t mind taking ownership of the C20R when it joined our fleet in October last year. We had just tested the car so, I […]
By CAR magazine - 7 January 2014

Long-term introduction – GWM C20R

People can be rather judgmental when I tell them what my new long-term car is a GWM C20R. The truth is, this car really isn’t that bad at all. In fact, I think it’s GWM’s best vehicle to date.
By CAR magazine - 13 November 2013
GWM H5 2,4 4x2

Long-Term Test: GWM H5 2,4 4×2

FROM colleagues hinting that I’d have to get a second long-termer “as a spare”, to fellow journalists in the industry remarking that “I had taken […]
By CAR magazine - 13 February 2013

Long-Term Update (3) – GWM H5 2,0 VGT 4×2 Automatic

Having undergone an ECU upgrade and its 10 000 km service the GWM H5 diesel pointed its nose towards the odd slice of Victoriana in the Karoo that is Matjiesfontein for a spot of ghost hunting.
By CAR magazine - 15 January 2013
GWM H5 front view

GWM H5 2,0 VGT 4×2

Slotting a turbodiesel into the GWM H5 may not have exorcised the previous transmission-related issues and it may lack in refinement, but it has made the car punchier at the low end and a bit less thirsty than its petrol sibling. The 2,0 VGT 4×2 could well be worth investigating.
By CAR magazine - 14 January 2013

GWM C10 1,5

GWM’s foray into the passenger market gains momentum.
By CAR magazine - 18 June 2012

Long-Term Update (5) – GWM H5 2,4 4×2

Our GWM H5 2,4 has completed its long-term test mileage. In fact it has gone slightly further than required, because its last job was to […]
By CAR magazine - 24 May 2012

Long-Term Update (4) – GWM H5 2,4 4×2

It’s not often that a long-term test vehicle completes its 20 000 km term so far ahead of schedule, but then again the GWM H5 […]
By CAR magazine - 9 March 2012

Long-Term Update (3) – GWM H5 2,4 4×2

My GWM H5 long-termer has had a tough few months. Only half-way into its test term, it has already clocked up 75 per cent of […]
By CAR magazine - 28 November 2011

Long-term Update: GWM H5 – part 2

I’ve only had my GWM H5 long-termer for about three months and already it has accumulated more than 6 000 km with us. I say […]
By CAR magazine - 9 September 2011

Long Term Update: GWM H5

Jumping out of a Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged straight into a GWM H5 was always going to require considerable acclimatisation. It was also always […]
By CAR magazine - 27 June 2011

GWM DOUBLE CAB LUX

Does cheap necessarily mean nasty? Not quite, as we find a very viable
alternative from the Far East. But, oh, those brakes…
By CAR magazine - 1 June 2007

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