2024 GWM Tank 500 Hybrid: Detailed review - 0-100 & POV test drive
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- 2024 GWM Tank 500 Hybrid: Detailed review - 0-100 & POV test drive. For more insight and info, our full review will be up on the website soon. Stay tuned: drivingenthusiast.com.au/
00:00 - Intro
01:53 - Hybrid engine
02:26 - Price
03:34 - Fuel economy
04:55 - Interior
08:41 - POV test drive
18:52 - Off road
22:30 - Launch control
23:44 - 0-100
27:21 - Vbox results
2024 GWM Tank 500 Lux Hybrid specifications:
255kW (347PS) / 648Nm, 2.0-litre turbo-petrol 4-cylinder hybrid
9-speed auto transmission with four-wheel drive
Claimed 0-100km/h: 8.3 seconds
Official average fuel consumption: 8.5L/100km
Tare weight: 2556kg
Boot space: 98L/1459L
Price: AU$66,490 (drive-away)
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Keep up the great content mate - killing it with the authentic reviews, noting the good, bad and ugly
good to see a review that isn't immediately blowing smoke up GWM's bum like the rest of the mainstream - great, honest auto journalism mate, we're loving it
It’s not marketed as a fuel saving hybrid system, rather as an additional performance boost. Plus having that instant torque in theory will make it better off road compared to even a diesel. The soft suspension is a trade off for improved wheel articulation in tough off road conditions. Just replace the rubbish tyres it comes with. Even compared to the newly upgraded Prado it’s still a decade ahead in terms of technology and comfort with significantly less noise than that prehistoric 2.8 litre diesel engine. A tweak to the suspension, with dual purpose tyres and it rides significantly better. Yes it isn’t proved over time in Australia, yet China have been making cars domestically for decades now. Even in the naughties I was impressed with driving in China. I’ve also owned a couple of Landcruisers over the years including the last generation. Plus you also need to factor into the fuel economy that this doesn’t require premium fuel so that’s a 15-20% saving to also consider.
I don't believe he did his research on how this system is designed. It's designed to have v6 performance from a 4 cylinder without killing it with boost. And it does it well.
I love your headline. Whilst other journos are saying "Prado killer", you say it how it really is.
Driving Enthusiast is obviously not being paid by the CCP.
Also go to other reviews and you'll see many "positive" comments of supposedly people that have either driven or own the Tank. It's so obvious chinese bot comments praising the Tank.
Thanks for doing a proper review. Somehow, a very popular Australian review website rated this as an 8/10.....
@@RodneyW Out of 100 maybe.
@@drivingenthusiastaustralia User error maybe?? Car sauce got 6.9 0-100! I've driven one of these and they drive amazing. At least 10 years of the dying Japanese brands. What the Japanese did to the English cars is exactly what the Chinese are doing to the Japanese.
@@simonbates5939 Disagree. Back in the days the Japanese cars were actually better than some of the local stuff. That’s why they succeeded. From what I can see and what I’ve experienced so far this is not at that standard (yet).
User error? Did you not see the “powertrain error” message come up? Hard for a user to purposely cause that.
@@drivingenthusiastaustralia I drive drive one of there tank 500's everyday, 10 times better than an old feeling Prado. Easy to see why Toyota has dropped from the best selling company in China to number 9. I'll be surprised if Toyota survive considering the downfall it has take-in the largest car market in the world. In China, Mitsubishi is already bankrupt, so is jeep, Nissan , Honda & Mazda not far away...
@@simonbates5939 Do you work for GWM?
Also, isn’t that mainly because China has more and more of its own brands popping up, flooding out existing players? My guess is their tax system makes it very difficult for imports to compete against locally made stuff. And yes, I realise many of the established brands have factories in China too. But I don’t think it’s as simple as ‘Mitsubishi and Toyota are failing’ in that market.
Good old Marrickville metro ❤️
I recently purchased an Everest Trend 4WD (MY23.50), I did look at the Prado (price and yeah price was the issue, well that and the lame duck engine and the fact its being superseded soon), Fotruner (um, yeah was tempted on price but overall function let it down and that lame duck engine), Pajero Sport (was tempted and almost bought it, but none in stock anywhere in trim and colour I wanted) and also the Rexton (just wanted to test drive it was never serious) and did look Tank 300 (lol) and Tank 500 (even bigger lol) as both are petrol turbo (with the 500 having hybrid tech).
Seriously the Tank 500 is nice however you would be throwing good money at bad vehicle and the resale would kill you alone (reports are the wholesalers are only going to give 30% retained value after 5 years ... YEESH), unless you can justify throwing away your money then you cant seriously think about this vehicle from GWM, that said should the Tank 500 hold up well in service they will make for an excellent 2nd or 3rd hand purchase in 3 to 5 years time.
Looks like a mini 2nd generation Toyota Sequoia
Agree Brett that chrome grill needs a redesign
It'll only be 'chrome' for a little while - then the tape will peel off
Toyota Prado from TEMU ...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why does the car move in launch control mode before the brake pedal is released? Isn't the whole point of a launch control program to prevent wheel slip from brake boosting?
Good question. In my opinion these systems are not true launch control. Proper launch control is really only possible with automated-clutch automatics, including DCTs. This is like many other carmakers, like BMW, that offer 'launch control' but really it's just brake-loading with some tweaks to the ECU and transmission mapping to optimise acceleration. Long story short, even with the brake pedal pushed hard the engine is still engaged with the gearbox and wants to move the vehicle forward. I tried harder during actual Vbox timing - the external shots are purely video. Hope that helps.
Good honest review, so many others singing the praises of these junkers…
I’d be interested in your opinion on the best of the “cheap” SUVs - would it be the Chery Tiggo Pro 8, the Haval H6, or something else? No car reviewers ever seem to compare them against each other. Also which ones do you think will last in Australia and which ones will most likely fail after a couple of years.
Thanks for your comment. Great idea for a future video. I’ll see if I can put something together very soon 👍
Yep a vehicle that Will do a wheelie without trying too hard when you slam on the brakes 😂
Not certain I would want be an early adopter of one of these. I think you find a Prado VX will be significantly more especially the new model when released which will likely be over $90k driveway for a VX.
Yep, new Prado prices have gone up (excluding on-roads):
GX: $72,500
GXL: $79,990
VX: $87,400
Altitude: $92,700
Kakadu: $99,990
Keen to test the new model. If it is much better than the predecessor then I guess some of that extra cost is justified. But even as it is, the outgoing Prado, in my opinion, is a superior product to this Tank 500 in terms of long-term reliability, efficiency, real-world safety, resale value, and driving dynamics. I'd be happy to pay extra for that.
Brakes like my dads old mirror minor panel van 😅
Then again…my neighbor has a supercharged f150 raptor and that stops in the next time zone as well
I own the ultra tank 500
Already got 10000 kms on
With around 3000 towing a 2t boat
I prefer this car over my landcruiser any day
So say what u like 👍
That indicator sound sucks, over time it would annoy me endlessly
Driver monitoring camera would annoy me also
Dead ringer for the older lincoln navigator from the front. Looks alright but the design is quite uninspired.
Ooh is this a Lincoln Navigator? Oh no! Wait, it’s a GWM
This car will never be better than any Prado only until it proves itself globally for 10 years onwards. Which we know it won't 😂Simple as that.
Definitely don’t buy the Chinese car version that not been sold in China. I don’t want to say that but Chinese mandate iteration is very fast sometimes clients are test drivers and they will update the bugs and issue afterwards. For instance Tank300 has sold 30k cars in China (mainly in petrol) and it updates the gearbox software for several times ( to improve the smooth between 2nd and 3rd) gear. Those issue we have seen in AU versions are mainly new issues for those cars. ( 17inch ATT tyres are main choices in China with no break issue; no compulsory emergency line keeping). HEV are not sold in Chinese market so u would better not buy this.
I'd be surprised if someone even bought this 😂
Well named....🤪
To be fair the breaking test 100km to zero you were actually doing closer to 120km. But over all a pretty honest review.
The Vbox only starts recording when it passes down through the 100km/h mark, as shown in the results on the phone. I have to go above an indicated 100 as pretty much all speedos are out. For example, if I only watched the speedo the vehicle might only be going 94-95km/h and therefor the Vbox would not record a result. Also keep in mind this is how all vehicles are tested on this channel.
Thanks for your feedback 😀
@@drivingenthusiastaustralia Ah ok, thanks for the reply and clarification.
A very honest review then,👍
As long as one applies the brakes a day in advance, you should be fine!😱😵💫🤣
the braking distance would put me off. That is 14 metres longer than my BMW SUV same weight. Yes it costs more but 14 metres is the difference between life and death. Literally
That is WOEFUL. Imagine the wet braking performance
If the brakes and the safety tech is bad then....... How did it get 5 Star ANCAP rating?????😂
Because ANCAP doesn't actually test things like driver monitoring cameras. It's just a tick-box. If it has it, the car is eligible for 5 stars. It doesn't matter how well (or not) it works. As long as it has it. There are a few technology prerequisites like this.
Also, ANCAP does not test braking performance, at all.
From Car expert which tested performance in the proper testing ground, the braking distance is 45.6 metre which is awful in my opinion, but it is still similar or even better than some of its competitors, eg. Everest/Pajero Sport.
Yes, the braking is even worse than the last gen Prado, but mainly due to the Giti tyres, as most of Chinese reviews got under 40m results with Continental tyres…
Even with the worst situation, the acceleration is still much better than most or all of the competitors…and it gives torque when off-road.
It’s petrol, it’s certainly using more fuel than diesels…but yes, PHEV is the way to get much better fuel efficiency which GWM sell in China.
The interior space is not worse than the Pardo 7seats, if it is not better…
The thing I cannot comment is the reliability…
Thanks for your comment. It's never a good idea to compared results from different channels/tests because the surface, temp, timing equipment is all going to be different. Even the vehicle is likely different. I also notice Car Expert has a GWM ad campaign running next to their review on the website...
When you say: "The interior space is not worse than the Pardo 7seats, if it is not better…"
Are you referring to boot space?
Boot space is listed at 98L with three rows up in the Tank 500 and 120L in the Prado.
Regarding on the 255kw, it’s the simple combination of the maximum output numbers of the engine and P2 elec motor. As it’s a system with a quite large motor and a small 1.7kwh battery, the discharge rate of the battery is not enough to support the motor all the time. PHEV is the way to get constant power output. Anyway, I don’t think 7.7 to 8.5s are a huge difference.
The stats I referring are all their tested results.
For the boots, I could barely see the difference with the third row up, but the official numbers should be right.
I like all the objective results from your reviews, and car expert as well. These are great jobs
You get what you pay for. I reckon these Chinese cars are good overall value making it affordable for most people. People's Republics of China mate. Not like the land down under where most people can't afford a flat. sorry mate it is what is TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. CHINESE MAKE LIFE AFFORDABLE ADMIT IT. It looks really pretigious inside out and if you drive sensibly it should last a few years. Whho would have guessed that you can get fully fledged off roaders like Tank 300 and 500 from 50 GRANDs.
This is $64,000. That’s not cheap. You can get an Isuzu MU-X 4x4 3.0TD from around $60,000 including on-roads. Or a Mitsubishi Pajero GLS 4x4 from around $60k including on-roads as well. Both offer better resale value, a more reliable powertrain package, bigger dealer network, and superior driving dynamics. The Mitsubishi even comes with a 10-year warranty. I recommend ‘leave it’ - as you suggest.
Not your cup of tea
Cars with barely working breaks get 5 stars but they can’t get 5 stars without a useless driver monitoring system.
Sounds like that's a shitbox 😅
For only a few grand less than a Prado you'd have to have rocks in your head to buy one of those. And even aside from having to live with a shitbox for however long you tolerated it, the resale will be woeful.
Fuel consumption over 14l/100 by the time you got to the offroad section too.
It's genuinely amazing to me that people even consider it - and it's shameful that none of the other fawning reviews of the vehicle have noted the soggy suspension and appalling braking performance.
Thankyou for being one of very few honest reviewers. Keep it up, if there's one thing the world needs it's people telling it how it is.
And if that's 255kW I'll eat my hat.
Thanks a lot. Yes I agree - it's bad enough with politicians.
I think there are some advertising deals going around with GWW. That might be why others aren't reporting this stuff. A good way to tell is check out the written reviews and if there is some kind of campaign going within the review, that isn't an automated Google ad but a custom GWM ad (or whatever the respective brand is), it's probably some kind of paid deal.
@@drivingenthusiastaustralia yes, sometimes you see a review of a car you're familiar with and think there simply has to be something going on because it's so detached from reality. I've got a huge collection of older car mags and it's really notable how the tone has changed. If something was crap in the 80s or 90s it was called out.
There should be rules around graft, at least it should have to be declared like it is with other types of media.
You're as close to the Peter Wherrett ethos as I've seen in years and I mean that as a big compliment. I always had the utmost respect for his style - you've probably seen that the ABC has uploaded some old Torque episodes and it's really stark to see the contrast between someone saying what they really think about a car without being scared and some of the reviews you see now where the worst thing people will say is "it uses a little more fuel than I expected" or "I don't like this colour".
@@mahcooharper9577 That is a huge compliment mate. I loved watching his reviews. Still do. Thanks!
Classic; 'I don't like this colour'. When a reviewer really wants to go on the next launch gig and be wined and dined, that's the go-to criticism haha.
@@drivingenthusiastaustralia - lol Bret ...
Um yeah looking at a certain car sales editorial review *wink*wink*
The so called experts over in Melbourne that used to give advice also are known to be in the back pocket of Haval/GWM.
Did I say that out loud? Maybe Cadogan can look into it :)
Copy everything from the Prado except it's amazing engineering
Tanks but no Tanks.
good one!
Why
Prado from Temu 😭😂💀
I drive it everyday, amazing vehicle and makes the Japanese feel old. Toyota has gone from the best selling brand in China (the biggest car market in the world) to number 9, Mitshibishi has gone bankrupt, Jeep & Nissan are going the same way , I'm not even sure the Japanese car market will survive let alone the USA car manufacturers
market.
Why are we letting these death traps in our roads (in theory on our roads noting no one’s going to buy one)
At least they haven't cheated in the Safety test like Toyota etc...
A Ford Raptor has an even worse braking distance ...
And pretty much all 4x4/Utes with off-road tyres.
@@klausschroiff4405its a Ford😌it's a soft spot
@@klausschroiff4405 I've timed a Raptor 100-0 on the same piece of tarmac in 46.96m. It has pretty crazy off-road tyres. This has 'HT71' tyres, highway terrain. And it took 50m.
@@drivingenthusiastaustraliaFrom other reviews tested in the proper testing ground, the Everest with highway tyres has similar brake distance to this tank 500…
Watched it from start to finish. Wow. What an overpriced,under performing s-box. From the glitchy driver monitoring, to the terrible highway economy, lack of space, and lack of brakes. I'd be steering well clear of this unproven train wreck.
Thanks for watching.
It does have some positive aspects, like the interior is really nice and the screens are crisp. External cameras are great as well.
Perhaps you're the one, who is paid to trash all these Chinese cars? Asking for a friend 😂😂😂
Paid by who exactly?
Are you always so underwhelming? asking for a friend.
@@shaun1900 My level of excitement and animation is usually a reflection of the product I'm reviewing.
@@drivingenthusiastaustralia I'm talking about Chris, love the work you do and the honesty you bring to TH-cam.
@@shaun1900 My apologies.
Thanks for the feedback.