2023 GWM Haval H6 GT review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- The GWM Haval H6 GT has no real rival. And that means it's hard to pass up.
It's a relatively affordable, relatively large coupe-style SUV, with heaps of road presence, lots of space, it's loaded with technology and it makes you feel good when you sit in it.
It's supposedly sporty -- the coupe roofline tells you that, and so does the Race mode driving setting with a pop and far exhaust note.
But there are some elements of the drive experience that are actually quite unlikeable... I'll tell you about them all in this review.
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Is it the right price?
01:33 What are the best alternatives?
02:44 Is it the right size?
04:24 Interior
09:24 Under the bonnet
09:52 Driving
14:39 Efficiency
15:20 Is it safe?
16:18 Ownership
16:57 Verdict
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My wife bought the H6 suv and for the price i was so jealous. The amount of texh is insane for the price and auch an elegant beast too. So now i own the top spec GT and while its not a sports car its still great to drive. Now my daily driver as my RS265 is now my week end car. Good job GWM i got what i paid for + more
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My wife wanted one. I advised agaisnt it. Now shes got one in all black, and I keep saying "Ill drive" when we need to go somewhere together, in race mode of course. One thing about the screen you didnt mention is that you can customise it so the your favourite settings will stay on the screen for easy access. For instance it can be configured in such a way that seat heater button is always on the right bottom corner then its just one click away instead buried within the menu. One problem that remains though is when you plug in your phone google still takes over the whole screen and you'll need to press a button to switch between google/car screen. Toyota may not be in trouble now but if they still havent delivered their orders by the time GWM has launched the Tank 500 in Australua, they will be.
The 500 has launched and loads of Toyota buyers have cancelled and moved over to gwm
King Matt at it again! 👑 You already know I'll be walking straight past the Haval Dealerships! 😭
Ha!
I 100% agree on the back badges! I googled though and a chrome delete or just taking the badges off altogether helps a lot. I think the colour choice is a big thing too, less contrast to the lack of colour coding, like the darker silver etc. Great review thanks!
Thanks for that - yep, I’ve seen a few with debadged rear ends, and rebadged ones too.
19:55 I looked at the Audi Q3 fastback and test drove it before testing the H6. It couldn’t match the list of features including no sunglasses holder and no autonomous parking. It’s also $20k dearer.
Fair points. It’s a nicer car to drive by $20000 in my opinion.
I also don't like coupe SUVs, but as these things go, this one is actually not bad looking.
It does seem that GWM are doing something right with their interiors. I drove the Ora last week and it's interior wasn't just good for the price, it was just plain good at any price.
Yeah, they are upping their game - just wish they had better physical controls!
Yeah that’s fine, better physical controls. If thats a deal breaker, buy that unreliable over priced under performing $ per kw Audi
If they can put more work on the infotainment, speedometer screen, and steering wheel, I would love it 100%. I feel they don't do justice to this magnificent masterpiece.
That was an enjoyable review:-) These chinese brands are filling the car yards by sheer volume. Am still waiting for the Japanese and Korean brands to become more competitive with price/servicing costs as result . . . .yep still waiting
I think Korean brands (Kia, Ssangyong) are competitive. Japanese are too conservative to be competitive.
In a time when car reviewers spout shite, I thoroughly appreciate your honest, no nonsense opinion!
Thanks mate. That’s my style!
I'm glad I'm not the only one then, I've never understood the concept of a 'Coupe SUV'! The last time I checked, a coupe only had 2 doors! The other thing I don't like about Coupe SUV's is that the coupe part eats into the cargo area, making it less practical when compared to a traditional SUV and there is no rear wiper! OK, Audi does offer this, but not others, the Renault Arkana I'm looking at you .... I believe a rear wiper is still a must for these types of vehicles, coupe or not! I've driven the Renault Arkana and I didn't warm to the engine/trans combo or the cramp rearview set up!
Haval needs to sort out it's badging! I know they're released a new 'HAVAL' badge, but as you've mentioned, there are too many badges on the back of these things! I've also seen a number of GWM Haval Jolions that have been de-badged and the result is a much cleaner look on the back! A lady down the road from me has bought one of these and in this colour, but I'm still not sold on them! The wheels look a little too small, especially when the grey plastic cladding around the wheels arches seem too over sized!
It may offer a lot of kit for the buck, but I'm still not sold on Chinese built cars and for me, it's the way they drive, their handling, the way all the technology works and question marks over their long term reliability. For people who have already taken that plunge into the unknown, good luck to you.
Yep, thanks for the comment. The badges would be an easy fix. And you’ve hit the mark on Arkana.
I gotta say few vehicles on the market today make me feel conflicted more than the Haval H6 GT.
Yeah? What is it about the car that’s conflicting for you?
Don't know about rex, but it's the HAVAL/China made badge for me and the dual clutch urgghhh. But sheesh the exterior/interior and tech plus warranty is hard to fault.... @@therightcar
Toyota had only got one mission - how to rip off their customers and dealers are also in this game.
Okay.
Relevance to this review?
Relevance to my comment. FOS.
@@therightcarhey I have seen this exact same comment and other similar type ones across youtube wherever is chinese car review. These are chinese bots I assume
Fine review Mat, though I felt you were determined to find fault, with what is an amazing car for the price. To get those interior appointments such as a HUD, ventilated front seats, panoramic sunroof and the best quality in cameras for parking, you would be looking another $40k extra. Also, pretty much every new car has the HVAC controls on their main screens as well. Don't mention how to open the glove box on a Tesla!
Mate, I wasn’t determined to find fault, the faults presented themselves without much investigation required.
“Apparent” “perceived” is an understatement
Yeah?
Pick mine up on monday
I hope you are happy with it mate.
@therightcar cheers...actually buying 4 the wife...still waiting 4 my ute
I've watched all your reviews of GWM cars and the one thing you don't complain about is build quality. You're mostly annoyed by the infotainment screen but the things you don't like are minor. You could turn the seat and steering wheel heating on before driving.
The one thing I agree with you on is the DCT gearbox. I don't understand why Chinese carmakers love DCTs. I think even CVTs would be better. But I wouldn't pay almost twice the price of this car for the Audi because it's not twice the car.
You agree with me on only ONE thing in this entire review? Come on.
Comparing to a good automatic gearbox like Aisin , the cost of DCT is 50% cheaper
Maybe production cost. But the cost to the end user is significant.
CVT gear box is great for sedan or light weight cars. AT gearbox get a high cost for the copyright. Haval DCT uses an oil version that is tested in the Chinese market.
Read Paul Marics review of this car, and he gives a fairer review of this car. Many who commented had bought this car and loved it totally!
To be fair, Paul’s reviews aren’t as realistic as mine. They’re set in an artificial space - not real world like I do.
I know there are lots of people who love their new car. I get it. I just don’t think it drives that well. Does lots of other stuff exceptionally.
I'm never ever going to buy one I'm not in that Target market but if I have to look at SUVs on the road daily this one does not offend my eyes,I quite like the look.
Fair enough.
Seriously? The Audi Q3 costs twice as much as the Haval H6GT, no way.
It doesn’t. It’s a few grand more for the base Q3, which even in entry spec, is a much nicer car than this.
@@therightcar You're right, the base Audi Q3 costs only 63k, while the Haval is priced at 40k. It's just a few grand more.
Interestingly we got the first generation of h6 coupe here in Australia as first generation h6, Australian market never get the second generation of h6 and now this is the third generation one
The Haval product rollout has been a weird one. And now there’s a facelift H6 we won’t get? So peculiar!
Updates are so frequent for the domestic Chinese market, but their cars are manufactured in a separate production line. Right hand drive cars are manufactured on a separate production line.
@@therightcar - easy to answer, look at stock levels, nearly all the "driveaway" Haval H6/H6 GT models are MY2022 build, GWM are having a hard time to get tester drivers converted into sales.
Eventfully the dealers will have to put rego on them and off load them as undriven demos with the factory giving massive discounts, like i said earlier if they were DA $35,990 they would MOVE very fast from dalerships to owners but at $11,000 more they are not budging, not even the rental fleets want them which tells you a lot about the market thinks about them.
That said MG have nearly got the rental market to themselves these days with Mitsubishi moving ASX in that segment.
I have one i turn off all the safety features and put it in race mode also the seat heat settings are on the main screen just swipe left
Doesn’t it annoy you to waste part of your life doing that every day?
@@therightcar not really
I've seen your previous review so will be interesting to see what your take is now since you have your own content distribution channel.
My own subjective review is that its not worth what GWM are asking for it due to lack of engineering in several areas with the BIG one being drivers seating position if you are taller than 6 foot, other issues like poor ride balance and body control together with steering that has some type of voodoo curse on it and the atrocious dual clutch transmission calibration.
On the plus side? GWM basically give you everything you could ever want in terms of tech and features and the engine is actually very good and i recently found out that its old school MPSEFI and not direct injection which means that it will last the distance provided you do regular service as it runs in between lean (too hot) and rich (to much fuel) and the On-demand AWD is a Haldex Gen 4 system which is great also.
As I said in the ASX video, take the H6 GT Ultra for a test drive, that said its not worth the DA pricing GWM are asking for it, no where near it.
95% of the controls are touch screen based so that is something to think about while your in RACE MODE with the Bi-Modal exhaust rumbling away.
Cheers again for your detailed comment mate. So happy to have you give your POV on so many of the cars I’m testing!
The boy racer in me says sports exhaust all day every day, but the more sensible side of me says just get the wagon because you more often than not have to haul large and bulky stuff.
The sports exhaust is a bit of a laugh - but maybe not funny enough to justify that roofline.
I have one the exhaust opens and closes depending on what mode it's in Eco is quiet normal also quiet but sports is slightly loud and race mode is extra loud
i dont mind the look, needs a bit more to be called a real gt, more power or different engine perhaps. bigger brakes and a racier tune.
matt you didnt mention the exhaust i think this has a sport exhaust from factory?
I did mention the exhaust mate. It’s in the start of the driving section.
@@therightcaryer you said sound? race mode opens the exhaust up. but even a clip from the outside showing the sound would be good for next one. keep up the great work.
It will be as good as worthless after its warranty period is over though. So is it really good value?
Says who?
I think Haval should have used an proper automatic transmission.
I agree. Wholeheartedly.
@@therightcar - yep and they have ZF 8-speed from the Cannon, that said does ZF make it in transaxle format?
Atleast it's not CVT
I can’t bring myself to buy a dual clutch gearbox, if it was a 8 speed ZF, I would have bought it for sure
A ZF torque converter would do marvels for this thing.
It looks like you was looking too hard to find faults but it kept disappointing you by being better, it looks a lot like you just sold it instead 😂😅
Haha 😂 no I wasn’t trying to find faults, but plenty made themselves clear to me. It’s not great to drive and the implementation of the tech isn’t as good as it should be. But, it’s huge value.
Matt I think you should educate yourself on haval's I own a haval h6 and I don't have any problems with it, if you want the heated seats and/or heated steering wheel on you just swipe down from the top and you can turn them on and you can also set the custom button (* ) as the heated steering wheel aswell.
Yeah I know, but the BETTER way of using BUTTONS is to have FREEAAAKIN BUTTONS
@@therightcar yeah that is true but at the price of the car you can't really knock it I mean no car is perfect
there are a few cars that are more perfect for similar money.
@@therightcar Matt, I think you would be best suitably reviewing those other cars. Don’t waste your time reviewing things you don’t like. 😂😉😜
I just find this review like you mentioned a little bit annoying.
YOUR BIGGEST KENYAN FAN RIGHT HERE, 17/08/2023
Thank you! How big are you? 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣@@therightcar
Would say the Chery Omoda 5 is its closest competitor.
“Best Alternatives”.
I just want a good car that I travel 3000k miles with pls I need advice
Buy a Toyota.
I think you can buy a Rav 4 Hybrid Cruiser for $80k AUD if you want it now, there are no shortages, dealerships have them in the backlot if you can afford to pay $25k more than RRP prices.
Ha! It’s a good thing but not $80k good.
My friend has been waiting for his rav4 since early 2022. The price has jumped up to $60k aud driveaway....
Even until now no news when they start to build his car.
@@TheGillederais Plenty brand new Rav 4 hybrid's in stock, don't believe the news, dealerships just won't sell it to you unless you are willing to pay $75k minimum. Not willing to pay the extortion prices? Well get in the 18 month wait line. Pure evil profiteering from Toyota dealerships.
@@therightcar Well people are paying those prices, spoke to a dealer.
@@utube9487 thats exactly what I said to my mates. Even with msrp $60k for a toyota is ridiculous. There are other brand for $50k you get nicer or modern depending which brand it is. The 10k savings for buying petrol n holiday.
But he already made up his mind and still waiting for his hybrid rav4.
is there a better one at the same price?
What?
@@therightcar is there a similar car that isn't 20k dearer?
Renault Arkana. As I called out.
@@therightcarwhich vehicle do you suggest in Haval H6GT, Honda Z-RV and Hongqi HS5?
A lot of H6 owners are starting to report issues. This is a shame as the H6 looks like decent value. If they had installed a conventional auto it would have been much better.
Yep. And the H6 hybrid with its bespoke transmission is so much better.
Yeah the DCT in this is worse than the MG DCT
@@mharro88 - yep and worse yet its a dry clutch setup with the calibration set to non start-stop traffic example: once your up and running its fine in shifting but between 0 to 50km/h yeesh the clutch feels like its slipping with every automated gear change, you can sort of mitigate that by driving in sports manual mode where the driver can force gearchanges and force transmission to stay in gear (provided you stay above the engine revs shift points) and use the engines torque to keep momentum , the engine does have 320NM from 1,500rpm to 4,000rpm so the mid range is more than enough to be in 4th / 5th gear pushing 2,500rpm to 3,200rpm in flowing taffic.
New Honda ZRV non hybrid any day over this
It’s a lovely thing, the non-hybrid.
You don't have to like a vehicle you review to watch. I hate EV,s but i watch the reviews for comic relief and giggle that wankers buy them.
Fair!
Lets see in 5 years and 100,000 km ..........will they be the new Craptiva ?
we have a winner.
It's already started with many reports of Haval having to do complete transmission change under warranty.
@@351tgvwhere are these reports, I very much would like to see them. Could you provide some links?
@@keith6371 - a good friend of mine always says: "google is your friend", in other words stop being lazy and do your own research.
when ever some like yourself asks for links they are trolling and no serious about identifying the issues around the issue at hand, now go away and learn that in a democracy people are allowed to have a view that dissents from the government propaganda.
Here is another tip, learn to understand.
Wow. Where’s this report coming from?
audi q3 sports pack in WA $62,156.38 drive away compared to haval h6 gt $46,990 drive-away hmmm
Look, I never said it was the cheapest alternative. It is the best one.
@@therightcar
If alternative has no price cap the world is your oyster....
Some constructive feedback...the art of a good independent review is for the commentators personal bias and subjectivity not to intrude into content. Please be more objective in future...stick to the pros and cons of the vehicle and leave the subjectivity interpretation to the audience. Sorry to be frank 😐
Thanks, and forgive me for being frank, but TH-cam is about personality, and I am injecting my own into these reviews precisely because they’re otherwise vanilla. People want to know what a car expert really thinks. I’m giving them that.
@@therightcar The expert word gets thrown around now days like a rag doll,most car reviewers claim they are experts 🤣
I own haval h6 ultra do not look at what gear i am in when parking turn the knob works well
I think with 13 years of experience and more than 1000 cars driven, I can call myself an expert.
@@therightcar the same can be said for car sales man they change cars everyday usually and keep them for the weekend..
more so in used car sales (ex car sales man)
Your complaints re the interior and no buttons for basic functions is no different to Volkswagen products. In fact they're worse.
I disagree. VW products are easier to use.
@@therightcar really? There's literally no buttons on my golf r I sold , same as the newer cupras, everything is the same , deep in the menu. The people who designed it got sacked so that says enough.
You can talk to it to operate AC etc. Can't you?
Yep, but the voice control is more hit and miss than the physical controls in my experience.
No not the haval but in the BYD and the Chery you can say hey byd open the sunroof .
Lambo Urus?
From Wish?
i think the audi would be more unreliable
Proof?
talk to mechanics about reliability,go to youtube watch redriven review audi a6 aussie review; absolutely worth the watch cheers@@therightcar
These days people looking for the price than the car itself. For me I will not buy this car, I will go for Japanese or Korean makes, as they had more reliable cars, just look at LDV, more time spending in the dealership workshop than on the road, always had problems with only 60,000kms.
Which LDV did you own?
wow audi q3 at $22000 more and less features and double the service cost and only 5 years warranty its only 2wd 110 kw and it does not park its self is the best you could find to buy
It is the best. It’s a great car.
i have watched reviews on that car and it has its faults too but my budget is in the mid forties not the high sixties so how is that car relevant to the budget and audi one of the most expensive cars to fix or maintain along with bmw and Mercedes@@therightcar
Fair enough. Don’t buy the expensive car then? 🤪
so in your opinion there is no car in the $45000 bracket that is worth buying @@therightcar
The Gt logo on the seat looks like a child drew it
I’m not a big fan of that detail, either.
Matt is doing Gods work by saving people from making big financial decisions they will later regret.
Ha!
Gods work didn't save you buying a over priced overrated Jap or catch on Korean car 😂
For god sake, would you stop saying 182 cm is 6 foot tall. You are 5”11 and 3/4; short.
Go away. I’m six foot tall and you’re bad at measuring humans.
This guy is one-sided and looking to hard to find faults 😂😂😂. Every suv has its pros and cons. AUDI are nice BUT not reliable generally speaking. Can name a list of problems but I won't go there.
I’m not trying to find problems. They presented themselves.
@@therightcarmaybe from your personal perspective yes. I disagree with you. "They presented themselves". It was clear you were simply bagging haval on its exterior and interior design lol.
@@sentinel8216 bro, don’t you even bother yourself. This guy needs to go get some content education from @MKHD.
One day when you build a million users product, you’ll understand how to make decisions for better UI/UX. I see many reviewers throwing shades on products.
I believe listing pros and cons in a good way and constructive help brands to improve second versions and viewers to make good decisions on products they wish to buy.
Poor mans Chinese copy of the Hyundai Santa Fe
The presenter seemed to be infected by China flu/bias. I drove Toyota all my life and recently bought the H6 hybrid and it beats them hands down. Also using Rav 4 hybrid at work and honestly the Haval is lot better.
If the presenter was given BMW with China label, he would have said the same thing 😂😅
The presenter is spot on with his statments!
oh look a winy the poo supporter. subjective objective at the end of the day GWM are asking way to much for a product that so far has zero durability creditability behind it.
You’re a goose. I haven’t got any kind of flu. Or bias.
I review cars to help people make decisions they won’t regret.
I think that's quite obvious. The same goes for most Australian car reviewers when it comes to Chinese cars. The only more unbias reviewers are south Africans.
@caalawyer9599 I would be very worried if South african car reviewers become relevant in Australia.
I found this review really annoying, can you review the Haval without referring to other brands and mocking every detail, if experts are good reviewers they don't express every opinion to suit their own agenda, this car is built for the masses I don't care about your silly opinions. In my opinion CarExpert is a better channel for car reviews more informative and intelligent.
This is the last review I will watch on your channel.
Been nice having you here. Bye 👋
Your reviews are pleasure to watch!
All Chinese cars are more or less for avoiding.
And don't ask me to explain.
Ask mechanics around. And their warranty is biggest scam..., joke.
Thanks for the compliment.