Great Wall puts the ‘Tank’ badge exclusively on body-on-frame SUVs, and the newly revealed Tank 300 Ranger is no exception – in fact, it is the Chinese carmaker’s most rugged off-roader so far. The Ranger was developed in cooperation with Yunliang 4x4, a China-based tuner shop specializing in four-wheel-drive utility vehicles. The main novelty comes in the form of revised suspension: the basic formula is the same, but the towers come from K-Man, a local racecar suspension manufacturer. In conjunction with upgraded Eibach springs and shocks, they should enable Tank 300 Ranger owners to jump off trampolines and floor the gas even on bumpy roads with no fear of suspension damage.
Elsewhere, metallic bumpers come to replace plastic ones, the fender flares are new, there is a winch, a new ventilated hood, a snorkel pipe, wheels with beadlock protection, and BFGoodrich All-Terrain tires. Things stay the same under the hood. A 2.0-liter gasoline engine still puts out 227 PS and 387 Nm of torque. An eight-speed automatic gearbox carries the momentum to all four wheels thanks to an on-demand AWD system with reduction gear.
A limited quantity of Tank 300 Rangers will be built and sold starting from the equivalent of US$ 38,000, a considerable premium over the US$ 30,000 stock car.
