4x4 Magazine Australia

GWM UTE CANNON-L

PERFORMANCE: 5.0/10

265/60R18 Cooper Discoverer HTS

0-100km/h: 11.38sec

60-100km/h: 6.7sec

100-0km/h: 43.37m (dry)

100-0km/h: 58.65m (wet)

AT risk of stating the obvious, the GWM Ute feels like a big vehicle propelled by a small motor. Which is exactly what it is.

Whereas the Ford Ranger’s 2.0-litre twin-turbo diesel shrugs off its lack of capacity, the GWM’s 2.0-litre single-turbo four-cylinder diesel produces just 120kW and 400Nm and has to use every one of them to motivate the Ute.

Unfortunately, dry braking performance is terrible, with even its best effort sailing beyond 43m; its wet braking is little better, requiring

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