Savings of $5000 from the original price for the Hybrid variants, $2000 lower than its offering back in June from $52990.
Non-hybrid models also lowered by $1000 from original price.
GWM offers page also have a finance offer with its previous price, though might not be updated correctly yet.
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The hybrid uses more fuel, albeit for a small power boost.
Jeez why bother with putting in the hybrid then. They need to fix this.
@FiloGuy: Marketing at that point hahaha.
But seriously the team that built a hybrid that uses more fuel needs to be fired. OK hybrids save fuel (most ICE), good hybrids save fuel and give more power (toyota Rav4 style).
If people want more power they'd get a bigger engine or better turbo system in the car.
@FiloGuy: Once upon a time people assumed that a turbo meant go faster, we have since learned that turbos work well for fuel efficiency purposes too. Similar deal with hybrids, their application is not just specific to fuel economy, a lot of very high end supercars use hybrid drivetrains because having 100% of the motors torque available instantly is impossible to mimic on an ICE engine.
They need to fix this.
You make it sound like it's a mistake, and not an intentional design choice
@beltdrive: Fuel economy IRL or on paper? Hybrids are better than ICE when you're doing stop start traffic. ICE will win anything long distance.
E: They both got 12L/100km with hybrid and ICE only. If the Hybrid is tuned for more power, then getting more power with same fuel economy is something. But you also have higher maintenance costs, higher weight. It'd be nicer to drive in traffic or slow, but up to the user.
@FiloGuy: Yeah exactly, it's ridiculous. The whole point of a hybrid system is to save fuel, otherwise you can just get a beefier engine that uses more fuel to get more power without having to pay for 2 separate power trains. Go save yourself $12k and get the H6 Ultra Hybrid instead. It only uses 5.5L/100km and has 1100km of range.
I’m saving 50 odd k from not buying this at all.
Lets be realistic here
This is Great Wall.
They do NOT have a great reputaion in Australia.
Cant believe all the Negs against anyone who criticises GWM.
Maybe Winnie the Poo has multiple accounts and is trolling OzBargain
Go buy a Suzuki then for roughly around the same price but has nothing to offer.
has nothing to offer
Reliability. Ethical.
Oh wow look at this guy, the ethical consumer… 🤣🤣🤣
GWM has more features and more electronic components, so they might not be as reliable as the old-school Suzuki. But for "Ethical", what makes you think Suzuki is more "Ethical" than GWM?
@thunderlander: ethical? give me any brand and you can dig up dirt..i bet they wouldnt hesitate to sit in a Merc that made a fortune from nazi germany
@1st-Amendment: …a fortune…
Could just as easily have substituted Ford or GM in the same context, as you (cough) know.
@Igaf: yep… sucessfully sued the american tax payer for bombing their german factories… despite ford & gm indirectly killing american citizens by supplying the nazi war machine… #AllWarsAreBankersWars
apart from genuinely excellent off-road performance.
Yeh but for anything, the Jimny is nothing special and is below average at best. I test drove both the Auto and Manual in 2020 I think and was super underwhelming.
I ended up getting a Mahindra Scorpio for 37k and it's years ahead of the Jimny.
@itsmoe: I do a bit of off-roading and beach driving and went with a friend in his up at Lancelin and I was seriously impressed. On the road, the Jimny is distinctly average but off-road it's very capable. It would be mental to buy a Jimny just for urban driving.
@R4: Yeh, this is why people are leaning more towards the Tank 500 as it's a great daily driver and a great off roader as well especially the Ultra Version.
The Mahindra is great too but a much bigger car than the Jimny but a much more capable and a better daily even.
@itsmoe: For me, off-roading is not just about capability but also reliability. Toyota, Mitsubishi et al are established and have proven reliability, GWM do not - well not yet anyway.
I'll never get one.
For me, off-roading is not just about capability but also reliability.
And supportability. People prefer Toyota's because they know that in the rare case they break in the middle of nowhere, they can still get them fixed. Good luck with the same level of support from $insert_ new_unproven_car_brand_here
@1st-Amendment: That is true, this is what I don't like about the Mahindra, there aren't enough support or accessories in Australia yet, I'm hoping it does become more popular int he next year or so to see more shops make parts for it.
But if I could afford a Toyota, I would have jump right on one.
@1st-Amendment: Yeah maybe the 100 series cruisers with the 6 cyl diesel but the newer 8's and 300's 6 will see the return trip on a flatbed.
Toyota reliability nowadays means a petrol engine so either Camry or Corolla, tbh thats been the case 20 years now.
@itsmoe: Not in safety ratings. The mahindra scored a perfect zero. Would turn an Uber away if it was a mahindra.
@BargainGain: It received a zero only for the safety tech which most people turn off as soon as they start driving.
Other than that, it's a very safe to drive the car, if anything I'd be worried about others in case of an accident.
@itsmoe: Did you see the crash test? It lacks both active and passive safety features. A rating of 44% for adult occupant safety, 23% for pedestrian safety and 0% for safety tech granted it a 0/5 star rating. Why would you defend this? Why buy a new car if not partly for improved safety?
Suzuki has a far better track record in reliability.
Yes but I'm not buying a 4 speed auto 1.5l tuna can for 40+k. The second they put up their prices, they lost a lot of customers.
I never knew a Jimny had such beautiful interiors and actually well built
there is a white jimny that does the rounds around my office area , it has a mini g body kit , looks fly as hell i always thought. cutest mini g lol
There's one near me with the number plate JWAGEN. Always makes me giggle.
@stuffandthat: I just Googled to find any photos of people doing this and guess what I found? I love it!
https://www.carexpert.com.au/opinion/i-turned-my-suzuki-jimn…
They fully rebadge them in Japan as a G15, as a joke because its got a 1.5L engine in it. Absolutely love them.
@doobey1231: Prob better marketing than Suzuki Australias effort of the chick with the highbeams that gets forever served up on my Facebook feed
it has 4 wheels.
ripped off from my great great great grandsfathers farm cart for sure.
The Jimny is also a Jeep ripoff let's be real.
Just more reliable.
weird, always thought these were ripping off Jeeps or Range Rovers…
The jimny is a ripoff of another design itself…
Such a shameless disgusting company.
You must be new to the culture of business in China
You must be new to the culture of business
FTFY
FTFY
You have to admit that China have taken ripping off to a whole new level.
ripped off from Landrover Defender
I was thinking grenadier. But at half the price not half as capable.
Hmm, the Jimny grill (from basically the 1970s on) is a rip off of the Jeep. Assume they don't use 7 slots due to trademark infringement!
Japanese have long cloned other designs, especially in their earlier days. Would say the cycle is now repeating itself with the Chinese.
Do you want to read about the history of the Suzuki 'Jimmy' mispelt to Jimny?
Sit down.
It's like two siblings walked into a room and are almost identical, yet somehow one is a 8 and the other is a 5.
I don't know what GWM did to make it uglier but they somehow succeeded.
I'm sorry this has affected you on such a personal level.
half the car designs out there are derivative. this is such a meaningless thing to care about
You think Suzuki didnt copy anything the Jimny history?
LOL yeah right.
The early ones were even called LJ10. LJ standing for Light Jeep.
Totally original design!
What an absurd complaint.
It's plain obvious, and you'd be doing mental gymnastics if you say they didn't.
When i saw the current Jimny i thought it looked like the Lada Niva i had some years ago.
Went to find a side by side and someone had done one better, a full comparison
https://www.drive.com.au/reviews/old-v-new-suzuki-jimny-v-la…
Where is the bargain here?
In the buyers eyes.
Do you know anywhere else you can get a tank for $50k? I'm sure the US Army will be interested.
The US Army does whatever the opposite of looking for bargains is
My kids having toy tanks for less than that. Same performance as far as the army is concerned.
Great for flexing in Harris Park. Just don't forget to take the tyre off the spare wheel so homeboys and UberEats drivers see how rich you are.
Pay attention to payload limits, biggest disappointment of this car. Otherwise it's a winner imo.
Funnily enough even the stamped figures on the car are incorrect… lol
How bad is the Hybrid version?
a hybrid suv that gets around 12l per 100km, so pretty rubbish
It's more for power not fuel savings
Oh, what a useless Hybrid…
Exactly!
Nice looking Tank. Seal of Approval. 👍
Modelname checks out.
ewww these are hot garbage
Care to elaborate?
over 2 ton in a small 2l turbo petrol
fuel usage is around 14l/100km
really bad lane assist
resell value after 2 years
a lot of 4x4 SUV models usually are above 2T.
i have a holden trailblazer 7 seater with 2.4L DT engine. car is 2.2T. fuel is pretty good, slightly better but its not about that.
@Wiadro: well Lamborghini started from somewhere.
funnily enough, my mate has the same year model Isuzu and its interesting to see how differnet the specs are for the engine.
anyhow. ill put put my way to another deal 'e''o'
really bad lane assist
Drivers sure are weak these days.
'really bad lane assist' as one of your top 4 reasons. lol
Well, which car to get then for 7 seater?
@RocketSwitch: Don't think this tank's a 3-row. For that I'd think Santa Fe or Kluger hybrids, but those are pushing ~$70k. Also curious if there are better options these days.
@RocketSwitch: Thanks, the Honda looked interesting but apparently the 7 seater cannot come with hybrid and vice versa… ugh
Vehicle this size and purported purpose should be diesel. The end.
How do you know that? Are you a mechanic?
yes even the reviews are lukewarm at best, i mean they are probably sponsored for the most part but i found them unconvincing.
the whole hybrid is for more power is also dubious and just seems like they failed to have better efficiency and power. 14l/100km ouch even my old and heavy toyota does better
doesnt everyone turn off lane assist ?
i wouldnt be surprised that they let a few lemons through their QC - but i am also biased towards this brand
guess it is not for me but i have started to see a few around
It be interesting discussion with insurance. Yeah mate l want insure the tank.
Prices of these tank!
I wouldnt buy these. resell value for chinese cars are like 60% off the purchase price expect 6-12 month ads
Only relevant if you plan to sell it.
Real deal are the non hybrid versions