Great Wall Motor’s Tank 800 is one of the slowest car projects in China. A near-production ready concept was shown at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show. Finally, the car is expected to be released later this year and we now have an additional set of spy shots of the car undergoing testing.
Thanks to some of the spy shots also featuring a Tank 700 we have a better idea of the dimensions of the new car. Compared with the Tank 700 (see specs) the Tank 800 (see specs) is considerably longer but slightly shorter in height, while the width is similar.
The Tank 800 looks somewhat like a scaled-up version of the Tank 500. There are quite distinctive front headlights which integrate the LED running lights into the actual light cluster. These flank the large vertically barred grille. Unlike the Tank 700, the new car does not have a hardcore off-road type look and is more of a luxury SUV. Both Chinese media and GWM themselves seem to be making a lot of comparisons between the new car and the Rolls Royce Cullinan. Although the sheer physical bulk of the Tank 800 may match that of the Cullinan the comparison is unlikely to go much further.
From previous interior spy shots, we can see that the Tank 800 is no Rolls Royce and, again, quite closely follows what was seen in the Tank 500. While the materials are not bad per se, they are certainly not on par with the luxury materials of a Rolls Royce. Spy shots of the interior show a two-seat and a rear bench configuration for the second row. From this we know that there is a six-seat version available and Chinese media are speculating whether the rear bench means that there is either a 5 or a 7-seater available. Most likely it means a seven-seater rather than a five-seater, given the presumed size of the Tank 800 and that all previous Tank models have only been 5-seaters.
In the front the car has a large floating infotainment screen And a smaller LCD instrument panel for the driver, almost certainly this will be combined with a head-up display. The center console has a large chunky drive selector surrounded by various controls, a wireless charging pad in front of it, and two drink holders behind it. This is very similar to the setup in the Tank 500.
The Tank 800 Is expected to debut as a PHEV. It will almost certainly use a powertrain that is the same or very similar to the Tank 700 Hi4-T. This is centered around a 3.0T V6 engine that provides peak power of 265 kW along with 560 Nm torque. In the Tank 700 Hi4-T, this is used in conjunction with a 120 kW front-mounted electric motor, which has a peak torque of 400 Nm. Combined power of the system is 385 kW, along with maximum torque of 800 Nm. The Tank 700 Hi4-T has a 37.1 kWh Battery pack from Svolt and it is highly likely that the Tank 800 will use the same pack.
Prices are likely to start at around 500,000 yuan (69,200 USD). With air suspension and double wishbone suspension both front and rear, the Tank 800 should have reasonable off-road capability.
Source: Autohome
