Although supposed to have gone on-sale in 2024, Great Wall Motors (GWM) has selected 2025 to debut the Haval H7 in South Africa.
Although delayed from its supposed launch last year, the H7 has shown itself to be a quality new market entrant, unlike current fuel standards.Although supposed to have arrived last year, Great Wall Motors formally opted to introduce the Haval H7 this year as the most off-road focused SUV to wear the Haval nameplate since the long discontinued H9.
Eschewing the latter system doesn’t result in differences to the H7’s dimensions as all models have a ground clearance of 200 mm, an approach angle of 24-degrees, breakover of 19-degrees and a departure angle of 30-degrees.In turn, boot space is rated at 483-litres or a maximum of 1 463-litres with the 60/40 split rear seat tilted forward.As for the powertrains, the H7 starts off with a brand-new 2.
Set to arrive in the second quarter of the year, but shown at the launch, the H7 HEV combines the 1.5 T-GDI engine from the Jolion with an electric motor and battery pack for a total system output of 179kW/530Nm. Setting off in the Luxury, the apparent meagre outputs of the new engine on paper, especially its torque figure, proved unfounded.
What’s more, the calibration of the dual-clutch ‘box worked just as well, however, once in Sport mode or even Comfort, the sensitivity of the throttle changed and required a steadier foot as a sudden prod would lead to the gearbox becoming flustered and the wheels noticeably scrabbling for grip. Unfortunately, the chance to try out the Super Luxury and the H7’s off-road prowess never materialised, as mere kilometres from the lunch stop where we were to change cars, our dog lost all its bite and died without warning.While my driving partner and I did our best to bring the H7 back to life, the “ctrl-alt-dlt” method of switch-off, switch-on failed, thus requiring us to wait for assistance.
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