{"id":2317,"date":"2012-07-25T12:21:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T12:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dixonarchive.com\/motorblog\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T09:28:26","slug":"great-wall-x200-and-x240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dixonarchive.com\/motorblog\/great-wall-x200-and-x240\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Wall X200 and X240"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"\"
2011 Great Wall Motors X200 and X240<\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/td>\n\"\"
2012 Great Wall Motors X200 and X240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here is our quick review of the Great Wall Motors X200 (released in 2011) which in turn is the diesel version of the X240 (released a number of years ago).\u00a0The 2012 Great Wall Motors\u00a0X200 and X240 is a small SUV designed to compete with the various small Japanese manufacturers. The company is selling based on price and equipment levels rather than brand or technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 2012 Great Wall Motors X series is a genuine attempt at making a small to medium 4wd. However the current series does not use state of the art technology to achieve it. In fact its engines and basic design is based on old Mitsubishi technology and engines but also on their utes. We haven’t had the chance to drive the latest version so can’t comment although our last drive in the X240 was memorable for the lack of performance, quality \u00a0and refinement. However the in-car experience quality has improved on the older model. It is not up to the standard of say the oldest 4WD designs like the current ute based Mitsubishi Challenger or even the previous generation of the Honda CRV but it is catching up slowly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The X200 is the diesel version of the X240 and more expensive yet the equipment levels you can see have barely changed. Anyone considering paying the difference in price for the diesel vs the petrol really need to do their sums first as with anyone contemplating purchasing a diesel for any other manufacturer. Overall reliability is still unknown but at this point – so you have every chance of getting a bad one or a good one. It’s your money and your life.<\/p>\n

Note: cheap usually means cheap and besides safety issues such as airbags that don’t actually work there is now an asbestos problem with these cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n
\u00a0
\n