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Great Wall Cars - Hover Review

I know Wayne's site is about bikes and has nothing much to do with Great Wall Cars however being good friends with Wayne and having been involved in starting this site I asked Wayne to change tack a bit and let me share my Great Wall experience.

Great Wall Cars are made in China hence when I said I was going to buy one my friends told me I was quite mad. Maybe I am and maybe I'm not. If you are thinking of buying one of these cars then my experience will hopefully help you to decide one way or another.

Am I Mad - Why did I buy a Great Wall Hover?

No I am not mad although Wayne might sometimes disagree. I drove a late model Audi A4 and loved it until I realized that with a young son, bicycles and lots of other stuff the Audi wasn't ideal.

I wanted something a little bigger that could handle dirt roads and a limited amount of off-road stuff. I was still blissfully unaware of the existence of the Great Wall Hover and considered all the usual choices Toyota, Nissan and similar. I did all the test drives of the Fortuner, X-Trail and others and then when I was all set to buy an X-Trail I saw a Great Wall Hover in a parking lot and got talking to the owner who raved about it.

Well I then thought let me try a test drive and unbelievably I really liked it. I expected to be gassed by cheap plastics and find a poorly made vehicle but I was pleasantly surprised.

Okay it might not be as well finished as some of the Toyota's that cost over 100k more but let's face it with a 100k I could take my family on a round the world trip, pay for my child's university education or buy a small car. Plus the Hover really seemed solidly made, perhaps not so many gimmicks as Toyota or others but then all you want is a safe and reliable vehicle that stops when you want it to and is easy to repair.

My Great Wall Hover Review

How goes my Hover? Well I aim to share with you updates every three months or so on how it is going. Hopefully good but if it is bad they will hear it all the way to China.

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can't wait to read your review!
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My wife has been the proud owner of a GWM hover 2.4 4x4 since May 2008. I am more of a Honda / Audi petrol head.

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Love Kr****ya Not rated yet
No Hover available in Thailand. Fortuner is a godlike model because many people bought it.

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Good to see that people are at last talking sense, these vehicles are "old school", they need to be run in, after about 3000 km they drive very well, very ...

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Congrats on buying the Hover, I think you have made an excellent decision. It must turn heads of many Fortuner drivers... Good thing that the Hover does ...

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I Think are making a great buy! I personally think that the Fortuner is heavily overpriced. I went to take a look at the GWM Hover and was very impressed!...

Thanks Not rated yet
Thanks for sharing, I had a hell of a time finding much about the car online and it is good to read that you have had positive experiences with it. In ...

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I mean are you seriously telling me you would buy some unsafe Chinese rubbish over a Nissan or Toyota? I would rather buy a Toyota with 200,000 on the ...

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