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"Automotive Industry concern" from the latest issue of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology new car declaration catalogue query to the Great Wall automobile tank brand "Tank 400" model has appeared in the new car catalogue. The new car was first unveiled at the 2021 Chengdu Auto Show and is positioned as a medium-sized hardline off-road SUV with a 2.0T engine in power. with reference to the pricing of existing products of the tank brand, it is estimated that the starting price of the new car may be around 250000 yuan.

In terms of appearance, the new car still uses the popular "machine armor" style, which has a strong sense of future flavor and strength. In terms of subdivision, the new car uses a large area straight line design, the front face grille presents a "T" shape, and the interior is decorated with sturdy double-banner chrome plating, which is integrated with the headlight group to form an integrated visual effect, with a high degree of recognition. The front bumper of the new car is designed with forward protruding shape, and the bottom is equipped with black guard plate, which further enhances the off-road flavor.

On the side of the body, the new car has strong lines, protruding eyebrows and decorated with rivets, C-column is oblique design, with back row privacy glass overall off-road vehicle flavor. In addition, the new car declaration information shows that the new car will provide a variety of configurations, including skylight, electric side treadle, rear privacy glass, rear windshield privacy glass, rear camera, side view camera, four kinds of wheels, etc., and black design of the roof luggage rack, exterior rearview mirror, wheels and pedals to further highlight the personalized design of the new car. The rear part of the car, the shape of the new car is square, continuing the hard off-road style design, the taillight group is arranged vertically and vertically, the LED light source attracts the eye quite, with the external spare tire and angular rear bumper to make the vehicle more armored, while the rear door still uses the traditional horizontal opening and closing design of the hard off-road vehicle, with the word "Great Wall Tank off-road" logo on the rear.

In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4985/1960/1905mm and the wheelbase is 2850mm. For comparison, the tank has a length, width and height of 5070/1934/1905mm and a wheelbase of 2850mm. In other words, the size, height and wheelbase of the new car are the same as those of the tank 500, but the body length is slightly shorter and the body width is slightly wider.

In the interior part, the previous information shows that the interior design of the new car is mainly simple, with a three-round design on the dashboard and a large LCD screen in the middle. On the seat layout, the new car provides a 5-seat layout. In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a 2.0T engine of model E20NA, maximum power 185kW and maximum net power 180kW, which is higher than the 167kW of 2.0T engine of E20CB model carried by Tank 300.

Tank brand is a high-end off-road brand of Great Wall Automobile, launched in April 2021, the brand uses a new brand LOGO, so far, the tank brand has two models, tank 300 and tank 500, which went on sale in December 2020, the current price is 19.88-302800 yuan; tank 500 launched on March 18, 2022, the current price is 33.5-395000 yuan.

According to the data, Great Wall Motor sold 1.0675 million vehicles in 2022, down 16.66% from the same period last year, of which tank brand sales increased by 46.45% to 123900 vehicles, making it the only brand to achieve year-on-year growth. Among the subdivided models, new car traffic insurance data show that cumulative sales of tank 300 in 2022 were 105900, an increase of 37.32% over the same period last year, while tank 500 sold a total of 18000 since it went on sale in March 2022.

The latest figures show that Great Wall sold 219968 vehicles in the first quarter of 2023, down 22.41 per cent from the same period last year, of which tank brand sales totaled 24209, down 6 per cent from the same period last year. According to the plan, the future tank brand will launch at least five models, including tanks 300-800, covering the compact, medium-and large-scale and full-size "high-end cross-country SUV" market to meet the needs of different consumers. Among them, Tank 700 has appeared in the declaration catalogue of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the overall shape of the new car is mainly machine armour elements, and the power is equipped with a 3.0T V6 engine with a maximum power of 265kW, which is consistent with the parameters of the 3.0T V6 engine carried by the tank 500. the transmission system is 9AT gearbox, which is expected to be released in the second quarter of this year, and the price may be in the range of 30-400000 yuan.

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