Although the process of opening domestic pickup trucks has made great strides, so far, there has been no movement in Guangzhou. Of course, the pickup truck doesn’t have to drive to the city to prove its value. After all, the suburbs are the place where it shows its talents.
Every car owner who owns a pickup truck has his own usage. When many people promote the pickup truck culture, they always like to describe the pickup truck as an artifact that can cope with all kinds of high-intensity conditions of use. Not only can they wade across mountains and rivers, but they can also ride motorcycles and pull yachts to play in the wild. This is the high-end gameplay of pickup trucks.
Great Wall King Kong Gun (parameter picture)
But in reality, campers may not go to the wild with dangerous environment, and fishermen just need to put down some tools. Therefore, a grounded pickup truck does not have to have particularly strong performance, as long as it meets the practical needs, and some details can be completely simplified. So, we saw a more accurate positioning product like the Great Wall King Kong Gun.
Great wall king kong cannon
Guide price: 88,800-123,800 yuan
Vehicle positioning: pickup truck
Engine: 2.0T L4 gasoline /2.0T L4 diesel.
Gearbox: 6MT
Maximum horsepower: 190 /150 /163.
Peak torque: 360 Nm /330 Nm /400 Nm.
Emission standard: National VI
Highlights of the model: concise and practical, IKEA is suitable for business, taking into account comfort.
It is said that the Great Wall King Kong Gun is a simplified version of the Great Wall Gun, but its simplification does not mean that it will become a "beggar version". On the Great Wall King Kong cannon, it still won’t have too strong a "tool car" component.
Great wall king kong cannon
The King Kong Gun still has a domineering shape, which is less exquisite than the Great Wall Gun, but since the official has positioned it as a "fashionable commercial pickup truck", this design is actually brilliant enough.
Great wall king kong cannon
Great wall king kong cannon
The most incredible thing is the interior. I suspect that it is made according to Harvard’s design standards. Not only does it use two-color matching, but the center console is also wrapped in soft materials. Some joint venture brands are more expensive than it. SUV may not have such a standard.
Great Wall Jingangpao Interior
Great Wall Jingangpao Interior
When I saw the dashboard of the King Kong cannon, I couldn’t help but marvel at it at first. This pickup truck in its early 100,000 yuan actually has a full LCD dashboard! However, after careful observation, it is found that the so-called full LCD instrument panel is actually composed of two small LCD digital instruments and a relatively large color LCD screen. The oil temperature meter, water temperature meter and other indicator lights are all traditional designs, which is really a bit opportunistic. However, compared with the general pointer instrument, this digital instrument looks more intuitive and doesn’t feel inconvenient to use.
Dashboard of Great Wall King Kong Gun
As for the floating central control panel, the intelligent car networking system is actually equipped, and the mainstream functions such as voice control, intelligent service, remote control and FOTA upgrade have not fallen.
Central control screen of Great Wall King Kong gun
In addition, our test drive models are also equipped with automatic headlights, automatic wiper, keyless entry, one-button start, automatic constant temperature air conditioning, rear air conditioning air outlet, electronic handbrake, automatic parking, reversing radar, tire pressure monitoring, constant speed endurance, ESP body stability control, tire pressure detection, electric seat adjustment and other common configurations of passenger cars, and even 360 panoramic reversing images and LED headlights can be selected, which are not like those of commercial pickup trucks at all.
Great wall Jingangpao air-condition air outlet
Hook behind the seat of the Great Wall King Kong cannon
The only thing that can show its commercial side may be the leaf spring structure of its rear suspension and three container options: standard box, long box and flat box. In addition, the whole system is matched with a 6-speed manual gearbox, and there is no choice of automatic gearbox, which is also a bit like the characteristics of commercial pickup trucks.
Great wall king kong cannon
However, even if it is viewed as a commercial pickup truck, the cargo box of King Kong Gun still attaches great importance to the user experience. In addition to the design of side pedals and rear bumper pedals, the cargo box is also painted with a cargo box treasure to improve wear resistance, and there is a cargo box lighting. It will be more comfortable to drive such a pickup truck to pull goods.
Great wall Jingangpao cargo box
Bumper pedal of Great Wall King Kong cannon
Side pedal of Great Wall King Kong cannon
Great Wall King Kong cannon cargo box lighting lamp
After driving the King Kong cannon, we also found that this car is not as rough as a commercial pickup truck. Although the rear suspension adopts a leaf spring structure, most of the road vibration is absorbed by the soft cushion, except for the obvious impact when passing through the speed bump, and it will not feel too uncomfortable when driving.
Leaf spring structure of rear suspension of Great Wall King Kong gun
Great wall Jingangpao seat
In terms of overall driving control, it is not as hard to drive as some commercial pickups, each pedal is not hard to step on, and the gear will not feel rough. When turning around, the turning radius is also relatively compact, and the tenacious power of the diesel engine can still be handled calmly when the mountain road is slowly uphill. In addition, there will be no rude vibration from its steering wheel and gear handle. Even if you just drive the manual gear, you can immediately feel that the grade is different.
Great Wall King Kong Gun Steering Wheel
Great Wall King Kong Gun Manual Gearbox
However, the King Kong Cannon has not completely covered up the feeling of commercial pickup trucks. Because of the hydraulic power steering, it is naturally not as light as electronic power steering when the vehicle speed is low. The unique grainy sound ray of diesel engine will still be heard even if the overall sound insulation and noise reduction in the car is done well. Fortunately, however noisy this diesel engine is, there is a limit. Even if the engine keeps going uphill for more than 3,000 revolutions, it can still keep the range of stimulating ears.
Great wall king kong gun engine
finally
In fact, this time we did a short test drive, and we didn’t run more road conditions to experience it. The feelings reflected by the Great Wall King Kong Gun were not comprehensive. However, in the case that most commercial pickups don’t pay much attention to comfort and driving experience, the Great Wall King Kong Gun can bring a passenger car experience, even if it is used as a family car, and it has a relatively grounded price, which is undoubtedly its advantage.