The confirmation of GWM bringing a diesel alternative of the Tank 300 to market early next year could not have been better amid fuel prices set to take a turn for the worse again. Only offered as a hybrid during its local debut in March, the Chinese manufacturer recently supplemented the SUV range with a petrol powertrain. We sampled the petrol Tank 300 and as we expected, it is a bigger guzzler than the hybrid.
We reckon buyers will consider holding out for the oil-burner in the hope that it is less thirsty than its siblings. Tank 300: Hybrid vs Petrol To put the petrol Tank 300’s fuel consumption in context, we to need to weight it up against the hybrid (HEV) The Citizen Motoring tested in April. The HEV is powered by the same combination of a 2.
0-litre turbo-petrol engine and an electric motor as found in the GWM P500 bakkie and Tank 500. It delivers a total system output of 255kW of power and 648Nm of torque. The twist is sent to all four corners via nine-speed automatic transmission.
After 563km, its fuel consumption stood at 13.9 litres per 100km. a far cry from GWM’s claim of 8.
4L/100km. We could not even get to that figure maintaining a pedestrian pace on an 102km open road trip. This patient experiment worked out to 9.
4L/100km. Drinking problem Enter the blown 2.0-litre mill on the R725 950 petrol-only Tank 300 in Super Luxury trim we tested which makes 162kW/380Nm.
The twist is sent to all four wheels via eight-speed automatic gearbox. ALSO READ: GWM Tank 300 Di.
