GWM Cannon

Five years ago, Chinese brand GWM entered Australia’s hot ute market with the Cannon, its challenger for the popular Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux. Does a flash interior and solid value for money make the 2025 GWM Cannon a serious contender in the hotly contested dual-cab 4x4 space?

The stagnant ute segment received quite the shake-up when the GWM Ute, as it was then known, entered the market in 2021. We’d seen cheap utes such as the The ute segment’s strongest value buy now has more grunt and it’s fixed some important issues, but why is Cannon still not a slam dunk?

It’s quite a simple if multi-layer pitch that comes with GWM’s flagship ute, the XSR, launched in the middle of 2023 to bolster the Ute Cannon, erm, canon The flagship of GWM’s ute range brings big off-roading promise at an enticing low price point, so what are the catches?

Great Wall Motors is now GWM, but has the corporate rebrand improved any of its models? We long term the top-spec Ute Cannon-X to find out.

Is the Great Wall Ute cheap for a reason? Read our expert GWM Ute Cannon-X review to see whether you should consider it.

It’s tough finding love as a Chinese brand. The general Australian perception is of good value cars that are well-equipped and with long warranty, but GWM bucks the trend by developing engines and vehicles its rivals are abandoning. Is this a masterstroke, and are they really going to take on Ferrari?

Ford’s global boss has praised Australian engineers and called Chinese rivals “seriously competitive” products after participating in a comparison drive Global Ford CEO impressed with Ranger Super Duty and Ranger PHEV but acknowledges threat of Chinese utes

GWM has confirmed its Cannon ute will join a growing arsenal of plug-in hybrid options within its lineup by the middle of 2026, with a price that could The most affordable ute from GWM will soon be available with a plug-in hybrid option that could be cheaper, and perhaps more capable, than the BYD Shark 6

New-kid Chinese specialty ute brand JAC has confirmed it will expand the local range of its sole T9 dual-cab model with the introduction of a Two new crew cabs and flagship Osprey trim grade to join the JAC T9 dual-cab ute family imminently

Chinese car manufacturer GWM could soon own one of Australia’s most storied automotive test tracks. GWM has confirmed it is in live talks with Vietnam’s The massive property in regional Victoria allows vehicles to be developed for Australian roads away from prying eyes

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GWM will add a new variant into its Ute ute range in June this year, introducing Australia’s first hybrid one-tonner and a new range-topping Cannon Alpha. Australia’s first hybrid ute - the GWM Ute Cannon Alpha - arriving June 2024

GWM Australia has pulled the covers off its new flagship Ute Cannon model, the XSR, that will undercut pricier key rivals such as the Ford Ranger Wildtrak GWM is targeting buyers who want a harder-core off-road-focused ute that could rival the likes of the Ford Ranger Wildtrak and Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain

GWM will at last target Australian tradies by offering a new aluminium-tray cab-chassis Cannon ute in 2023. Pricing now starts from $36,990 GWM will add an aluminium tray-optioned Cannon Ute for those heading to the worksite, priced from $36,990 driveaway

Less than one month after adding the blacked-out Cannon Vanta to its local line-up, GWM has launched the new Shanghai Cannon pick-up at the Guangzhou Auto This new Shanhai Cannon is larger, more powerful, and more luxurious than the Cannon that’s currently sold in Australia

GWM has replaced the exterior chrome parts with black trim for its flagship Cannon Vanta edition, priced at $46,490 driveaway

Chasing Cars takes the GWM Ute Cannon-X to the edge of the earth – the outback – on an epic adventure of man and machine

The large pickup truck from Great Wall Motors will sit above the standard Cannon, and it’s about to launch in China.

Prices are up $1000 this year for the GWM Ute Cannon range but the ute remains to be one of the cheapest on sale today.

The GWM King Kong Cannon ute has debuted in China this week but is not confirmed for Australia at this point in time.