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By Jonathan Crouch

Ten Second Review word count: 35

Against all the odds, there are a few signs that the pick-up market is picking up. Here's a fresh contender, the GWM POER300. It's an old-school diesel pick-up with a very strong value proposition indeed.

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New Chinese auto brands are known for cutting-edge new EV tech. But they do old school engineering too. Like you get in big diesel pick-ups, specifically in this case this one, the GWM POER300. GWM, you'd be forgiven for not knowing, is 'Great Wall Motors', who already import two vehicles here, the ORA 03 EV supermini and the Haval Jolion Pro Hybrid family hatch. Between 2012 and 2016, they also imported into the UK a pick-up called the Great Wall Steed and this POER300 is essentially the delayed replacement for that model. It sells, badged differently, in various overseas markets (in Australia for instance, it's called the 'Cannon Ute'). The POER badge used here means 'power'. Can this model muscle in at the budget end of the pick-up market? Let's see.