Age identifier: March 2012—August 2012
United Kingdom / East of England / Peterborough
Great Wall (GWM) Fengjun/Steed/Wingle
1st gen (5), 1st facelift, 2010–
2012 Great Wall Steed SE TD 4x4 (MT)
M62 near Warrington, England
#carsof2012
Comments (4)
BimmerDude 2021-12-21 03:34:45 | #2
Jacko (2021-12-20 19:39:39)Jacko
These have all of a sudden become much rarer to see on the road nowadays. I remember seeing them quite often in rural communities when they were new, but I only saw my first one in months yesterday afternoon. Nice catch!
These have all of a sudden become much rarer to see on the road nowadays. I remember seeing them quite often in rural communities when they were new, but I only saw my first one in months yesterday afternoon. Nice catch!
I dunno if the Steeds suffer from the same issues (to be honest, I haven't seen a Steed in a while either, yet they used to be built here in Bulgaria!), but Great Walls absolutely aren't built to last. Most of the ones I see on the road nowadays are already rusting in the typical places. Here's an extreme example with a Voleex C10 that belongs to the local traffic police. Shocking amounts of rust for a car that is no older than 2012!
I guess this is what you get with Chinese cars... a subpar product that doesn't last nearly as long as its competitors.
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Jacko 2021-12-21 13:30:25 | #4
BimmerDude (2021-12-21 03:34:45)BimmerDude
I dunno if the Steeds suffer from the same issues (to be honest, I haven't seen a Steed in a while either, yet they used to be built here in Bulgaria!), but Great Walls absolutely aren't built to last. Most of the ones I see on the road nowadays are already rusting in the typical places. Here's an extreme example with a Voleex C10 that belongs to the local traffic police. Shocking amounts of rust for a car that is no older than 2012!
I guess this is what you get with Chinese cars... a subpar product that doesn't last nearly as long as its competitors.
I dunno if the Steeds suffer from the same issues (to be honest, I haven't seen a Steed in a while either, yet they used to be built here in Bulgaria!), but Great Walls absolutely aren't built to last. Most of the ones I see on the road nowadays are already rusting in the typical places. Here's an extreme example with a Voleex C10 that belongs to the local traffic police. Shocking amounts of rust for a car that is no older than 2012!
I guess this is what you get with Chinese cars... a subpar product that doesn't last nearly as long as its competitors.
So I did a bit of research into the Steeds that have been spotted, and the whole 'subpar Chinese product' theory seems to extend to the Steeds too. Nearly all of the ones spotted in the UK gallery, have failed MOT's due to 'excessive brake pipe corrosion', other brake related issues, headlight aim issues,the usual body corrosion etc.. Plenty also seem to have DVLA export markers, so I'm presuming they've been exported to African countries.
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