SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), General Motors’ second joint venture in China, has just announced the all-new Wuling Journey pickup as its first launch in 2021. After successfully getting through a challenging 2020 calendar year, registering an outstanding 9 percent year-over-year sales increase, GM’s best-selling brand in the Asian country revealed the first images of its next product for the Chinese market, which is also known as the Wuling Zhengtu.
Although the popular Chinese brand offers multiple truck configurations as retrofit variants of the Rongguang commercial vehicle series, the all-new Wuling Journey becomes the first dedicated and purpose-built pickup in the entire history of Wuling. SGMW says the new Journey will position itself as a “youth pickup” and its primary goal is to meet the mobility needs of young entrepreneurs.
The first official images show that the Wuling Journey has a design language very similar to the rest of the brand’s commercial vehicles, with a square format and simply body lines, focused mainly on practicality. As such, it is clear that the pickup is part of the range of traditional vehicles with the original red logo, and not the brand’s upcoming “global” models with the new silver logo.
However, the new Journey pickup has a very robust look and a rather practical overall configuration. Its double cab body has space to carry five people and the cargo box shows a highly flexible system that, according to SGMW, will stand out for its ample capacity. The vehicle boasts an overall length of 201 inches along with a 64.6-inch width and a 71.3-inch height, while riding on a 124.4-inch wheelbase.
Mechanically, the Wuling Journey will be equipped with a naturally aspirated 1.5L engine producing a modest 98 horsepower. According to unofficial information, this will be the only engine choice of the new pickup and will be exclusively connected to a five-speed manual transmission. The joint venture claims that this engine is both fuel-efficient and meets China’s national B6 emissions regulations.
The all-new Wuling Journey pickup is expected to be officially launched in the coming weeks and will go on sale during the first half of this year in the Chinese market. The brand says it has created the first pickup with a youthful focus that takes life and entrepreneurship into account, with which it hopes to inaugurate a new category of trucks and further expand its extensive sales leadership in China.
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I thought the picture was of a GMC Sierra.
You may want to schedule that eye appointment you have been putting off ASAP! I think I’m going to schedule one as well, ever since I looked at it my eyes have been burning!
Looks like a bizarre Chevy Avalanche mixed breed. Ugly, in my opinion.
Looks like they smashed together the bed of an old Ford Courier. Front end of the last model Honda Ridgeline. The whatever you call it from the Chevrolet Avalanche (thing at back of cab and front of bed). And a few other not so nice looking pieces.
The funny thing is that normally, the sketches are nicer looking than what ends up being the finished product. In this case, I would only hope the finished product looks much better than this.
Get ready for all the hate comments towards China. Apparently in the USA racism is a big no no, but being racist towards Chinese is no problem. I’m a China lover.
Sure wish I understood what you just said. Not sure if we should laugh or cry?
Laugh until you cry. That is the way of the Jedi.
The Chinese government and economic system is not a race and should not be protected as such.
There are plenty of ethnically Chinese people who live outside the Mainland China political system whose views differ significantly, e.g. those in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the US and Canada. It’s offensive to group those people in with the Communists.
Nope, if you have Chinese blood, you are Chinese, and you represent China. Just because you live on another piece of land doesn’t dismiss your ethnicity and bloodline. If you want to criticize the CCP or Xijing Ping, go for it. But to criticize China as a whole is criticizing every single person that has Chinese blood.
50 Cent Army member located.
That “represent China” propaganda line has been around before most of us were born. You guys aren’t even trying anymore.
I don’t care if your bloodline is from China, India or Africa. If you go and live in another country, your bloodline is still the same. If your bloodline is from India and your parents are born in Jamaica, your bloodline is still Indian. If your bloodline is from China and your parents are born in USA, your bloodline is still Chinese. If your bloodline is from Africa but your parents were born in England, your bloodline is still African. That’s my point.
So 4BangCam what your saying is your a Chinese communist technology steeling
covid spreding sc#m b#g.
Nope, but you are saying that. All I’m saying is, when people say negative things about another country even if it’s a joke, it affects everyone not just the people that live in that country. It seems like every other GMA post someone in the comments has to have something negative about China, which is kind of strange for a country that rioted their streets and burned down their own communities to “fight racism”. But hey it is the internet. People want to talk bad about China manufacturing, but they will pay $1000+ for an iPhone that was made in China, or a $300 pair of Jordan shoes that was made in China. But it’s ok we all can have our opinions.
4BangCam: How are comments about GM using cheap labor and offshoring production to another country “racism”? That is a word thrown around so much lately that is is starting to lose meaning. Those of you who use it to describe any views with which you disagree remind me of the more efervescent of some religious sects to declare what they disagree with to be “Satanic”.
Please. It’s BORING.
Dude that’s not what I said. I said “Get ready for the hate comments towards China”. In another GMA post about Cadillac, people were saying China this and China that, COVID this and COVID that. When it has nothing to do with Cadillacs. So I figured a post about a Wuling SUV, brace yourself for the racist comments about to come.
Also if you have hate in your heart towards another country, you are racists towards people of that country it’s as simple as that. People in the Middle East who hate USA are racist towards Americans. People in the USA who hate China are racist towards the Chinese. It’s that simple. If you’re racist and you hate something, at least own up to it. Dont try to hide behind your justifications.
You are full of s***.
Sounds like this is more about where COVID started, not about cheap labor or anything to do with this vehicle topic. You started this conversation, we didn’t. Prepare for some backlash. I have nothing against China, it’s people, or for what it matters, their vehicles. I’m not a racist. Quit grouping us together as if we are. You don’t even know us.
Yea you’re right I’ll end it here, I’m off the topic. Just carried over from another topic. I think if GM is doing business in China it could benefit them, because it’s already one of its biggest markets of volumes sold. I don’t mind back lash, you can have your opinion and if you don’t agree with me it’s cool
At this point I don’t know what to think. It looks like it belongs in China.
I hope that local interests in this truck will motivate Chevrolet to bring back the Avalanche, since Ford has been sucessful with the Ranger and the Bronco.
It’s not the people. It’s the politics and thier barbaric way of life. It’s obvious you don’t know much about freedom. And what it took to get there. Get a life you morons.
@James Howe
I don’t even care anymore, I’m off this topic. But what you just said here is a perfect example of what I’m talking about. People will say that they’re not racist, but when they talk about China, they will say things like “barbaric way of life”…when they’ve never even been there. It doesn’t offend me, but I think if we as a society as a whole want to fight against racism we need to be that way towards all races. There are good and bad things about all countries, but what you choose to focus on says more about you and what you feel in your heart than what other people see. I’m actually not Chinese, I have an English and Scottish background. But I’ve been to China several times, and when I tell them I’m from USA, the Chinese people’s faces light up like they’re talking to a movie star. The Chinese are very humble and live a hard working life. Sure there’s slums in China where people don’t live as high class, just like here in USA, we have places like Chicago, New Orleans and Baltimore where the murder rates were higher than Afghanistan.
Wuling motors over years has greatly improved in all areas of technology; furthermore the price of the vehicles are extremely affordable and remain a great bargain. There success in China and SW Asia is a tribute to their documented progress.
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