{"id":400906,"date":"2026-04-28T03:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/400906\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:18:08","slug":"gwm-tank-700-with-v8-power-confirmed-potential-addition-to-nz-lineup-says-company-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/400906\/","title":{"rendered":"GWM Tank 700 with V8 power confirmed, ‘potential addition’ to NZ lineup says company chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"

V8 power confirmed for future Tank 700.
\nMultiple V8 options in development, including GF supercar.
\nNew models aimed at premium markets outside China.<\/p>\n

GWM says its move to V8 power for the Tank 700 and its yet-to-be-revealed GF supercar is all about export – and not at all about its home market.<\/p>\n

\"Tank
\nTank 700 will have a ‘normal’ V8 says GWM, but multiple versions are in development.<\/p>\n

Speaking to a group of New Zealand and Australian media at the Bejing Auto Show this week, GWM chairman Jack Wei confirmed that future versions of the Tank 700 will feature a V8 powertrain: \u201cIn the future, the Tank 700 will… use a V8 engine. The supercar uses a high-performance V8, while the Tank 700 uses a normal V8.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is completely opposite to the current environment or trend in China; it does not fit the Chinese market. We developed this V8 to meet the needs of more global users, in markets such as Australia and New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n


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The confirmation builds on discussions first raised at the 2025 Shanghai Auto Show, where the prospect of a V8 application in an SUV was raised. At the time, senior GWM management acknowledged both the level of demand and the growing appetite for a V8-powered premium SUV within the Tank brand outside China.<\/p>\n

\"Tank
\nDifferent versions of the V8 will Tank 700 and the all-new GF supercar.<\/p>\n

At Beijing, GWM confirmed its GF supercar will feature a 4.0-litre twin-turbo hybrid V8, signalling that multiple V8 powertrains are in development across different vehicle applications.<\/p>\n

The 700 (launched in 2024 with V6 petrol PHEV and diesel power) is the flagship SUV of the Tank lineup. No timing or market-specific rollout plans for the V8 version have yet been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"V8 power confirmed for future Tank 700. Multiple V8 options in development, including GF supercar. New models aimed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[35539,433,138,53038,206868,29220,206,111,43,139,69,17620,206869],"class_list":["post-400906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-4x4","tag-adventure","tag-business","tag-gwm","tag-gwm-tank","tag-large-suv","tag-luxury","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-suv","tag-tank-700"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}