Tank 300 Is Half Bronco, Half Wrangler, All Superior

In July 2020, Wey – one of many automotive manufacturers below the Nice Wall umbrella – unveiled the Tank 300 idea. Only a few months later, the mannequin was launched on the Chinese language market as a manufacturing automobile below the newly-founder Tank model, which had plans to promote off-road automobiles with a luxurious twist.

The Tank 300 has design hints from a number of totally different fashions, together with the Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler, however on the identical time encompasses a distinctive styling that differs from the ocean of crossovers and SUVs today. It’s now offered in China and Saudi Arabia and can quickly be launched in Australia.

Our pals at Wheelsboy lastly bought their arms on a Tank 300 to overview it and have been type sufficient to share their unique photograph gallery, which yow will discover hooked up above. A brand new nine-minute video reveals us all the outside and inside options of the rugged SUV and tells us how the Tank 300 feels behind the steering wheel.

From the surface, the Tank 300 is boxy however in a really good manner. Chunky aspect mirrors and wheel arches make it look quite a bit just like the Wrangler, although the entrance finish appears to have extra influences from the Bronco. Funnily – we don’t know for those who would agree – we discover hints of the traditional UAZ 469 that additionally served as a base for China’s BAW BJ212, additionally reviewed by Wheelsboy lately. We discover it tough to say the Tank 300 is authentic however in some way, it doesn’t precisely as a copycat and has its personal styling.

It’s the identical story contained in the cabin. Although the outside seems to be rugged, the inside seems to be good and a few would possibly even describe it as premium to a sure extent. Visually, there are resemblances to the Mercedes-Benz G-Class however because it seems, the inside solely seems to be like a G-Class, it doesn’t really feel like one if you begin touching issues round. The fabric high quality is appropriate although, particularly when you think about the Tank 300 prices round $30,000 in China or about twice lower than the Wrangler for a similar market.

How does it really feel on the highway? As a standard body-on-frame SUV, the trip high quality is definitely not nice however the host of the video factors out the Tank 300 is much extra comfy than a Wrangler due to its multi-link suspension. How’s the steering? What’s the powertrain? What tech does it have? All of the solutions are within the video on the high of this web page.