The Great Wall Wingle is series of full-size pickup trucks manufactured by the Chinese company Great Wall Motors since 2010. It was originally launched as a single pickup model, it has since been updated and facelifted multiple times with different variants offered at the same time.
The Great Wall Wingle 3 (), previously the Great Wall Wingle, is a compact pick-up truck built and marketed by the Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors since December 2006. In 2009, it became the first Chinese-made ute or pick-up to be sold in Australia, where it is marketed as the V-Series. It was also made available in Italy, with the model name Steed.
The body shell design heavily resembles earlier Isuzu/GM model which was sold as an Isuzu Rodeo. The steering wheels used in the truck are Toyota designs found in models like the Camry and Sienna.
The Australian specification V240 (Wingle 3) came standard with a 2.4-liter four-cylinder petrol engine, producing 100 kW (134 hp) and of torque, which was supplied by the SAIC-Mitsubishi joint venture in Shanghai. The diesel engines are of Great Wall design and manufacture. The V240 was specified as standard with alloy wheels, AM/FM CD radio, electric windows, leather trimmed seats, disc/drum brakes and air-conditioning.
A new pick-up named the Wingle 5 was released in March 2010 and the original was renamed Wingle 3. It is available with a new 2L turbodiesel engine developing and . It was marketed as the Great Wall Steed in the United Kingdom, with sales beginning in 2012. It was the first Chinese vehicle to be sold in the country. In 2017, the Great Wall Steed was no longer sold in the United Kingdom. In Italy is the Wingle still available with the name Steed with a 2.4 GPL engine https://www.greatwall.it/pick-up-steed/
In Australia, the Wingle 5 remained marketed as the V240. In 2010, a single-cab model was released which, in the Australian market, replaced the SA220 (Great Wall Sailor). In 2011, the dual-cab V240 was upgraded to the newly released Wingle 5.
The African version of the Steed 5 with no airbags and no ABS received 0 stars for adult occupants and 1 star for toddlers from Global NCAP 1.0 in 2020 (similar to Latin NCAP 2013).
The Chinese-made Wingle 5 in its most basic version for Latin America with 2 airbags, no pretensioners, and no ESC obtained 0 stars from Latin NCAP 3.0 in 2021 (similar to Euro NCAP 2014).
The Great Wall V240 received 2 out of 5 stars in ANCAP testing.
In April 2014, the new Wingle 6 was introduced, featuring amongst other things LED headlights, a rear differential lock, reversing camera and parking sensors, and a tire pressure monitoring system. It is powered by the same 2.0-liter diesel and 2.4-liter petrol engines as the Wingle 5.
The updated Wingle 6 was released in Australia in 2017, with only the 2.0 L diesel engine available.
As of 2021, production has ended on the Wingle 6.
The Wingle series received a new variant with a major update called the Wingle 7 in 2018. Just like the other Wingle series pickup, the Wingle 7 is also a pick-up truck manufactured by the Chinese company Great Wall Motors since 2018. The Wingle 7 is offered as a standard bed model with short wheel base and a long bed variant with long wheel base. The Wingle 7 is only available with a 2.0 liter GW4D20D diesel engine producing a maximum output of and mated to a 6-speed manual transmission with four wheel drive available.