GWM P-Series in SA: service plan doubled to 10 years!

Haval Motors South Africa has quietly doubled the GWM P-Series bakkie range’s standard service plan length to a whopping 10 years. Here are all the details…

Haval Motors South Africa, which distributes the Haval, GWM, Ora and Tank brands locally, has quietly doubled the GWM P-Series bakkie line-up’s standard service plan length to 10 years.

Previously, the Chinese bakkie came standard with a 5-year/100 000 km service plan, but the wholly owned subsidiary has now extended this arrangement to 10 years or (an unchanged) 100 000 km. Hat-tip to our learned colleagues over at duoporta.com for alerting us to this fascinating upgrade!

As before, service intervals for the 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder turbodiesel engine – which does duty across the range – are set at 10 000 km or 1 year. So, for new P-Series owners who cover an average of up to 10 000 km per year, servicing would effectively be covered for a full decade.

The service-plan upgrade applies to all 17 derivatives in the current P-Series range, including the commercial single-cab, commercial double-cab and so-called passenger double-cab variants. In addition, of course, the P-Series continues to ship standard with a 5-year/100 000 km warranty.

Having touched down in Mzansi back at the end of 2020, the P-Series portfolio welcomed a new top-spec LTD derivative in May 2023. As Haval Motors SA hinted at last year, the range is likely to expand further in 2024, with the flagship GWM Shanhai Cannon – which may well wear a different badge once it arrives in SA – pencilled in for a local launch within the next few months.

In April 2023, a facelifted version of the P-Series bakkie – which is also known as the Cannon, Ute or Poer, depending on the market – was unveiled in its domestic market of China, sporting fresh front-end styling and an extensively overhauled interior. It’s still not clear whether this updated model in on the cards for SA.

In 2023, the Chinese-built GWM P-Series ranked 7th on the list of South Africa’s best-selling bakkies, with 4 462 units (a year-on-year increase of 6.7%) registered. In January 2024, the Chinese bakkie placed 6th on the table, with 351 units sold.

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