Great Wall Hover

The Great Wall Hover SUV began to be produced at a plant in the Chinese city of Baoding in 2005.

The Chinese copied the body structure and chassis from the Isuzu Axiom model, the Hover had a frame, a front torsion bar suspension, and a continuous rear axle on springs. Transmission – four-wheel drive with a hard-wired front end and a reduction gear (the transfer case was initially controlled by a lever, but later it was replaced by buttons).

Under the hood of the SUV was a licensed Mitsubishi gasoline engine with a volume of 2.4 liters and a power of 130 hp or a 2.8-liter turbodiesel developing 95 hp (the design of this engine repeated Isuzu diesels). All cars were equipped with a five-speed manual gearbox.

In 2010, a two-liter gasoline engine with a capacity of 115–122 hp began to be installed on the car instead of a 2.4-liter one.

In 2010, the outdated 2.8-liter diesel engine was replaced by a new two-liter diesel engine of its own design, developing 150 hp. Only such a version could be equipped with a five-speed automatic transmission, and such machines had a plug-in all-wheel drive with a multi-plate clutch and no downshift.

In 2014, the SUV was restyled, its name was changed to Great Wall H3, and a modification appeared in the lineup with a two-liter gasoline turbo engine with a capacity of 150 or 180 hp and a six-speed manual transmission.