GWM Super Pickup concept revealed

China’s biggest ute and SUV manufacturer, GWM, has used the 19th Auto Guangzhou motor show (GIAE) to reveal the GWM Super Pickup concept – a low-riding version of the GWM Ute that could one day become available in local showrooms.

Officially teased in the lead-up to its world debut last Friday, the low-slung GWM Ute concept appears to be a styling exercise to gauge public demand for a street-focused version of the Chinese dual-cab 4x4 ute.

No technical information has been offered for the Super Pickup, which is based on the Poer or P-Series utility sold in Australia as the GWM Ute since December 2020.

However, GWM Pickup, which last week celebrated two million global sales, says it was “inspired by global Lowrider enthusiasts” and “designed in a HellaFlush style to cater to young users”.

Essentially a very low-slung, super-wide and aggressively-styled dual-cab ute riding on huge alloy wheels, the super-ute concept take the GWM Ute to new extremes.

Clearly seen here in our exclusive pictures is a wild front bumper with huge mesh grille intersected by a pair of rectangular yellow intakes, with matching pinstripes for the wheels.

The streetrod theme continues with a chunky rear sports bar with integrated roof spoiler, and massive square-section side skirts that link enormous wheel-arch flares on bespoke quarter panels both front and rear.

Apart from the body-slam, which has resulted in a noticeable amount of negative wheel camber up front, it’s unclear whether any mechanical upgrades have taken place.

However, given the brakes appear to be standard behind those huge wheels, it’s likely the GWM Ute’s 129kW/400Nm 2.0-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine and eight-speed automatic transmission carry over unchanged.

A GWM Australia spokesman said he had no information about whether GWM intends to put the Super Pickup into production, but said the company would consider such an addition to its GWM Ute range should it become available to export markets.

GWM Australia is so far yet to confirm any additions to its GWM Ute dual-cab 4x4 line-up, which launched with three variants priced from $33,990 drive-away, but has flagged the potential for cheaper manual, 4x2 and single-cab versions, plus an off-road Adventure flagship and even EV and FCEV powertrains.