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About Haval

If you have ridden in a taxi or a family car in a Chinese city, there is a fair chance it was a Haval. Spun out as its own brand in 2013 after starting life as a Great Wall model line, Haval became the SUV specialist of the group, and its H6 has spent years among the best-selling SUVs in China. The recipe is not complicated: sensible styling, generous space, lots of equipment and prices that undercut Japanese and Korean rivals without feeling cheap.

The lineup has grown well beyond the H6. The Jolion covers the compact class with an eye on young buyers, the H6 GT adds a sloping roofline, and the H7 is a more upright, rugged-looking family SUV that GWM pitches as tougher than a typical soft-roader. Through successive generations the cars have gained turbocharged engines, dedicated hybrid systems and plug-in hybrids with meaningful electric range. Reviews often praise the cabin quality and value while flagging overeager driver-assist warnings and powertrains that are adequate rather than thrilling.

Haval is a pillar of GWM's export push and is sold across Australia, South Africa, the Middle East, Russia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Pakistan, where the H6 plug-in hybrid has been assembled for local buyers. Its natural rivals are the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage, Mitsubishi Outlander and a rising tide of Chinese competitors, including Chery's Tiggo and Jaecoo lines and the BYD Seal U and Sealion models.

Most of the news is regional and practical: launches and price tags in individual countries, festive-season deals, new hybrid variants, model-year updates and the occasional discontinuation as GWM reshuffles its trims and engines. Reviews, comparison tests, recalls and sales results round out the picture of a brand that sells in enormous numbers while rarely making headlines in America, where it is not offered at all, and that matters far more to family buyers in Bangkok, Johannesburg or Lahore than its low profile suggests.