2023 Tank 500 Hi4-T Plug-in Hybrid — 37.1 kWh, 36,500 km, Gold/Cognac, Weifang | Export Ready

Say “Tank 500” to a Chinese buyer and you skip the usual explanation about what it is. The Hi4-T is the version that made the nameplate practical in the city — same body-on-frame ladder and same 5,0-metre footprint as the 3.0T V6, but a 2.0T four-cylinder bolted to a 130 kW electric motor and a 37.1 kWh ternary battery pack. This particular one went on the road in 2024 and has covered 36,500 km since.

It is finished in gold with the orange leather cabin, which is the combination most Chinese T500 buyers paid extra to avoid the default black. If you are exporting it to a market where a 5-metre seven-seat 4×4 needs to look like money without costing it, that colour choice matters more than any spec sheet line.

What the Hi4-T drivetrain actually is

Hi4-T is not a range extender and it is not a parallel hybrid that only chips in at low speed. GWM built it as a longitudinal parallel architecture: the 2.0T (engine code E20NB, direct injection, 180 kW / 380 N·m) sits in line with a 9-speed 9HAT automatic and the 130 kW / 495 N·m traction motor. Combined output is 120 kW and 750 N·m, which moves this 2.4-tonne body with authority from a standstill.

The mechanical four-wheel-drive is not decoupled. That sounds like marketing language until you get one wheel in the air on a graded track — the system can still push 100% of torque to the wheel with grip, something an electric-axle layout cannot promise. For buyers in Africa, the Middle East or Central Asia who will actually meet gravel, that is the point of the car.

Battery, range and charging in numbers

The pack is 37.1 kWh of ternary lithium chemistry, not LFP. That gives 110 km of WLTC electric-only range and lifts combined WLTC range to 928 km on a 70-litre tank. Quoted combined consumption is 2.16 L/100 km with charge, and 8.35 L/100 km once the battery is flat — worth knowing before you sell it into a market with expensive petrol and no plug.

DC fast charging tops out at 103 kW and takes the pack from 30% to 80% in about 16 minutes. AC overnight charging runs 6.5 hours. Vehicle-to-load output is 6 kW, enough to run a site office or a household circuit, and there is a 2.2 kW 220 V socket in the boot.

Chassis, dimensions and what comes standard

Length is 5 078 mm, width 1 934 mm, height 1 905 mm, on a 2 850 mm wheelbase. Ground clearance is 213 mm, approach and departure angles are 30° and 24°, and the tyres are 265/55 R19. The body is non-monocoque (ladder frame), front suspension is double wishbone and the rear is a multi-link live axle — the same layout as a Land Cruiser or a Patrol, which is a large part of why these hold their value in rough-road markets.

Standard equipment on this trim includes Nappa leather with eight-way powered, heated, ventilated and massaging front seats, a panoramic sunroof, electric side steps, a full-size rear-mounted spare, a heated steering wheel, a refrigerated centre console box, four-zone climate, a 14.6-inch centre screen with wireless CarPlay and HiCar, and adaptive cruise with lane keeping. A front electronic locking differential was optional and is not confirmed on this car — ask us and we will photograph the switch panel.

Condition and what we can verify for you

The car is a first-registration 2024 example showing 36,500 km, kept in Weifang, Shandong. Paint reads gold, the cabin is orange leather, it is automatic with full-time four-wheel drive, and it is a plug-in hybrid. Nothing about the listing depends on a polished photoshoot — the ten photographs are the car as it sits.

We have not had it on a lift or on a scan tool. If you are buying long distance, tell us which of these you want and we will do it and send the evidence: a cold-start video, a battery state-of-health readout from the OBD port, underbody photographs, a four-wheel alignment printout, or a tyre tread measurement on all four corners. For a plug-in hybrid with a 37 kWh pack, the state-of-health figure is the number that decides the price, and it is the first thing a serious buyer should ask for.

Price, port and export paperwork

The domestic asking price in China is CNY 220 000. Our FOB Qingdao figure is USD 31,700, which covers the margin, the export inspection, the customs declaration and inland transport from Weifang to the port. Ocean freight and destination duties are quoted separately once we know your port.

A 37.1 kWh plug-in hybrid sits comfortably inside the used-vehicle export rules that apply to most of our buyer markets. We handle the export licence, the cancellation of the Chinese registration, the customs declaration and the bill of lading. Where a destination requires it, we supply a third-party pre-shipment inspection report and photographs of the vehicle on the loading ramp.

If you want to compare it against something, the full vehicle inventory carries the other plug-in and range-extender SUVs we hold, and our news section explains how the export documentation works step by step. Both are worth ten minutes before you wire a deposit.

Available now, one unit, located in Weifang, Shandong. Loading port Qingdao.