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You'll find all our GWM UTE reviews right here. GWM UTE prices range from $32,990 for the UTE Cannon 4x2 to $46,990 for the UTE Cannon Xsr 4x4.

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GWM Ute 2024 review: Cannon XSR long-term | Part 3
By Mark Oastler · 14 May 2024
From towing and off-road crawling to carrying heavy loads and day-to-day family duty Mark Oastler has put the GWM Ute Cannon XSR dual cab 4WD ute through its paces over three months. Now it's time for his final verdict.
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GWM Ute 2024 review: Cannon-XSR long-term | Part 2
By Mark Oastler · 03 Apr 2024
In this second long-term update Mark Oastler loads in a heavy payload to test the GWM Ute Cannon XSR's hard-working credentials.
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GWM Ute 2024 review: Cannon-XSR long-term | Part 1
By Mark Oastler · 11 Mar 2024
It seems Aussies can't get enough of dual cab utes and GWM aims to cut through the intense competition with a value-for-money focus in its full-size, dual-cab Cannon. Mark Oastler and his family have started a three-month stint with the XRS grade and so far, in this first instalment the experience has been revealing.
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GWM Ute Cannon 2024 review: XSR - off-road test
By Marcus Craft · 19 Sep 2023
The 2024 GWM Cannon XSR is the carmaker's top-spec ute.This special edition, off-road-focussed vehicle has a range of visual and mechanical extras, including all-terrain tyres, front differential lock, as well as an upgraded 4WD traction system.The XSR has part-time 4WD (with 2WD high-range, 4WD high-range and 4WD low-range), rather than full-time 4WD, which is on lower-spec GWM utes.
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GWM Ute 2024 review: Cannon Vanta
By Emily Agar · 29 Aug 2023
The GWM Ute Cannon Vanta looks solid and seems to have all of the goods on paper but how does it perform in real life? Does it have beauty as well as brawn?
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GWM Ute 2023 review: Cannon-X
By Mark Oastler · 19 Oct 2022
The badgework for Great Wall Motors' Cannon range is a confusing mix of the GWM acronym used in export markets and the letter 'P' displayed on the grille and other places which symbolises its domestic brand name Poer.
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GWM Ute 2022 review: Cannon-X off-road test
By Marcus Craft · 02 Dec 2021
It's impossible to ignore Chinese-built utes - these days they're better built, nicer to drive and more tech-advanced than ever before. The Cannon X, the top-spec variant in the GWM Ute line-up, is the latest Chinese-built ute to arrive in Australia and, on paper at least, it seems to offer quite a lot for its $42k price-tag. But is it actually any good?
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GWM Ute 2021 review: Cannon-L GVM test
By Mark Oastler · 19 Apr 2021
A Chinese invasion of the Aussie new car market has been long-predicted, but only recently have brands like GWM started to gain genuine traction here. The new Cannon ute offers handy specs, a lengthy equipment list, and a sharp price. But how does it measure up on quality and performance?
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GWM Ute 2021 review
By Matt Campbell · 19 Jan 2021
The Great Wall brand is now known as GWM, and the new ute is called simply that - the GWM Ute. But you might know it better as the new 2021 Great Wall Cannon, and that's fine too - because it brings a lot of bang for your bucks in the highly competitive dual-cab ute market.
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Great Wall Cannon 2021 review: snapshot
By Matt Campbell · 19 Jan 2021
The Great Wall Cannon is the base model in the 2021 GWM Ute range. If that naming seems confusing, GWM is the new brand name, Ute is the model, and Cannon is the base variant. But because we know people think of this ute as being sold by Great Wall, we’ve included that too.
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