This hybrid Haval SUV is currently on the market with a rather attractive retail price of RM 139,800.
While it was only launched locally not even a month ago, Great Wall Motor (GWM) Malaysia has nevertheless since announced that it has successfully delivered the first 200 units of its Haval H6 HEV. This momentous delivery milestone of the hybrid SUV is to be made all the more special for the Chinese automaker as it also marks the first 200 cars it has locally-assembled right here, rolling off the line at at EP Manufacturing Berhad’s production plant in Melaka.
What more too is that this delivery achievement comes right off the bat from GWM having also announced that local bookings for the Haval H6 has already exceeded 1,500 units. So expect to see a bunch more of these hybrid SUVs on the road over here in the coming months, and thus in turn further contributing to the over 4 million cumulative sales that has already been achieved by this ‘best-selling SUV in China for more than 100 consecutive months’ worldwide.
The Haval H6 HEV is currently priced at RM139,800 in Malaysia, with there being a choice of five exterior hues available: Energy Green, Ayers Silver, Crayon Grey, Hamilton White, and Sun Black. Though perhaps more pertinently to potential buyers of this electrified SUV is for it to be offered with an extremely comprehensive warranty package, that includes:
- 10-year / 1,000,000 km Engine Warranty
- 8-year / 1,000,000 km HEV System Warranty
- 7-year / 200,000 km Full Vehicle Warranty
For those who register their Haval H6 HEV by the end of this year, GWM is also to currently be throwing in a 5 years of free maintenance (inclusive of parts and labour). Those who currently own an existing GWM vehicle will further be entitled to an additional RM 3,000 rebate for this electrified SUV.
A car that slots between the Honda HR-V and CR-V in terms of size, the Haval H6 HEV features a brash yet chic frontal appearance from its Star Matrix frameless grille flanked by Matrix LED headlights. Its profile in turn is accentuated by a set of black 19-inch alloy wheels, while a full-width light bar round its rump is to be further complemented a rather funky dual-segmented third brake light cluster on its roof spoiler.
Under the hood of the Haval H6 HEV meanwhile is a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-pot and two-speed Dedicated Hybrid Transmission (DHT) pairing, which makes the headlines from it outputting a combined 243 PS and a whopping 530 Nm of torque. This thus enables it to claim a class-leading century sprint time of 7.7 seconds, while also touting the possibility of 1,000 km between fill ups (of its 61-litre tank) from its fuel consumption figure of just 5.8 l/100 km.
Expectedly here for a Chinese car as well, the Haval H6 HEV packs a whole lot of kit into that comparatively large package. A 12.3-inch central infotainment touchscreen (with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay integration) plus 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster kicks off the long list of tech toys within this electrified SUV, while other niceties to be found inside it includes an 8-speaker audio system, a coloured heads-up display, wireless charging tray, 8-way power adjustable driver seat, “Boss Switch” for the front passenger seat, ventilated twin front seats, a panoramic sunroof and a negative-ion air cleaner.
The Haval H6 HEV naturally comes too with an equally long list of passive and active safety aids, with the former covered by 6 airbags while the latter includes Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), Lane Keeping Assist (LKA), Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR), Lane Change Assist (LCA) with Blind Spot Detection (BSD), etc. This electrified SUV further touts a 360º surround view camera with transparent chassis function to make parking that little bit easier, as well as an Auto Reversing Assistance (ARA) function, which a nifty system that recognises the route when the vehicle is driven below 30 km/h and can reverse the same route up to 50 metres.
In the initial phase of the production at GWM’s new CKD production plant in partnership with EP Manufacturing Berhad in Melaka, the automaker is targeting an annual production capacity of 10,000 units. The second phase of preparation meanwhile aims to expand the target to a highly ambitious 300,000 units, which if not a typo in the press release indicates that regional export plans from this Malaysian site might be on the horizon.
That said, GWM has incidentally already been assembling this hybrid SUV in its Thai production plant since 2021. So could the Chinese automaker be planning to locally assemble some other models over here with the remaining capacity potential, like perhaps its currently available Ora line of EVs or its Tank 300 4×4?
