The twin cab Great Wall 4x4 has an electronic transfer case, my Subaru Forester has a manual one so i guess going by that and the comments above by Pipeliner this makes the Subee a hardcore 4x4? even if the reduction is only 20%.
Hardcore/softcore what a load of old cobblers, we took an EH ex rally car up the OTL using a Tirfor to get us out of trouble in 1975, we made a pontoon out of 44's to cross the Jardine. We had previously crossed the deserts from W.A to Alice then across to Birdsville in a series IIA 4 cyl Landy running on broken axles and spinifex propping up the blown block tread tyres, we made 15 mile in 12hours on some legs. I have owned Toyota 4x4's and old Patrols and a Pinzgauer and a 1992 Holden rodeo twin cab 4x4 that easily did the Canning and a bucket load of other tracks. These cars left me no challenge per se so i went for a Forester and boy have i taken this thing some places that make you pucker up, with a common comment of how did you get that into here, reply "drove it".
No one knowes how well a great wall will go, they havent been in the country long enough or had a chance to tackle the outback often enough. I believe after a few teething problems with the 1st gen the next gen with the diesel will be even better.
Would i buy one? No! because i like the Isuzu DMax in the twin cab class and The Challenger in the sedan class and the 3 tonne towing capacity of both.
At the end of the day i like the challenge of the Forester and will for a few more yrs yet.
To each his/her own just enjoy yourself out there in whatever you can afford to be driving.
