Jetour F700 bakkie priced in China ahead South Africa arrival in 2027

F700 has gone on-sale in China under Jetour’s off-road Zongheng brand. Picture: carnewschina.com Reported last month as only being set for unveiling at the Guangzhou Motor Show in November, Jetour has released pricing and powertrain details of the eagerly awaited F700 plug-in hybrid bakkie in China. Officially called the Zongheng F700 as the second model of Jetour’s off-road sub-brand, the first being the G700 SUV, the F700 will have a choice of three derivatives, and provide seating for five or four.

Although based on the same body-on-frame platform as the G700, the F700 lacks its sibling’s amphibious capability, but still has a low range transfer case, locking front and rear differentials, and a virtual centrally locking diff. Confirmed atJetour’s South African market launchtwo years ago as the then internally named P5, the F700’s dimensions amount to the following: According toautohome.com.cn, the F700 has a tow rating of 3 500kg, wading depth of 900mm, approach angle of 32 degrees and departure angle of 15 degrees. While no mention was made of a final payload rating, previous reports suggested 800kg and a ground clearance of 350mm, attributable to the inclusion of air suspension.

The source of speculation until now, motivation comes from the same plug-in hybrid powertrain as the G700, but with a catch. Once alleged to make up to 1 215kW depending on the number of electric motors,Autohomereports only a single option will be offered; a 2.0 T-GDI paired with a 31.4-kWh battery pack powering three instead of the G700’s two. Whereas the combustion engine makes 155kW/340Nm on its own, the inclusion of the electric hardware ups the combined output to 665kW/1 135Nm.

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Paired to a two-speed Dedicated Hybrid Transmission (DHT), the F700 will get from 0-100km/h in a claimed five seconds and travel 150km on the battery pack alone according to China’s CLTC cycle. With the combustion engine included, the range is said to be 1 300km.

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