{"id":3469,"date":"2012-07-14T10:14:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T10:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2012-07-13T17:29:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T17:29:17","slug":"drive-away-a-great-wall-steed-pick-up-for-just-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3469","title":{"rendered":"Drive Away A Great Wall Steed Pick-Up For Just \u00a31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3251\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3251\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3251\" title=\"Great Wall Steed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/great-wall-steed-2-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Great Wall Steed\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Great Wall Steed double cab pick-up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Great Wall Steed is the newest double cab pick-up model to enter the UK market. When it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3250\">went on sale in April<\/a>, it was cheaper than most of its competitors &#8212; and it&#8217;s just got even more affordable, as you can now drive one away with a deposit of just \u00a31!<\/p>\n<p>Paul Hegarty, Great Wall&#8217;s UK Managing Director, explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn the current economic climate, paying out thousands for a deposit on a new vehicle sometimes just isn\u2019t possible, particularly for small businesses. Our \u00a31 deposit finance offer allows businesses who don\u2019t want to make a large initial investment to still drive away in a brand new Steed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, the company&#8217;s real motive for running the \u00a31 offer is to try and help this Chinese manufacturer break into the UK market. Although Great Wall isn&#8217;t familiar to most UK motorists, it is a major car manufacturer in China and the Steed is already a popular model in Australia, a market that is far more demanding for pick-ups than the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Although I suspect that UK drivers will initially be sceptical about the quality and reliability of Chinese vehicles, you only need to look at Japanese and Korean brands like Toyota, Nissan and Kia to realise that Asian vehicles are, for the most part, much better quality than European ones. I suspect the Great Wall Steed will soon fall into this category, too.<\/p>\n<p>To tempt buyers, the entry level Great Wall Steed is competitively priced at \u00a313,998 CVOTR and comes specified for demanding use, with a 2,000kg braked towing capacity, 1,050kg payload as well as\u00a016-inch alloy wheels, daytime running lights, remote central locking, a Thatcham-approved Category 1 alarm, electric front and rear windows, an Alpine CD\/radio with USB\/MP3 and Bluetooth connectivity, steering-wheel-mounted audio controls, air-conditioning, heated fronted seats and a full leather interior. And that&#8217;s just on the entry level Steed S model!<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatwallmotor.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.greatwallmotor.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>For the entry-level Steed S model (\u00a313,998 CVOTR), the finance offer consists of a deposit of \u00a31 followed by 59 monthly payments of \u00a3285.06, and a final payment of \u00a3424.06 (8.8 per cent representative APR).\u00a0 The plan is available for business users only, through all 45 dealerships in the Great Wall dealer network, and continues until 30 September 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Wall Steed double cab pick-up is now available to business buyers with just a \u00a31 deposit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1415,386,1417],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3470,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3469\/revisions\/3470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}