Aussies will get another large SUV to choose from when GWM’s Haval H10 hits showrooms in the third quarter of 2027, the company has confirmed. Designed to compete with rivals like the Toyota Kluger and Kia EV9, the brand will be hoping the new model will give it a leg-up in the plus-sized luxury segment of the market.

The H10’s arrival was confirmed by GWM Australia managing director Andrew Gao, who said there is a lot of demand for seven-seat SUV’s down under. 

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With styling adopted from GWM’s Tank models, the H10 looks like a tough off-roader, but it doesn’t feature the Tanks’ body-on-frame construction, instead opting for the more road-friendly monocoque platform.

The Haval can support internal combustion, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric powertrains, but judging by its launch in China earlier this year, hybrid will be the first cab off the rank.

At its launch, the hybrid version featured a 132kW, 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine paired with a 100kW e-motor up front and another 220kW electric unit at the rear for combined outputs of 440kW and 770Nm. That’s good for a claimed 1-100km/h time of 4.9 seconds.

A 42.8kWh battery gives the H10 a claimed electric-only range of up to 323km under the lenient CLTC cycle. DC recharging is available at up to 120kW, and GWM claims 15 minutes of that will add 126km of range. Fuel consumption is a claimed 0.87L/100km in mixed driving, or 6.6L/100km with a depleted battery.

Interior appointments include fully-reclining front seats, individual second-row captain’s chairs with leg rests, heated, ventilated and massaging seats, a dual-pane panoramic sunroof, a food cooler and warmer with a -6ºC to 50ºC range, and more.

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The front infotainment screen measures 15.6 inches with a 17.3-inch roof-mounted rear infotainment screen. An in-house AI assistant, Coffee AI (based on GWM’s Coffee OS), is available, and a 21-speaker premium audio come as options on the Chinese model.

Driver-assist technology for the H10’s domestic market includes lidar-assisted autonomous driving capability, start-to-finish navigate-on-autopilot functionality, intelligent parking assist and intelligent torque vectoring.

While no pricing has been released for Australia, the H10 launched at 209,800 yuan in China, equivalent to around $44,000 down under.