Great Wall Motors Flabbergasts Us With China’s First Supercar Pickup Concept

The title of the weirdest premiere from the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show probably goes to the Supercar Pickup Concept from Great Wall Motors. While it is based on the King Kong Cannon production vehicle (what a name), the ultra-wide bodykit and the slammed-down suspension make it look like it came out of a video game or some bizarre Fast and Furious film knockoff.

Starting with the base model, the Great Wall King Kong Cannon is the Chinese brand’s latest pickup designed as a rival to popular models like the Toyota Hilux and the Ford Ranger. Behind the emphatic name hides a standard dual-cab design with toned-up fenders, a large chrome grille, and LED headlights reminiscent of the Tank 500 SUV.

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To make the King Kong Cannon a little bit more interesting for Chinese customers, Great Wall Motors presented a series of concept cars with different types of modifications. The most attention-grabbing of them all is the Supercar Pickup which supposedly takes the truck to another level in terms of style and performance – even if Great Wall shared nothing about the latter.

True to the low-rider philosophy, the Supercar Pickup sits a few inches from the ground, with wider tracks, road-focused continental tires, and lots of negative camber on the front axle making it look ready for the racetrack. The only parts that are still recognizable are the standard doors and side windows. Wide fenders with integrated gills, aerodynamic side sills, and a spoiler structure on the rear bed have been added to boost King Kong’s visual appeal alongside black wheels with yellow rings.

The aggressive front bumper will make you forget anything you know about approach angles since a complex array of intakes, splitters, and fins make Audi’s latest RS 3 Sportback look like an entry-level hatchback. Even the headlights are different with intakes below them and chrome-finished claws for a badass look. Similarly, the rear end is dominated by a sporty bumper extension, dark-tinted taillights, quadruple exhaust pipes, and a diffuser.

Unfortunately, Great Wall Motors didn’t publish any details on what’s under the Supercar Pickup’s bulged bonnet. And for all we know (and let’s be honest here, suspect), it could be hiding one of the standard model’s uninspiring turbocharged 2.0-liter gasoline and diesel engines or nothing at all.

Finally, we should also mention the rest of the King Kong Cannon-based concepts including a more plausible rescue mission vehicle for natural disasters, and another one focused on agriculture with a drone and some kind of machinery on the rear bed. Mind you, the production pick-up has only 500 kg (1,102 pounds) of payload which is half of what you get from the likes of the Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi L200, VW Amarok, Toyota Hilux, Isuzu D-Max, etc.