GW first foray in the Aussie market was a failure Aussies wont give them a third chance so I do hope the build quality and materials they have decided on are acceptable quality because if they have not built a decent 4wd dual cab Aussies will find them out. So I watch this space with interest.
LDV different story ordered to pay back 39k for a Vehicle with rust protection rusted in a short time. Timothy Rigby - lifeguard on GC. John Cadogan did a podcast, and chassis was found to be of poor quality steel and stupid decision of dealer to ignore his claim. Owning an LDV in western Sydney probably would not be an issue assuming you hose off the mud. Interesting read.
GWM have increased their penetration in the Australian market by around 40% each year. The Australian market is one of GWMs largest foreign markets now.
That doesn't say anything for the quality of the product. Just that Australia is soaking up GWM like crazy. Which makes sense because the Haval H6 is being well accepted as a slightly flawed, but still great competitor to the Toyota Rav4.
In regards to the LDV. Not sure about that one. Don't like LDVs personally. They're alright, but they're dumbed down on everything. They don't perform as we offroad. They don't have Android auto at all. Also, no DAB.
But Cadogan is also a bit of a shit reviewer. He's good to listen to for information, as long as you can do it critically and not ideologically like many of his watchers do.
He bases the majority of his information on educated guesses. Rather than, "I tested this vehicle", he says, "I read about this vehicle and it's probably shit because..."
He publicly states that btw. He states that he doesn't review most vehicles. He reads their spec sheets and judges them based on that. And based on what he believes about car companies.
That's why he always rates Chinese made vehicles as crap (because they don't have market share in Australia), and why he automatically scores any VW with the lowest score (because of dieselgate)