TANK 500 for Export from Dubai

Tank is a brand that belongs to Great Wall Motor, the Chinese maker most people know as GWM, and the GWM Tank 500 is its large seven-seat SUV. The Tank 500 listed here for export from Dubai is close to new: the cars shown are the latest model years, carry next to no distance, and run an automatic gearbox. The Gulf-spec cars among them have the steering wheel on the left, and a car marked other specs was built for a market outside the Gulf.

Every card says petrol, and that is where the first question starts. GWM offers the Tank 500 in the UAE with a 3.0 litre twin-turbo V6, and also with a 2.0 litre turbo engine plus a full hybrid system, and both of them burn petrol. So a Tank 500 export from Dubai can be either car under the same label. Ask the seller which engine sits in the bay before you talk about anything else, because the answer changes the parts list, the towing figure and the kind of workshop your customer will need at home.

One petrol label, two different Tank 500s

The V6 and the hybrid look almost identical from the outside. Both have seven seats, both sit on the same frame and both use a nine-speed automatic. The difference is under the bonnet and in the battery pack, and a listing photo of the grille will not show it.

The V6 is a 3.0 litre twin-turbo six. It also carries a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, which helps the engine but cannot drive the car on electric power alone. The full hybrid pairs a smaller 2.0 litre turbo four-cylinder with an electric motor and a hybrid version of the nine-speed automatic.

Three checks settle it in a few minutes. Ask for a photo of the engine with the cover off, a photo of the badge on the tailgate, and the engine line on the registration or the dealer's invoice. If the three do not agree, stop and ask why before any money moves.

Engine, trim and equipment details of the TANK 500

The Tank 500 is built the old-fashioned way for a big SUV: a separate steel ladder frame with the body bolted on top, not a unibody shell like most crossovers. That frame is shared with GWM's Cannon Alpha pickup, which is sold in China as the Shanhai Cannon. For an importer that is useful news, because suspension and frame parts may already be moving through the same GWM channels in markets that sell the pickup.

In the UAE the trims are called Signature and Prestige, and GWM uses each name with both engines. A Signature can be a V6 or a hybrid, and so can a Prestige, which is the better equipped of the two. Read the full name on the invoice, engine and trim together, rather than the badge alone.

Inside there are three rows, so a Tank 500 suits a buyer who needs seven seats in a vehicle with a separate frame, a combination that only a few large SUVs offer. Sit a tall adult in the third row on the video call if the seats matter to your customer.

Towing deserves a careful answer. The hybrid sold in Australia and New Zealand is rated at 3000 kg braked and 750 kg unbraked. No rating for the Gulf V6 was confirmed for this guide. If your customer plans to tow with it, the figure that counts is the one in the owner's handbook of that exact car, read alongside your own towing law.

Buying a TANK 500 in Dubai and getting it shipped

A UAE seller owns every Tank 500 shown, and the buyer talks to that seller with nobody in between. OneClickDrive does not take the car, move it or sign anything for it. Freight is arranged by the seller or by a forwarder the seller uses, and the split of costs is something to fix in writing at the start.

Start with the questions a near-new car raises. Has it ever been registered in the UAE, even for a day? Has the factory warranty started, and in whose name? Does the warranty follow the car abroad, or does it stop at the border? A car showing a few kilometres has often been driven between yards, which is normal, but ask the seller to say so in writing.

Then ask for evidence. A short daylight video that starts from cold, the instrument screen after start-up with no warning lights, and photographs of the chassis plate and the tyres. On the car marked other specs, ask which market it was built for and what language the screens and the voice menus use, since a car built for China may arrive with menus your customer cannot read.

A Tank 500 is long, tall and heavy, so freight is not a small line on the bill. Get two quotes from the forwarder, one for roll on roll off and one for a container, plus the name of the port at home that handles each.

What the TANK 500 export process requires

On the Dubai side, three things have to line up. The seller shows the car is theirs to sell. The car is cleared to leave the country. The chassis number on the customs export declaration is the one stamped on the frame. Whether the Tank 500 ever wore UAE plates decides which papers the seller produces, so ask that question early.

Your own government sets the harder half. A Tank 500 raises questions a familiar Japanese SUV does not: has the model ever been approved in your country, does a hybrid fall into a different import class from a petrol car, and will the registry accept a car with the wheel on the left? Put those three questions to your customs office or a licensed clearing agent and keep the reply on paper, since the answer for the V6 and the hybrid may differ.

The hybrid battery is worth a separate call to the shipping line. Some carriers want extra declarations for a vehicle with a high-voltage pack, and finding that out at the quay costs days.

Available TANK 500 export models and pricing

No figure appears in this guide, on purpose. Sellers change prices and sell cars week by week, so the card itself is the only current number, and on some cards the seller wants a phone call first.

Four things explain most of the gap between two Tank 500s. The engine is the biggest: V6 or hybrid. Then the trim, Signature or Prestige. Then where the car was built to be sold, Gulf or elsewhere. Last comes its history, because a car that was registered for even a short time is no longer a new car to some buyers.

When two offers look close, line them up item by item: export papers in or out, the collection point, and how long the seller will hold the car. The landed figure at your port, not the Dubai figure, is the one your customer pays.

Gulf spec or other spec: which Tank 500 suits which buyer

GWM put the Tank 500 on sale in the Gulf in 2023, with launch events in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman within a few weeks of each other. A Gulf-spec car is the version GWM's regional dealers were given to sell, so for a buyer in a neighbouring Gulf country it is the easiest match for service and parts.

The car marked other specs is a different case. It may have a different equipment list, a different screen language and a warranty that is valid only where it was first meant to be sold. That does not make it a bad buy. It makes it a car to price separately and to check with your local GWM dealer before you commit, by sending them the chassis number.

In Australia GWM sells the Tank 500 as a hybrid in Lux and Ultra grades. If a Dubai listing uses those grade names, ask the seller where the car was first sold, because the Gulf names are Signature and Prestige.

Required export documentation for the TANK 500

The paper trail splits on one question: did this Tank 500 ever carry UAE plates? If not, it normally travels on the dealer's invoice with its origin papers. If it did, it travels on its registration card plus an export certificate. On top of either set, you supply a passport copy or a company licence, customs issue the export declaration, and the shipping line issues the bill of lading once the car is loaded.

Lay the papers out next to photos of the chassis plate before the car sails. The chassis number has to be identical everywhere, and the model line should name the engine as well as Tank 500. For a hybrid, keep a written line from the seller confirming it is the hybrid, which saves an argument with your clearing agent later.

Where a TANK 500 export is handled in Dubai

The listed cars are not all held at one address, and Ras Al Khor is one of the locations. Read the location on each card before you send an inspector or book a truck, because Tank 500s that appear in one search are not always in one yard.

For sea freight, Jebel Ali is the usual port of departure from Dubai. By road, Oman and Saudi Arabia are within reach, and the seller should say who prepares the border paperwork. Since these cars show almost nothing on the odometer, a trailer keeps it that way, and the next owner will notice.

Top countries importing the TANK 500 from Dubai

Start with the countries GWM itself chose. Saudi Arabia and Oman each had a Tank 500 launch alongside the UAE, so a Gulf-spec car lands where GWM dealers already sell the model. Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain are next door. Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon are a short trip by sea or road from Dubai.

Beyond the Gulf, the Tank 500 suits a buyer who wants a large seven-seater on a separate frame and has a workshop willing to look after it. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan are worth a look, as are Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya. Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, DR Congo and Angola make sense when a customer has named the car. Before quoting any of them, find out if a GWM dealer operates there and will accept a car that came in from Dubai.

Steering side settles some markets on its own. The Gulf-spec Tank 500s listed have the wheel on the left, so a country that registers only right-hand drive cars is the wrong home for them, and in Australia GWM already sells the Tank 500 new. Check that rule first, before anything else on this list.

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