Great Wall Hover Pi Review: Generations and Which One to Buy
Overview of the Great Wall Hover Pi limousine (2006–2010): its single generation, the 126 hp 2.4 MT version, and buying advice.
The Great Wall Hover Pi is a limousine produced from 2006 to 2010 with 126 hp across its range. It suits drivers who want a simple, single-specification car with a manual gearbox and four-wheel drive, where choosing a version takes no effort because only one modification was ever offered.
Great Wall Hover Pi generations
1 generation
The first and only generation of the Great Wall Hover Pi was built from 2006 to 2010 in a limousine body. Every car of this generation produces 126 hp, so there is no power spread to compare within the lineup. The generation counts exactly one modification: the Great Wall Hover Pi 2.4 MT, which pairs a 2351 cc engine with a manual transmission and 4x4 drive. That combination — manual gearbox plus permanent availability of four-wheel drive — defines the whole model, since no automatic option and no alternative drivetrain were offered at any point in the 2006–2010 run.
Which Great Wall Hover Pi to buy
- 2.4 MT (1 generation): the only modification of the model, with 126 hp from a 2351 cc engine, a manual gearbox, and 4x4 drive — there is simply no alternative version to weigh it against.
On the used market every Great Wall Hover Pi is at least a decade and a half old, since production ended in 2010, so the year of manufacture matters more than the specification — all cars share the same 126 hp 2.4 MT configuration. The single-version lineup makes shopping straightforward: comparing candidates comes down to condition and history rather than decoding trim or engine differences.
The absence of engine choice also removes a common used-car dilemma. With other models, buyers weigh a weaker base engine against a stronger but rarer top version; the Great Wall Hover Pi 2.4 MT (1 generation) is both the base and the top of the range at 126 hp. The manual-only gearbox policy means there is no automatic variant whose condition would need separate evaluation, and the uniform 4x4 drivetrain means every surviving car was built to the same mechanical formula. For a buyer, the model's 2006–2010 window and one-modification structure make the search a matter of finding the best-kept example, not the best-specified one.