First Chinese vehicle to go on sale in the UK

Is this the start of the revolution? The first major Chinese model is about to go on sale over here – the Great Wall Steed, a pick-up (read the road test here).

It will become Britain's cheapest double cab pick-up at £13,998 (ex-VAT), which is certainly an attractive price, at around £3,000 less than competitors. Great Wall has been selling cars in Italy for a while now (indeed a friend of ours was shocked last weekend when his "Qashqai class" rental car at Milan Airport turned out to be a Great Wall Hover).