The JAC T9 pick-up truck has been launched in Malaysia, and apart from the RM199,888 EV model, distributor Evolvelectric Motors has additionally launched a diesel-engined variant known as the Grand ES. Totally-imported (CBU) from China, the place it’s known as the JAC Hunter, the oil-burning double-cabber is priced at RM119,888, OTR earlier than insurance coverage.
You get a 170 PS/410 Nm 2.0 litre four-cylinder turbodiesel, an eight-speed ZF auto and a part-time 4WD BorgWarner switch case with an electronically-locking rear diff.
For each the EV and the diesel, size is 5,330 mm (beating Hilux, D-Max and Triton however not Ranger), width is 1,965 mm (widest at school), peak is 1,920 mm (tallest at school) and wheelbase is 3,110 mm (shorter than Ranger and D-Max however longer than Hilux and Triton).
The JAC’s cargo mattress is 1,520 mm lengthy, 1,590 mm broad and 470 mm tall – that’s 1.14 cubic metres in quantity, beating Mitsubishi (1.06) and Toyota (1.13) however not Isuzu (1.18) and Ford (1.34).
The T9 EV and diesel additionally share 27-degree strategy and 23-degree departure angles, solely the diesel’s floor clearance is 5 mm greater than the EV’s (210 versus 205 mm). The diesel T9 weighs 2,055 kg, has a 1,000-kg payload and may tow as much as 3,500 kg. Water wading depth is 800 mm and axle hundreds are rated at 1,300 kg entrance and 1,800 kg rear.
Externally, how does one inform the EV and the diesel aside? The JAC grille emblem is blue on the EV and pink on the diesel, and there’s no ‘EV’ tailgate badge right here. Entrance parking sensors, a windscreen-mounted ADAS digicam, facet mirror cameras and roof rails are on the diesel however not the EV, and that’s about it.
Even the two-tone 18-inch alloys are shared between the EV and the diesel (nonetheless, Chaoyang SU318a H/T tyres on the EV and Giti 4×4 HT 152 on the diesel, each 265/60), as are the pair of built-in restoration tow hooks (rated at 3.1 tonnes every) within the entrance bumper, sports activities bar, facet step rails, LED headlamps and DRLs, LED mixture taillights, entrance and rear fog lamps, and rear parking sensors.
The pick-up truck has double wishbones up entrance and multi-link leaf springs out again, in addition to electrical energy steering, which you’ll discover on the Ford Ranger and the range-topping Mitsubishi Triton Athlete.
A more-function-than-form inside comprises a seven-inch digital instrument panel, a ten.4-inch touchscreen (with Apple CarPlay/Android Auto), wi-fi telephone charging and a cooled centre armrest field. Right here, the diesel will get a stubby digital gear lever and 2H-4H-4L selector dial (instead of the EV’s rotary gear selector) and powered entrance seats (solely the motive force’s seat is powered on the EV). The diesel’s seats have a diamond-stitched sample; the EV’s are plain.
The steering wheel is barely adjustable for rake, however there’s a 360 digicam, 64-colour ambient lighting, leather-based on the seats, steering wheel and components of the inside, 18W USB-A ports, 60W USB-C ports and a 220V (150W) multi-type energy socket.
The diesel completely will get Degree 2 ADAS, which includes AEB and adaptive cruise management, lane hold help, blind spot detection, driver monitoring system and clever excessive beam. There are seven airbags together with a entrance centre airbag, and disc brakes all spherical. The Australasian New Automobile Evaluation Programme (ANCAP) has rated the T9 5 stars.
Relying on which physique color you select (pink, black, gray, silver or white), you get both a black or brown inside. Warranties are 5 years with limitless mileage on the automobile and eight years with limitless mileage on the engine (first proprietor solely).
JAC T9 diesel (left) and EV Malaysia tariffs, click on to enlarge
JAC T9 diesel launched in Malaysia
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