Brand: Hebei Xinkai
Model: Pickup
Xinkai, established in 1999, is one of the leaders in pickup and SUV cars’ producers group. The carmaker is advertising itself as a really active and fitted to market’s demands. It is the first Chinese producer, which decided to assemble automatic transmissions in pickups with Diesel engines.
Engines’ offer is the same as it is in SUV case and includes two petrol engines and one Diesel engine. And old Diesel with 2.8 litres of capacity and 78 bhp of maximum power comes from Isuzu (code: 4JB1) and was assembled in Trooper. The weak engine has 174 Nm of maximum torque, and producer doesn’t give the information about maximum speed of this version. 2.2 petrol engine OHC (491Q-ME) comes from Isuzu as well. Its maximum power is 102 bhp and maximum torque is 193 Nm. 2.4 litres (2RZ) is the strongest engine. It was produced by Toyota before. Since 1989 it has been assembled in LCV model – Hiat, and since 1995 in pickup – Tacoma. Its maximum power is 122 bhp and maximum torque is 205 Nm.
Pickup’s kerbweight, dependently on engine and body kind, is 1,515 kg (maximum). Load capacity is from 800 kg to 1,000 kg. Version with just one cab is 5,150 mm long (locker’s length is 2,300 mm). Length of the version with double cab is 5,130 mm (1,480 mm of locker’s length), and in long specification – even 5,400 mm long (1,860 mm). Standard wheelbase is 3,025 mm, and in long version even 3,390 mm.