Jetour's Boxy New Truck Is Bigger Than The Ranger And Hilux, And It's Gunning For BYD's Shark 6

Chery just got done launching the Stockman into the packed midsize truck market, but its off-road-flavored Jetour sub-brand is already prepping a second wave. Enter the Zongheng F700, a plug-in hybrid pickup built to go head-to-head with BYD's Shark 6 rather than compete with its own Chery sibling.

The F700's road to production has been a long one. A concept version surfaced back in April 2025, followed by an extreme 6x6 prototype a year later. Now Jetour has finally pulled the wraps off production-ready images, with a full reveal expected at the Guangzhou Auto Show this November.

Styling leans hard into rugged-utility territory. Boxy headlamps flank a chunky grille that borrows heavily from Toyota's Land Cruiser playbook, while black A-pillars, thick body cladding, and muscular fender flares round out a profile that won't turn many heads for originality but should look right at home on a trail. Around back, the truck gets contemporary taillights and bumper-integrated side steps, and Jetour's own promotional shots show it decked out with a rooftop tent, roof racks, a snorkel, and extra lighting for overlanding duty.

Size-wise, this thing is no small player. Paperwork filed with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology lists the F700 at 5,495 mm long, edging out the Stockman by 45 mm. Its 3,350 mm wheelbase beats not just the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux, but the BYD Shark 6 as well, giving Jetour bragging rights on interior and cargo space even before the truck reaches dealers.

Step inside and the cabin swaps rugged for tech-forward, with a display strip running along the base of the windshield in a layout reminiscent of what BMW is doing with its Neue Klasse lineup. A floating touchscreen infotainment unit sits nearby, though Jetour hasn't abandoned tactile controls entirely — a bank of physical buttons is mounted high on the center console for anyone who prefers a button they can feel without glancing away from the road.

Mechanically, the F700 shares its ladder-frame chassis, coil-sprung rear axle, and double-wishbone front suspension with the Stockman, but the powertrain takes a different path. Instead of the diesel-hybrid setup found in its sibling, the F700 uses a gasoline-based plug-in hybrid system built around a 2.0-liter turbo engine making 208 hp on its own. Combined output with the electric motors hasn't been confirmed, but Jetour's G700 SUV uses a similar hybrid architecture to reach a staggering 892 hp and 1,135 lb-ft of torque, hinting at serious potential for the truck.

Power will be drawn from a CATL Shenxing battery, said to support ultra-fast charging from 20 to 80 percent in just 10 minutes. Combined range is pegged at roughly 1,300 km under China's generous CLTC test cycle — a number that, while optimistic by real-world standards, still signals Jetour's intent to make the F700 a genuine long-hauler in the plug-in truck wars now heating up in China.