Next-Generation GWM Haval H6 Confirmed for Australia in Early 2027: Hybrid Expected to Lead, Petrol in Doubt

The Haval H6 is getting replaced. GWM Australia has told several Australian outlets that a next-generation H6 is due here in early 2027, larger than today's car and with a line-up that leans harder on hybrids. The news broke back in late April after GWM showed the car to Australian media at its test facility in Baoding, China, and the timing has held in the coverage since.

Here's the catch. GWM Australia hasn't put any of this on its own website. Its H6 model page and current offers, checked on 22 October 2026, describe the current car and nothing else. So everything below about the new H6 is what GWM Australia has said to journalists, as they reported it.

What GWM Australia Has Said

carsales reported on 29 April that GWM Australia had "confirmed the next-generation Haval H6 for a local launch in the first half of 2027". Speaking with carsales, GWM Australia product planning manager Tim Leong said the hybrid was the likely version to start, followed by the plug-in hybrid. He also said a drop-off in demand for petrol cars could see the pure petrol H6 dropped from the line-up altogether. carsales added that the current H6 continues until the replacement arrives.

Chasing Cars, on 30 April, said Haval had confirmed the car was due for Australian launch in early 2027, and that GWM Australia's team was "still deciding which engines we'd receive". CarsGuide went further on timing, reporting arrival in the first quarter of 2027 and a launch in "February or March, 2027". It also said it had been told prices would rise to match a bigger, better-finished car.

Drive reported that petrol, hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions remain available to GWM Australia, but the brand is weighing whether to keep non-hybrid versions as the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard tightens. Drive also reported Mr Leong saying the H6GT counts as a separate model and will live on beside the new H6, with the petrol H6GT in run-out and the plug-in hybrid continuing. WhichCar reported the same early 2027 window and said full Australian details would come closer to launch.

What Isn't Confirmed

• Price. No figure for any version. CarsGuide's line about rises is the closest thing to guidance.
• Which engines. Hybrid, then plug-in hybrid, is the stated likely order, not an announcement. Petrol is undecided.
• The name. Overseas it's the Xiaolong Max, H6L or H6 Max. CarsGuide says it's unknown whether GWM Australia adds a suffix.
• Grades, equipment, outputs and an exact date.

The dimensions doing the rounds are overseas figures, as reported by carsales and Drive: 4780mm long (77mm more than today's car), 1895mm wide and 1730mm tall on a 2800mm wheelbase (62mm longer). The boot is listed at 436 litres against 560 litres for the current H6. The engine outputs quoted are Chinese-market numbers too, so we're not treating any of it as Australian until GWM Australia publishes it.

What Today's H6 Costs

These are GWM Australia's printed drive-away prices from its offers page, as at 22 October 2026. GWM says they're based on private buyers in Victoria and apply to 2026-build cars, so your state's figure can differ. GWM also lists a choice of two offers ending 31 October 2026: an additional amount off the drive-away price (the right-hand column), or a finance offer instead. The table price doesn't include either. T&Cs apply, at participating dealers.

Current price on CarSorted: GWM Haval H6 Lux $35,990 RRP, as at 22 Jul 2026; GWM Haval H6 Ultra $38,990 RRP, as at 8 Sep 2026; GWM Haval H6 Lux Hybrid $40,990 drive-away (VIC), as at 1 Oct 2026.

Two things stand out. The cheapest way into an H6 today is the petrol Lux at $35,990, and that's the engine GWM Australia has said may not come back. And the hybrid step is $5,000 on GWM's drive-away figures (Lux petrol to Lux HEV), or $4,000 once each car's Offer 1 discount comes off. GWM's brochure for the current H6 quotes 7.4L/100km combined for the petrol and 5.2L/100km for the Lux Hybrid.

Buy Now or Wait?

This isn't advice, just the facts lined up. Buying now gets you a known price, a choice of petrol, hybrid and plug-in hybrid, and the current offers if you get in before 31 October. It also gets you the bigger boot: 560 litres today against a reported 436 litres for the overseas version of the new car. If a petrol H6 under $40,000 is what you're after, the current car may be the last chance at one, since GWM Australia has said petrol may be dropped.

Waiting gets you a longer car on a longer wheelbase, a newer cabin and, if the reports hold, a hybrid-led range. Go in expecting a higher starting price, no confirmed date tighter than early 2027, and no safety rating at launch until ANCAP tests it. A model change also tends to bring run-out deals on the outgoing car, though GWM hasn't announced any beyond the current offers.

If you need more space than an H6 and can't wait, GWM Australia now lists the new-generation Haval H7. If an H6 is more car than you need, the bigger Jolion Max is reported to slot in below it. You can see the whole GWM range in our directory.

Safety

Our listings for the current H6 carry the five-star ANCAP rating dated 2022, which ANCAP's published record applies to H6 variants on sale from March 2021, including the hybrid and plug-in hybrid. Our H6GT listings hold no ANCAP rating, so that's no data.

The next-generation H6: no data. ANCAP hasn't rated it, and the current car's rating doesn't carry over to a new generation.