The Changan Hunter Plus — successor to the F70 pickup that Changan co-developed with Stellantis and sold abroad as the Peugeot Landtrek and Fiat Titano — reached Russia in 2023 with gasoline power only. A diesel variant has now joined the lineup. Its cargo bed beats most rivals by just a few millimeters, yet that is enough to fit two Euro pallets side by side, a genuine selling point for business users.
The diesel keeps a low profile: there is no 'Diesel' badge anywhere on the body. Telltale signs include a black cargo arch behind the cab, exclusive olive-green and fire-orange paint options, and tow-hitch preparation rated for a braked trailer of up to 2,500 kg. More importantly, the rear coil springs give way to leaf springs, raising payload by 100 kg to 975 kg. From 2026, every Hunter Plus wears a chrome-free black grille and an all-black cabin.
Power comes from the long-serving 2.5-liter Isuzu JE4D25Q6A four-cylinder, a roughly decade-old design with Bosch injectors, producing 146 hp and 400 Nm from 1,800 rpm. It drives through a ZF 8HP50 automatic rated for 500 Nm and a BorgWarner transfer case with Torque-On-Demand. Changan's logic is plain: buyers who want comfort and pace get gasoline with coil springs, while those hauling heavy loads get the diesel with leaf springs.
In an off-road park the truck climbed steep, dry sand slopes without drama, mostly in automatic 4WD and without low range, though dry weather left too little mud to properly explore its all-wheel-drive limits.