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GWM has confirmed it’ll launch its Wey premium model in Australia in mid-2026, beginning with at the least two fashions to deal with BYD’s personal luxurious sister model, Denza, and MG’s IM Motor.
Talking on the Chinese language model’s 2025 Tech Day in Melbourne as we speak, GWM Australia advertising chief Steve Maciver instructed media together with CarExpert that the Wey model will probably be added to the GWM portfolio and offered by the identical 116-strong seller community.
He described Wey merely as “a extra luxurious GWM providing” that will probably be offered alongside different GWM marques together with the Haval, Ora, Tank and Cannon sub-brands, however was unwilling to call a goal competitor akin to Denza or IM Motor.
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“Consider it as one other GWM SUV model sitting on a extra upmarket stage in contrast with Haval, which is clearly our mainstream SUV model, so plenty of fashions are into consideration for that,” stated Mr Maciver.
Like GWM’s different sub-brands, Wey autos will put on a GWM badge on the rear and the emblem of their respective sub-brand on the entrance.
Whereas Mr Maciver wouldn’t establish particular fashions, the Wey model may very well be launched right here with a number of hybrid autos as GWM has beforehand pointed to hybrids – and notably plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain expertise – as being key to additional progress in Australia.
This may increasingly embrace the PHEV-powered Wey Blue Mountain six-seat SUV because the flagship for the model, which GWM has beforehand instructed CarExpert could be positioned above the Haval H6 mid-size in Australia.
The most costly of the Wey model’s SUV fashions in China, the Blue Mountain is comparable in dimension to the Mazda CX-90 and round 100mm longer than the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Collection, with the identical width.
It has a six-seat cabin structure in a two-plus-two-plus-two configuration throughout three rows, and is obtainable with two powertrain choices in China.
Each incorporate a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine and two electrical motors to supply mixed outputs of 380kW of energy and 933Nm of torque, however with totally different ternary lithium-ion batteries.
The usual model has a 44.5kWh battery and the flagship variant employs a 52.3kWh battery, delivering 185km and 220km (WLTP) electric-only driving ranges respectively.
There’s additionally potential for a hybrid-powered individuals mover from the Wey Gaoshan lineup, maybe together with the massive Wey 80.
“Clearly the [people mover] section isn’t enormous, however in case you think about what GWM brings to the desk when it comes to worth, GWM will at all times be worth and that doesn’t imply you possibly can’t get worth at 80 or 100 grand – worth’s relative,” stated Mr Maciver.
“There are another choices on the desk as nicely… it is not going to simply be one mannequin initially – it is likely to be two, three fashions.”
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