The MPV beforehand referred to as the GWM Wey 80 has been given a brand new title forward of its Malaysian launch, with the GWM Wey G9 moniker having been introduced on Fb. The Chinese language carmaker added that the Toyota Alphard and Vellfire rival, final previewed on the paultan.org Premium Auto Automobile Expo (PACE) in July, is coming quickly – about time, too, because the previously-announced Q3 2025 launch window ends this month.
No different particulars had been introduced, however we should always get the automobile as per what was proven at PACE, within the new middle-wheelbase seven-seater specification (offered in China because the Wey Gaoshan 8). That automobile measures a beneficiant 5,280 mm lengthy, slotting between the 5,050 mm of the standard-wheelbase Gaoshan 7 and the whopping 5,410 mm of the long-wheelbase six-seater Gaoshan 9.
The Malaysian market G9 can even obtain an up to date inside, that includes a two-spoke steering wheel, a 12.3-inch digital instrument show and a 15.6-inch infotainment touchscreen (no passenger show for our market, sadly), the latter working on GWM’s newest Espresso OS 3. There are additionally new seat controls on the second-row armrests, together with a rotary therapeutic massage mode dial.
Beneath the bonnet will sit the Hi4 all-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid system consisting of a 156 PS 1.5 litre turbo four-cylinder engine, a 177 PS electrical entrance motor and a 183 PS rear motor for a complete system output of 487 PS, plus 140 km of CLTC-rated electrical vary from a 37.96 kWh battery. The up to date powertrain in China will get a barely decrease whole output of 458 PS however a bigger 51.55 kWh battery delivering a WLTP-rated EV vary of 201 km, though it’s unclear if export markets like ours will get this.
When it arrives, the G9 might be domestically assembled alongside the Haval H6 HEV on the EP Manufacturing (EPMB) plant in Pegoh, Melaka, with exports to ASEAN markets comparable to Thailand into account.
GALLERY: GWM Wey G9 Hi4 at PACE 2025
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