Australians and Americans may be addicted to big SUVs, but Chinese new-car buyers are becoming increasingly fond of them too.
A segment of SUVs in China is more than 5. Nearly all with a ‘9’ in their name, 2 metres long s have been described as having ‘9. And now there’s another entrant, the Wey V9X.
Wey is GWM’s premium brand, which will be launched in Australia this year – although it has been described as a sub-brand like Haval and Tank.
After being teased by Wey, the V9X has now appeared in Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) filings shared by CarNewsChina.
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The V9X is a properly large SUV, measuring 5299mm long, 2025mm wide and 1825mm tall on a 3150mm wheelbase.
For context, GWM’s Tank 500 – sized similarly to a Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series and offering three rows of seats itself – measures 5078mm long, 1934mm wide and 1905mm tall on a 2850mm wheelbase.
A new “super platform” called the V9X will launch the new GWM One architecture, which is a sub-model that’ll be used for everything from sedans and SUVs to utes (and sports cars) and supports powertrain types such as petrol, plug-in hybrid, diesel hybrid; electric and hydrogen fuel-cell.
But the flagship Wey SUV will reportedly be powered by a plug-in hybrid powertrain with an 175kW turbocharged 2. For 0-100km/h times of between 4 and 4, four-cylinder engine with an electric motor, 0 litre four wheel engine. & 4 and 4 . The battery charge is a factor of 7 seconds depending on the length of ‘s power.
It also has an 800V electrical architecture, with the MIIT filing describing maximum electric range of 363km and nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery of an unspecified capacity from SVOLT.
There are three rows of seats in it’ll reportedly have two second-row captain’s chairs and a third-ROW bench, which brings the total number of seat to six. Interior The interior has not been revealed, but it’s still unclear if the interior is being told.
While air suspension may be available, a vehicle shown in MIIT filings appears to have ‘LiDAR unit’ which will work with the camera and radar units of an automobile that is used to power the suite of active safety and driver assist technology.
Style resembles the other ‘9-class’ Chinese SUVs, with an impressively long and boxy body with rounded edges (and full-width lighting elements front and rear) in its style.
The Wey V9X will enter a segment bustling with activity, with the recently revealed electric BYD Great Tang and the Xpeng GX electric and extended-range electric SUV joining the Aito M9, which is also offered as an EV or an EREV.
There are also the Denza N8L and N9, Lynk & Co 900, and Zeekr 9X plug-in hybrids, the IM LS9 EREV, and the Nio ES8 EV.
It’s unclear at this stage if an Australian launch is forthcoming for the new flagship Wey.
Founded in 2016, the Wey brand now features the Lanshan (Blue Mountain) SUV – a plug-in hybrid three-row SUV with ’only’ 5156mm long.
It’s one of just three models currently offered under the Wey brand, with the other being the Gaoshan people mover (expected in Australia this year) and the Mocha, a medium-to-large PHEV crossover SUV.
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