Trumpchi

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Trumpchi
广汽传祺
Logo used until 2019
Product type Automobile
Owner GAC Motor
Country China
IntroducedDecember 2010;14 years ago (2010-12)
Related brands Aion
Markets Asia
Africa
South America
Website gac-motor.com

Trumpchi (Chinese :广汽传祺; pinyin :Guǎngqì Chuánqí) is an automotive marque owned by the Chinese automaker GAC Group. [1] [2] It was launched in December 2010. The Trumpchi brand is operated in Chinese domestic market while it is rebranded as GAC Motor in overseas markets.

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History

GAC began the construction of facilities to produce vehicles for a new own-brand automotive marque in 2008. [3] The first Trumpchi model to go into production, the Trumpchi GA5 sedan, a four-door mid-size saloon car model based on the platform of the Alfa Romeo 166, went into mass production in September 2010. [3] The first 500 Trumpchi sedans produced were delivered to the organizing committee of the 2010 Asian Games in October 2010. [3]

The Trumpchi Sedan was formally unveiled to the public at Auto Guangzhou in December 2010, [4] and public sales of the vehicles began in the same month. [5] The Trumpchi GS5, a sport utility vehicle based on the same platform as the Trumpchi Sedan, was launched in March 2012. [6] [7]

The production version of the Trumpchi GA3 compact sedan was unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2013. [8] [9]

Models

Current models

Sedan

  • Empow (2021–present), compact sedan

MPV

  • M6/M6 Pro (2018–present), compact MPV
  • E8 (2023–present), mid-size MPV, HEV/PHEV
  • M8 (2017–present), full-size MPV
    • E9 (2023–present), full-size MPV, PHEV variant of M8

SUV

  • GS3 (2017–present), subcompact SUV
  • GS4 (2015–present), compact SUV
  • GS4 Plus (2021–present), compact SUV
  • Emkoo (2023–present), compact SUV
  • S7 (to commence), mid-size SUV
  • GS8 (2016–present), mid-size SUV
    • ES9 (2023–present), mid-size SUV, PHEV variant of GS8 II

Discontinued models

Sedan

  • GA3 (2013–2014), subcompact sedan succeeded by the GA3S
    • GA3S (2014–2019), subcompact sedan replacing the GA3
      • GA3S PHEV (2016–2019), PHEV variant of the GA3S
  • GA4 (2018–2022), compact sedan replacing the GA5
  • GA5 (2010–2018), compact sedan succeeded by the GA4
  • GA6 (2014–2023), mid-size sedan
  • GA8 (2015–2023), full-size sedan

SUV

  • GE3 (2017–2020), electric variant of the GS3
  • GS4 EV (2017–2019), compact SUV, electric variant of the GS4
  • GS4 Coupe (2019–2023), compact fastback SUV variant of the GS4
  • GS5 (2011-2021), compact SUV, later renamed as GS4 Plus
  • GS5S (2014–2018), compact SUV
  • GS7/GS8S (2017–2021), mid-size SUV

Concept vehicles

Sales

In 2011, 17,000 Trumpchi vehicles were sold in China, the only market in which they were then available. [10] A total of around 32,000 Trumpchi vehicles were sold in 2012. [11]

In September 2012, GAC announced that exports of Trumpchi cars to markets including Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South America and Southeast Asia would begin in 2013. [10]

On 28 December 2021, GAC launched fully-imported CBU model Trumpchi GS3 Power in Malaysia through WTC Automotive. [12]

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