Product type | Automobile |
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Owner | GAC Motor |
Country | China |
Introduced | December 2010 |
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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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]
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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The Trumpchi GA5, or originally the Guangzhou Auto Trumpchi is a mid-size sedan produced by Guangzhou Automobile under the Trumpchi brand. It debuted at the 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show.
The Trumpchi GA6 is a mid-size sedan produced by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China starting from 2014, and under the GAC Motor brand globally.
The Trumpchi GS4 is a compact crossover SUV of the late-2010s produced by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally.
The Trumpchi GS5 is a compact crossover produced by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand. The first generation was sold from 2011 to 2017 with a facelift variant called the GS5 Super launched in 2014, while the second generation model was sold starting in 2018. A facelift for the 2021 model year was launched during the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, changing the name to Trumpchi GS4 Plus.
The Trumpchi GS8 is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally.
The Trumpchi GS3 is a subcompact crossover SUV produced by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally.
The Trumpchi GA3S or previously the Trumpchi GA3 is a subcompact sedan produced by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally.
The Trumpchi M8 is a minivan manufactured by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally. Originally launched as the GM8 in 2017, it was renamed in 2020 to simply M8 in China and GN8 in global markets. The completely redesigned second generation M8 was launched in 2022.
The Trumpchi GA4 is a compact sedan produced by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally. It was intended to be a smaller successor to the GA5 compact sedan, leaving the GA5 nameplate open for a new compact sedan model.
The Trumpchi GE3 is a front-motor, five-door all-electric subcompact crossover SUV manufactured by GAC Group from 2017 to 2020. It is based on the internal combustion engine-powered first generation-Trumpchi GS3.
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