Over the weekend, GAC launched the GAC E9 MPV. The E9 is the first of GAC’s electrified E-series of MPVs. For the Chinese market, GAC is offering 3 variants of the E9, namely the Pro, Max, and Grandmaster. All 3 variants are 7 seaters. Prices of the GAC E9 start from CNY 329,800 (~RM 213k) for the Pro variant, while the Max variant goes for CNY 369,800 (~RM239k). The top-spec Grandmaster goes for CNY 389,800 (~RM252k). All three variants feature a turbocharged 2.0-litre engine hooked up to GAC’s

When it comes to crash testing, car manufacturers typically crash test their cars in test labs, under controlled circumstances, without involving another different-size vehicle. But GAC, in an effort to showcase the safety of the Trumpchi M8 MPV, subjected the model to a very unusual crash test, involving a pair of trucks. In this crash test, GAC subjected the Trumpchi M8 to a crash test involving an 8.6-tonne truck crashing into the MPV, subsequently pushing the MPV into the rear of another tru

Tesla’s position in China is under threat from various Chinese automotive marques. In April, GAC’s EV-focused marque Aion outsold Tesla for the first time ever. According to sales data compiled by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), a total of 1.63 million vehicles were sold in April alone. Out of which, a total of 527,000 units of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) were sold. NEV is a Chinese term that includes battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), range extender ve

The outgoing GAC GS3 Power may be a rather forgettable model (when was the last time you actually saw one?), but WTC Automotif, the official distributor of GAC-badged vehicles in Malaysia wants to remedy that with the second-generation model. Now redesigned from the ground-up as a completely new model, the second-generation GAC GS3 just went on sale in China in early March, with prices starting from CNY 85,800 (~RM 55k) and tops out at CNY 111,800 (~RM 72k). Also Read: Tan Chong to soon launch C

After Thailand's Siam Motors, Tan Chong is the second Nissan distributor in Southeast Asia to invest into a Chinese marque Nissan is not paying enough attention to Southeast Asia With CKD investments, Tan Chong wants to grow GAC into a 50k annual sales brand, back to the level Nissan was doing in the early 2010s The recent signing with Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) could be a sign of bigger things to come for the Tan Chong group, whose subsidiary Edaran Tan Chong Motor's (ETCM) Nissan busines