Trumpchi
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| Product type | Automotive marque |
|---|---|
| Owner | GAC Group |
| Country | China |
| Introduced | December 2010 [ 6 years ago ] |
| Markets | China |
| Website | http://trumpchi.gacmotor.com/ (Chinese) |
Trumpchi (Chinese: 传祺; pinyin: Chuánqí) is an automotive marque owned by the Chinese automaker GAC Group. It was launched in December 2010.
The brand is sold to domestic Chinese consumers, but the company plans overseas sales in the US as soon as 2019 although doing so may require a name-change in addition to meeting US regulatory hurdles.
GAC began the construction of facilities to produce vehicles for a new own-brand automotive marque in 2008. 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. The first 500 Trumpchi Sedans produced were delivered to the organizing committee of the 2010 Asian Games in October 2010.
The Trumpchi Sedan was formally unveiled to the public at Auto Guangzhou in December 2010, and public sales of the vehicles began in the same month. The Trumpchi GS5, a sport utility vehicle based on the same platform as the Trumpchi Sedan, was launched in March 2012.
Trumpchi made its first ever appearance at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January 2013. The Trumpchi NEV E-Jet extended range hybrid electric sedan concept car made its world debut at the show.
The production version of the Trumpchi GA3 compact sedan was unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2013.
The following Trumpchi vehicles are currently available in China:
Trumpchi GA3/GA3S A compact class 4 door saloon.
Trumpchi GA5 A four-door mid-size saloon car
Trumpchi GA5 REV Range Extender EV version of the GA5
Trumpchi GA6 A full size saloon.
Trumpchi GS5 Super A five-door sport utility vehicle in both 2WD and AWD guise.
In 2011, 17,000 Trumpchi vehicles were sold in China, the only market in which they were then available. A total of around 32,000 Trumpchi vehicles were sold in 2012.
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.
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