New Wey 80 is Europe-bound seven-seat luxury PHEV

A new SUV from Chinese auto maker Wey has been uncovered in registry filings introduced by the country’s Ministry for Market and Info Technological know-how.

Anticipated to get the identify Wey 80 into output, the new 7-seat design is because of to go on sale in China through the first 50 percent of 2023 in advance of heading to export marketplaces in the next 50 % of up coming 12 months.

The Wey 80 is dependent on father or mother business Wonderful Wall Motor’s LEMON platform – a framework that also underpins sibling brand Haval’s new H6 SUV, with which it shares substantially of its mechanical package.

Sporting a remarkably distinct front end with flamboyantly styled headlights and a frameless grille built-in into a big front bumper assembly, the hottest Wey measures 5105mm in size and features a wheelbase of 3050mm, making it the major design still from the Baoding-based organization, which was founded in 2016.

Photographs involved in the registry submitting expose that Wey has created a sequence of different grille patterns and tail-light-weight remedies that consumers are predicted to be in a position to order.

Electricity for the 80 arrives from Excellent Wall Motor’s PHEV DHT drivetrain with a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol motor and gearbox-mounted electric motor. In the Haval H6, they acquire a put together 326bhp and 391lb ft of torque.

A 34.0kWh lithium ion battery is also claimed to offer the Haval H6 with an electrical range of up to 125 miles. The battery can be billed by the petrol motor and externally by means of possibly an AC or DC charger.

Formal figures provided by Wey to China’s Ministry for Market and Details Technologies for the 80 set its overall range at above 745 miles with a claimed usage of 313.6mpg on the Chinese exam cycle.

Though it has yet to be officially confirmed, the appearance of sensors inside the entrance wings implies the 80 will be the initially Wey design to element a lidar-equipped autonomous driving system with level a few performance.

Sibling brand to Excellent Wall Motor’s Ora, Wey has often indicated an intention to establish a European profits network, most a short while ago in an formal assertion manufactured at the Munich motor display.