Chinese automotive brand by GAC Group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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