GWM's Ora goes multi-powertrain with Ora 5 GT and Ora 5 Sport

Great Wall Motor's Ora brand added two derivatives of its Ora 5 on Friday: the GT and the Sport. The bigger story is what sits under the hood. Although Ora was set up in 2018 as GWM's battery-electric marque focused on small cars under 100,000 yuan, both new models can be ordered with electric, hybrid or gasoline drivetrains — a flexibility enabled by GWM's Global One platform and a sign of how Chinese automakers are hedging their bets during the ongoing price war. The Sport spans seven variants with official prices of 81,800 to 135,800 yuan, reduced to 71,800–125,800 yuan under a limited-time offer, with the entry point equal to $10,590. The GT comes in six trims at 99,800–143,800 yuan officially, or 89,800–133,800 yuan with the discount. Electric versions use Svolt Energy's 14-in-1 drive unit and second-generation short-blade battery, with a 58.3 kWh pack delivering 150 kW and 260 Nm. CLTC range is 580 km for the Sport and 550 km for the GT; both consume 11.6 kWh per 100 km, recharge from 30 to 80 percent in 20 minutes and reach 100 km/h in 7.4 seconds. Hybrids pair GWM's fifth-generation Hi2 system with 166 kW of combined output, 476 Nm and WLTC consumption of 4.5 L/100 km, while gasoline cars combine a 1.5-liter turbo engine with a wet 7-speed dual-clutch for 135 kW and 6.4 L/100 km. Top trims add LiDAR and the Coffee Pilot 3 platform, supporting map-free highway and urban NOA plus cross-floor memory parking over routes of up to 3 km. The cabin features a 15.6-inch 2.5K floating touchscreen, a 4-nanometer chip with 20 TOPS of computing power and Coffee GPT voice interaction. Positioned as a stylish urban car, the Sport is the more conventional of the pair; the GT leans sporty with an aerodynamic body kit, 19-inch wheels and a large rear wing that GWM says generates 37 kg of downforce at 180 km/h, plus a red Super Sport button and a simulated V8 soundtrack. Both models build on the Ora 5 that debuted in December and competes with the BYD Yuan Plus and Leapmotor B10. Ora sold 37,209 vehicles from January through July, or 5.38 percent of GWM's total sales in that period.