Bye Excellent Cat, Hi ORA 5

GWM (Thailand) has discontinued gross sales of its ORA Excellent Cat electrical automobile within the Kingdom after promoting over 20,000 gadgets since its debut in 2021.

The corporate says the Excellent Cat will probably be changed by means of the ORA 5 SUV, which will probably be introduced on the upcoming Bangkok Motorshow in March. Except for the ORA 5, the Chinese language automaker plans to release a minimum of 5 new fashions in Thailand this 12 months.

The Excellent Cat was once the best-selling EV in Thailand in 2022 and is the primary EV to be assembled in Thailand in addition to the primary EV exported from Thailand to international markets.

With new fashions bobbing up in 2026, GWM can even make bigger its national spouse shops to over 100 places throughout all provinces, strengthening carrier protection and turning in enhanced buyer care throughout Thailand.

In the meantime, Thailand would be the 2nd nation on the planet after China to obtain the ORA 5.

“The ORA 5 SUV is able to proceed the good fortune from GWM ORA Excellent Cat to a brand new function of agility and self belief in utilization this is much more within the type of SUV automobile, in a position to put across a brand new design that displays energy, sleekness, and modernity, along with the phenomenal unfashionable id of the ORA circle of relatives,” GWM Thailand said in a press liberate.

“It has frame dimensions which might be greater can accommodate numerous utilization, building up comfort and luxury in touring, in a position to lift the riding enjoy to be a laugh in each day and each and every course, each within the town and outdoor the town, to create a brand new same old for the SUV marketplace in Thailand utterly,” GMW Thailand added.

The ORA 5 is constructed at the GWM ONE Platform, the newest international new platform of GWM that has been advanced with the intention to toughen numerous powertrain techniques together with hybrid (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV), battery electrical (BEV), gasoline mobile electrical (FCEV) and interior combustion engine (ICE).

It additionally comes with Espresso OS 3.0, a sophisticated working gadget this is provided in GWM’s premium-level vehicles best, offering fast, correct, exact reaction, raising the relationship of riding enjoy, leisure, comfort and luxury.

ORA 5 SUV

External Highlights:

Closed-off entrance fascia with huge spherical headlamps

Newly designed entrance bumper with built-in air inlets

Vintage-style door handles

Charging port situated at the proper entrance fender

Practical roof rails

18-inch alloy wheels with 225/60 R18 tires (two designs to be had)

Rear brake mild built-in into the rear window, plus roof spoiler

Dimensions:

Period: 4,471 mm

Width: 1,883 mm (or 1,844 mm relying on variant)

Peak: 1,641 mm

Wheelbase: 2,720 mm

Means attitude: 17° / Departure attitude: 25°

Inner Highlights

10.25-inch virtual device cluster

Two-spoke D-shape guidance wheel with scroll-type controls

15.6-inch floating infotainment show (2.5K solution)

Espresso OS Gen 3 with DeepSeek AI integration

4 nm MediaTek cockpit chipset

Column-mounted digital tools selector

Wi-fi telephone charger & a couple of garage compartments

64-color ambient lighting fixtures

Rear air vents with built-in garage drawer

1.65 sqm panoramic glass roof

Foldable rear seats to make bigger shipment area

Powertrain & Battery Choices

The ORA 5 makes use of a front-mounted electrical motor turning in:

150 kW (201 hp)

LFP batteries from Svolt, to be had in two capacities

45.3 kWh – 480 km vary (CLTC)

58.3 kWh – 580 km vary (CLTC)