GAC Trumpchi


GAC Trumpchi is an automotive brand established by Chinese automaker GAC Group in 2010. The Trumpchi name is used within the domestic Chinese market, while vehicles are marketed internationally under the GAC Motor brand.

Name

The brand's Western name is derived from its Chinese name, chuánqí, which means "spreading good fortune" and is a homophone for "legendary". The resemblance to the name of U.S. President Donald Trump is coincidental.
Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the company reportedly considered changing its name for the American market due to the unexpected public response. Executives were surprised by the negative reactions received at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show and on social media. As a result, the brand was eventually renamed and is marketed as GAC Motor outside China.

History

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.
The production version of the Trumpchi GA3 compact sedan was unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2013.
In 2017, GAC planned to enter the U.S. market by late 2019 with the Trumpchi brand. The plan was eventually cancelled.

Models

Current models

Sedan

Sedan

  • GA3, subcompact sedan succeeded by the GA3S
  • * GA3S, subcompact sedan replacing the GA3
  • ** GA3S PHEV, PHEV variant of the GA3S
  • GA4, compact sedan replacing the GA5
  • GA5, compact sedan succeeded by the GA4
  • * GA5 PHEV, PHEV variant of the GA5
  • GA6, mid-size sedan
  • GA8, full-size sedan

    SUV

  • GE3, electric variant of the GS3
  • GS4 EV, compact SUV, electric variant of the GS4
  • GS4 Coupe, compact fastback SUV variant of the GS4
  • GS4 Plus, compact SUV
  • GS5, compact SUV, later renamed as GS4 Plus
  • GS5S, compact SUV
  • GS7/GS8S, mid-size SUV

    Concept vehicles

  • 2ALL, a city car
  • 2U, a city car
  • 2US, a city car
  • E-Jet, a subcompact sedan
  • E-Linker, a subcompact hatchback
  • EnLight, a sports car
  • Enpulse, a sports car
  • Time a full-size sedan
  • EnSpirit, a compact SUV
  • Entranze, a compact MPV
  • Enverge, a compact SUV
  • GA6 concept, a mid-size sedan
  • i-Lounge, a minivan
  • iSPACE, a subcompact MPV
  • Space Concept, a Minivan
  • Moca, a subcompact car
  • VIP Lounge, a compact sedan
  • WitStar, a compact SUV
  • X-Power, a compact SUV

    Sales

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.
On 28 December 2021, GAC launched fully-imported CBU model Trumpchi GS3 Power in Malaysia through WTC Automotive.