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Spy Shots: Great Wall WEY 01 SUV Is Naked In China

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New Spy Shots of the production version of the WEY 01 SUV for China, looking very clean in the dirty white snow, fitted here with a gold colored front section. WEY is a new “premium SUV” brand under Great Wall Motors. The 01 will hit the Chinese car market in April.

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New photos of the interior. This is a pre-production car. Touch screen is very thin. Center tunnel in piano black with a shipload of buttons. Ambient blue light in the doors very nice.

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The screen is not very large for 2017, it seems to be a 9-incher. Steering wheel looks very nice, sporty with a flat bottom.

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The centerpiece however is the super clear digital instrument panel. Drivers will be able to adjust colors and the looks of the dials.

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Center tunnel with on the left side buttons to switch off traction control, hill-descent control, ECO and SPORT. The rotary dial controls the infotainment system. Dial and buttons around it seem rather small.

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Rear bench with more blue in the doors.

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WEY in the village.

Power will come from a 2.0 turbo with 234hp and 360nm, mated to a six-speed automatic ‘box, sending power to all four wheels.

There is some uncertainty about the size. When the W01 and its sister car W02 debuted as semi-concepts in Guangzhou WEY stated these dimensions:

W01: 4600/1860/1720, and wheelbase is 2680.
W02: 4420/1845/1695, and wheelbase is 2660.

But the latest numbers for the W01 are:

W01: 4749/1931/1655, and wheelbase 2960.

That is a huge difference. Optically the show car and the production car appear to be about the same but it is hard to say without clearer pictures.

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Camouflaged test car. Check roof line behind B-pillar and D-pillar, and compare with…

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… W02 on show. D-pillar appears to be smaller. More on this when we get better pictures, which in any way will be soon.