TQ Wuling Bingo to have six airbags in Malaysia; extra Wuling fashions in pipeline – Cortez MPV amongst them?

We not too long ago attended SAIC-GM-Wuling’s (SGMW) inaugural media day for Malaysian media, held within the firm’s house metropolis of Liuzhou, Guangxi. Fairly a bit to unpack, as you’ll be able to think about, so we’re going to go by journalism’s inverted pyramid construction and talk in descending order of newsworthiness.

UPDATE: Preliminary specs of the TQ Wuling Bingo have gone up on the official web site.

Everyone knows the little Bingo is coming (presumably as quickly as subsequent month), that it’ll be locally-assembled (CKD) at Tan Chong’s Segambut plant and that it’ll value underneath RM100k. What we didn’t know (or count on, since each Thailand and Indonesia solely get two airbags) is that Malaysia’s automotive can have six airbags – revealed conspicuously on the very finish of an information sheet offered by TQ Wuling to the media. Nevertheless, stated information sheet makes no point out of any sort of ADAS.

If that is so, that’s 4 airbags up on the RM101k-114k Dongfeng Fieldthough the top-spec Field E3 does have ADAS together with AEB and ACC. However we don’t have to inform you that the RM100k (earlier than an early-bird bundle) World Atto 2 and RM57k-70k Proton eMas 5 each have six airbags and ADAS (eMas 5 Premium). It appears the Bingo goes to need to work quite arduous.

At 3,950 mm lengthy, 1,780 mm huge, 1,580 mm tall and with a 2,560 mm wheelbase, the Wuling Bingo is smaller than the Proton eMas 5 in each dimension besides top (which it equals). Its 310-litre boot (fold the again seats down for 790 litres) is 65 litres down on the eMas 5 – which additionally has a frunkone thing the FWD Bingo doesn’t have.

The data sheet doesn’t reveal battery capability, however a 410-km CLTC vary is talked about, which suggests the bigger 37.9 kWh LFP battery. Will we additionally get the smaller 31.9 kWh LFP battery with 333 km of vary? (sure we are going to) Both manner, there must be a 68 PS/150 Nm front-mounted electrical motor. Options embrace LED head and rear lights with DRLs, 10.25-inch twin screens, keyless entry and begin and a reverse digital camera.

The opposite factor revealed at a presentation was that there’ll be extra Wuling fashions for Malaysia after the Bingo. Though not explicitly divulged, apart from the Bingo, the Wuling Cortez Darion MPV that debuted at Indonesia’s GIIAS 2025 in July was offered there for sampling, in EV and PHEV types – sufficient for us to invest that the seven-seater was on the very least being thought-about for our market.

Measuring 4,910 mm lengthy, 1,850 mm huge and 1,770 mm tall with a 2,910 mm wheelbase, the Cortez Darion EV (above left) has one 204 PS electrical motor and a 61-kWh battery for a 540 km CLTC vary. The PHEV model (above proper) makes use of a 1.5 litre devoted hybrid engine, a 198 PS motor and a devoted hybrid transmission, with a 125-km CLTC EV-only vary and a 1,000-km mixed vary. DC charging can carry each EV and PHEV from 30-80% in half-hour.

For each variations, entry to the second and third rows of seats are through a pair of powered sliding doorways, whereas the second row of the seven-seater incorporates a pair of captain chairs. There’s additionally an electrical sunroof. Pre-orders are being taken in Indonesia at 400-500 million rupiah (RM99k-124k). Time for a World m6 competitor?

SGMW-TQ Wuling Media Day presentation slides

TQ Wuling Bingo EV previewed in Malaysia

Wili Cortez Darion EV and GISISHIP 2025

Wuling BEFORE PEOPLE The 2025

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