Chinese carmakers turning to export markets to avoid a price war at home must be in a bit of a shock, because it seems to have followed them here. The launch of the attractively-priced Chery Omoda E5 has already seen a response from BYD with a price drop for the Atto 3, and now GWM has followed suit with the Ora Good Cat.
The electric hatchback has been given a RM26,000 discount across the range, so the car now starts at just RM113,800 for the base 400 Pro, rising up to RM143,800 for the 500 Ultra. These are recommended retail prices (RRP), with on-the-road costs adding another RM700, bringing the OTR prices to RM114,500 for the 400 Pro and RM144,500 for the 500 Ultra.
In case you were wondering, this price reduction means the 400 Pro is now RM16,000 cheaper than the 2023 BYD Atto 3 Standard Range, while the 500 Pro costs RM3,000 less than the Omoda E5 (although that car’s RM146,800 price does include OTR costs). Most importantly, unlike the Atto 3, the discount applies to the latest 2024 model year, although GWM says terms and conditions do apply.
Additionally, Good Cat is being offered with a free AC wallbox charger and three-pin portable charger until April 30 as part of a Raya promotion.
To recap, the Ora Good Cat is powered by a single front motor that produces 143 PS (105 kW) and 210 Nm of torque, getting it from zero to 100 km/h in 7.9 seconds on its way to a top speed of 152 km/h. The difference between the variants comes down to the battery size – the 400 Pro uses a 47.78 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) unit that delivers a WLTP range of 310 km.
Meanwhile, the 500 Ultra gets a larger 63.14 kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery for a range of 420 km. The car supports up to 60 kW of DC fast charging, taking 46 minutes to charge from zero to 80% for the 400 Pro and 60 minutes for the 500 Ultra. With a 6.6 kWh AC wallbox charger, a full charge takes eight hours for the 400 Pro and ten hours for the 500 Ultra.
Now, existing owners will understandably be miffed about having had to pay more for their cars, which is why GWM has extended an olive branch – an extension of the general warranty from five years to seven (still with the same 150,000 km mileage cap) and five years of free service stacked on top of the last service interval. For the battery and motor, the warranty remains the same at eight years or 180,000 km.
GALLERY: Ora Good Cat 500 Ultra in Pistachio Green
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Nice
Stupid comment
Pity those early-bird
Better wait Perodua EV below rm50ribu
What for, when Perodua jv with daihatsu have found safety scandals
Why pity others who bought earlier?
Well, you have the option to pay them back.
Cool
Dulu cakap balik Tong San. Sekarang beli tong san pulak.
Better than japanese cars with kosong spec but cheaper price
Mantap Ora and GWM Malaysia
habislah chery e5, byd and gwm have really done them dirty, unless they want to do price slash for their newly launched model or else expect zero sale for e5
So you mean to say japanese cars brands have done so dirt things for years where reducing prices but giving low spec and cheap quality?
Problem is that those hatred from japanese blind fanboys keep complaining this and that, but in the end didn’t realize why japanese cars have failed with faked full safety rating results
Especially, japanese blind fanboys are also too jealous of kimchi cars as now doing much better and now same level as japanese cars but now can be ahead of japanese cars
Girl favourite car
Starting with Omeda 5,
BYD cut RM20k…..
now ora cat cut 26k…..
next tesla cut 5k…..
anyway dun rush to buy EV yet as the technology will get better and better in future.
Totally agree with U
Not only EV drops faster
Unless fuel cost > charging
Yeah fuel cost gonna be expensive soon even targeted fuel subsidy is just around the corner
harga Bill Eletrik pun boleh naik.
Tested this back when it first came in. Apart from the quirky looks (which I don’t really mind), the rest of the package is really not quite to par. Looks good on the road but interface, ride quality and general quality still leaves a lot to be desired.
Now the cheaper price means existing owners lose out on market value a lot more.
Habislah those japanese cars that caught fake safety scandal with cheap quality and low specs, expect zero sales unsafe low spec japanese cars to be zero sales
for now those japs will still have the unconditional support of their blind but hardcore fanboii,the brand power is there after all
Their problem if they still buy japanese cars but in the end, who’s gonna pay for it after feel regret than japanese blind fanboys thought on keep on saying good reliabilty for japan
This is the problem with China products. Prices so volatile tells you they are bad at long term planning for sustainability. They just produce as much as they can to squeeze as much as possible from the market and then move on to the next big thing, leaving their customers lusting for their affection lol.
with the price cut it will be followed by low resale value.
After cut the price, then what?
keep cutting down the price?
RM 150K for a funny looking VW beetle wannabe
Some may fall into it. Lesson not to be so gullible.
Next is the funny looking Panamera.
Hatred detected lol
Proud owner since last 6 months, nothing but praise for the car. Other than entertaining curious onlookers and getting stares on the road, the Ora has performed well. Can easily get 400km plus when charged to 80pct on the Ultra and road holding with Michelin tyres is quite good. The interior put many local and Jap cars to shame..its like a mini Bentley like feeling…will keep it for a long time since they have the extended warranty…
KL – JB tak perlu berhenti charge bateri?
Cheaper and now worth to buy