We recently attended SAIC-GM-Wuling’s (SGMW) inaugural media day for Malaysian media, held in the company’s home city of Liuzhou, Guangxi. Quite a bit to unpack, as you can imagine, so we’re going to go by journalism’s inverted pyramid structure and communicate in descending order of newsworthiness.
UPDATE: Preliminary Malaysian specs of the TQ Wuling Bingo have gone up on the official website.
We all know the little Bingo is coming (possibly as soon as next month), that it’ll be locally-assembled (CKD) at Tan Chong’s Segambut plant and that it’ll cost under RM100k. What we did not know (or expect, since both Thailand and Indonesia only get two airbags) is that Malaysia’s car will have six airbags – revealed conspicuously at the very end of an info sheet provided by TQ Wuling to the media. However, said info sheet makes no mention of any kind of ADAS.
If this is so, that’s four airbags up on the RM101k-114k Dongfeng Box, although the top-spec Box E3 does have ADAS including AEB and ACC. But we don’t need to tell you that the RM100k (before an early-bird package) BYD Atto 2 and RM57k-70k Proton eMas 5 both have six airbags and ADAS (eMas 5 Premium). It seems the Bingo is going to have to work rather hard.
At 3,950 mm long, 1,780 mm wide, 1,580 mm tall and with a 2,560 mm wheelbase, the Wuling Bingo is smaller than the Proton eMas 5 in every dimension except height (which it equals). Its 310-litre boot (fold the back seats down for 790 litres) is 65 litres down on the eMas 5 – which also has a frunk, something the FWD Bingo does not have.
The info sheet does not reveal battery capacity, but a 410-km CLTC range is mentioned, which suggests the larger 37.9 kWh LFP battery. Will we also get the smaller 31.9 kWh LFP battery with 333 km of range? (yes we will) Either way, there should be a 68 PS/150 Nm front-mounted electric motor. Features include LED head and tail lamps with DRLs, 10.25-inch dual screens, keyless entry and start and a reverse camera.
The other thing revealed at a presentation was that there’ll be more Wuling models for Malaysia after the Bingo. Although not explicitly divulged, besides the Bingo, the Wuling Cortez Darion MPV that debuted at Indonesia’s GIIAS 2025 in July was provided there for sampling, in EV and PHEV forms – enough for us to speculate that the seven-seater was at the very least being considered for our market.
Measuring 4,910 mm long, 1,850 mm wide and 1,770 mm tall with a 2,910 mm wheelbase, the Cortez Darion EV (above left) has one 204 PS electric motor and a 61-kWh battery for a 540 km CLTC range. The PHEV version (above right) uses a 1.5 litre dedicated hybrid engine, a 198 PS motor and a dedicated hybrid transmission, with a 125-km CLTC EV-only range and a 1,000-km combined range. DC charging can bring both EV and PHEV from 30-80% in 30 minutes.
For both versions, access to the second and third rows of seats are via a pair of powered sliding doors, while the second row of the seven-seater features a pair of captain chairs. There’s also an electric sunroof. Pre-orders are being taken in Indonesia at 400-500 million rupiah (RM99k-124k). Time for a BYD M6 competitor?
SGMW-TQ Wuling Media Day presentation slides
TQ Wuling Bingo EV previewed in Malaysia
Wuling Cortez Darion EV at GIIAS 2025
Wuling Cortez Darion PHEV at GIIAS 2025
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Initially was 400k-500mil IDR, but
but the official pricing is lower. The official starting price is IDR 356 million (RM 88,000) for the EV version and IDR 439 million (RM 108k) for the PH-EV version, available to the first 1,500 customers.
Announced at Indonesia on 6th November, 2025.
Amazing gift for the Indonesia for the New Chapter of comfort luxe fuel efficiency MPV with added 2 digital sliding doors and power boot too compared to China local market.
what is “digital” door?
Both the TQ SAIC-GM Wuling 730 PHEV/EV could form sustainable space for moving space era.
Finally a Naza Ria replacement models for Malaysian is coming
if it price reasonable, i think can beat BYD M6 ady. but let see how they put the price later
It could come with Adaptive Cruise Control?
i actually don’t think it is going to be fast-selling here the range made it hard to sell. ordinary citizens still choose axia and bezza that can go both short and long range with anxieties as they probably cannot afford two cars, rich aunties will not go for these (sorry to say) less well-known brands even as their pasar pagi car.