Great Wall Motor's premium brand, named after the family name of the group's founder. Wey sells large SUVs and an MPV in China, almost all of them plug-in hybrids or range extenders built around the group's Hi4 powertrain system.
The V8X is Wey's five-seat flagship SUV, sold in China in two wheelbase series and five trims from 239,800 yuan. All of them pair a turbocharged engine with front and rear motors on Great Wall's Hi4 system and an 800 V electrical architecture, and certified electric-only range runs from 258 km to 402 km on the CLTC cycle depending on which battery the trim carries.
Wey is the premium brand of Great Wall Motor, launched in 2016 and named after the surname of the group’s chairman, Wei Jianjun. Great Wall retired the “Great Wall” badge from most of its passenger cars and split the lineup into separate marques instead, and Wey is the one positioned above Haval, Tank and Ora.
The brand’s early cars were turbocharged petrol SUVs. What it sells now is different: large family SUVs and an MPV built on Great Wall’s Hi4 system, a plug-in hybrid and range-extender architecture that pairs turbocharged engines with front and rear electric motors and, on the newer models, a dedicated four-speed hybrid transmission. Battery packs run to more than 60 kWh, which puts Wey’s electric-only ranges in territory that overlaps outright EVs.
Wey sells mainly in China, where the current range centres on the V-series SUVs and the Gaoshan MPV. Great Wall’s export business runs under the GWM name rather than through Wey dealers, so the brand’s presence outside China remains limited.
