The Wuling Asta () is a

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produced by

SAIC-GM-Wuling SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile ( zh, 上汽通用五菱汽车股份有限公司, abbreviated as SGMW) is a joint venture between SAIC Motor, General Motors, and Liuzhou Wuling Motors Co Ltd. Based in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in sout ...

through the Wuling brand since 2021.

Overview

The Asta was released on the April 2021

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as part of Wuling's model offensive among regular passenger cars. It is built on the same platform as the

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. The design of Asta follows the style of the

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minivan, with a trapezoidal grille with a wing motif, and boomerang-shaped LED lighting. In addition, like the Victory, the Asta is equipped with a silver corporate logo for the global model range. The Asta is powered by a

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1.5-litre '' LJO''

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engine producing . The engine is mated to either a six-speed

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or a

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with eight pre-programmed gear ratios. The Asta is the second model designed for global markets, after the Victory. Firstly, its sale began on the domestic Chinese market, with plans to start sales in export countries in 2022.

Hybrid

The Asta HEV was released in August 2022. It uses a hybrid system adopting the "P1+P3 dual motor series parallel architecture" consisting of a 2.0-litre

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petrol engine rated at paired with a Dedicated Hybrid Transmission (DHT), producing a total output of and of torque. It has a claimed figure of 3.2 seconds, in 7.8 seconds, a driving range of , and a fuel consumption of in city driving.

References

External links

* (in Chinese) {{SAIC-GM-Wuling Xingchen Cars introduced in 2021 Compact sport utility vehicles Crossover sport utility vehicles Front-wheel-drive vehicles Vehicles with CVT transmission Cars of China