Honda has introduced two versions of the production variant of the GT concept for the Chinese market.
The GAC Honda GT and Dongfeng Honda GT have different headlights but are manufactured together.
The GT interiors are equipped with digital door mirrors and four additional screens to distract drivers.
If you still associate the letters GT with large luxury sports coupes like the Bentley Continental GT, the new Honda model with the same name might not interest you. However, if you are fascinated by the idea of a stylish affordable family electric car with sports coupe ambitions and believe that there can never be too many screens, you will like the two Honda models introduced this week.
The Honda GAC GT (shown here in red) and its “brother” Honda GT from Dongfeng (blue) are essentially the same cars. They are manufactured at the same factory in China for the Chinese market, but it’s easy to imagine how they could work in the US if not for the current tariff situation.
Both cars received the H logo (without any background emblem) under the black hoods and the name Honda on the front doors. However, while the GT received DRL and taillights in the style of the Lamborghini Revuelto, the GAC chose front LED headlights with two levels and kept the rear lights at the same level.
Also present are camera-based door mirrors, and the digital screens showing the external images are only two of the six that make up the high-tech interior. Four more are located in the digital instrument cluster placed on top of the dashboard, on the traditional central touch screen, on an additional phone-shaped touch screen below it – probably for climate control functions – and another screen on the passenger side of the car, which is much larger and uglier than any other passenger displays we have ever seen.
The GT is the second wave of Honda Ye EV models created specifically for China. And although Honda has not disclosed any details about the motor, we can assume something based on the first Ye cars, which went into production last year when the GT was just a concept.
These electric vehicles develop 268 km/h (272 hp / 200 kW) in a single-motor, rear-wheel-drive version or 469 km/h (476 hp / 350 kW) when equipped with dual motors and all-wheel drive. Some Chinese media claim that the GT models will also get single-motor and dual-motor variants, with the single-motor versions having a 50:50 weight distribution. Would you like to see the Honda GT in Europe, Australia, and North America?