Great Wall · 2007–2010
Great Wall Peri
The Great Wall Peri (simplified Chinese: 长城精灵; traditional Chinese: 長城精靈; pinyin: Chángchéng Jīnglíng) is a city car produced by the Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors.
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Overview
The Peri is sold in multiple Asian countries. One of the main advantages against established European, American and other Asian competitors is the low cost of the Peri compared to these alternatives. A key reason for the in-comparison low retail price of the Great Wall Peri is that it is based heavily on older models by other manufacturers. The entry-level motor is supplied by Mitsubishi and the interior resembles the second-generation Fiat Panda while the exterior strongly resembles the first-generation Nissan Note. The Great Wall Peri complies with the Euro-III emissions standard.
Fiat Panda copy controversy
By December 2006, Italian automaker Fiat was considering taking legal action against Great Wall for copying their popular second-generation Panda as the Peri. Apart from the front end, the Peri was designed to look identical to the Panda inside and out. On July 16, 2008, a Turin court upheld Fiat's claim and prohibited the Peri from being imported into Europe. In addition, the court order ruled that Great Wall Motors would pay Fiat a 15,000-euro fine for the first Peri imported, and an additional 50,000 euros for every subsequent car that was imported. In October 2009, Great Wall Motor sued Fiat, accusing the latter of espionage. In the lawsuit, Great Wall claims that "Fiat once instigated espionage to prowl into its research center and take photos of Peri small car that was still under development."
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Specifications
- name
- Great Wall Peri
- Manufacturer
- Great Wall Motors
- Assembly
- Hebei, China
- Production
- 2007–2010
- Class
- City car
- Body style
- 5-door hatchback
- Layout
- Front-engine, front-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive
- Engine
- Petrol:, 1.3 L GW4G13 I4
- Transmission
- 5-speed manual
- Wheelbase
- 2299 mm
- Length
- 3548 mm
- Width
- 1580 mm
- Height
- 1581 mm
- Kerb weight
- 1015 kg
- Designer
- TJ Innova Engineering & Technology
- Successor
- Ora Black Cat/White Cat
- sp
- us
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q403651CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_PeriCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1338066887 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Wall_Peri.jpgCC BY 2.0 · Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27620885@N02/ · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Manufacturer website (link only) — http://www.gwm.cn/eng/html/models/gwperi.aspLink only; no content copied · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.