Chinese manufacturers have long been known for copying popular models from European car and motorcycle manufacturers. At the same time, many independent and serious competitive products are coming to Europe from this country. Both with four and with two wheels. Now a group is wanted Great Wall Motor Group (GWM), which is actually known as an automobile giant, to get involved in the production of motorcycles and announces a motorcycle under a new brand Sooo.
It is a touring motorcycle with a rather daring design. The concept of eight cylinders. Yes... You read that right. A company known primarily for hybrid or electric vehicles such as Wey 03 (formerly Wey Coffee 01) or Now 04 (formerly Ora Funky Cat), now wants to enter the field of eight-cylinder motorcycles. Pretty crazy, right?
The motorcycle does not yet have a name, but it is expected to compete with models such as Honda Gold Wing or the BMW K 1600. Compared to the latter, it will even be slightly larger. For some reason, someone in China was of the opinion that they were six cylinder boxer motors with a volume of 1.833 cm3 at Honda or a six-cylinder in-line engine with a volume of 1.649 cm3 at BMW is too small. The solution? Eight-cylinder boxer engine. And while the exact volume hasn't been announced yet, it's likely to exceed 2.000 cubic centimeters.
It is Andrew Dyson, head of design at GWM, announced at the company's conference where he presented the brand's plans for the future. Dyson, which already has quite a bit of experience in the automotive industry, has previously worked with companies Volkswagen, Daimler-Chrysler in Opel.
We do not know what technology and functions the motorcycle will be equipped with. It is only available to us as a guide silhouette. But we can assume that, as befits a Chinese motorcycle, it will be equipped with state-of-the-art technical gadgets – maybe even the latest adaptive cruise control, which we know from top tourers from other manufacturers.
Ko Chinese manufacturers they bring such to the market crazy innovations, this is proof that these companies will not fail. If nothing else, they will only get bigger, stronger and more technologically advanced. Still, the question remains: do we really need an eight-cylinder touring motorcycle?
