An electric brand of the Chinese automobile giant Great Wall Motor, a spacious hatchback family, 5 crash stars in Euro NCAP tests, rich, technological and advanced equipment including a remote control app, smart and advanced safety systems, a driving range between 310-420 km, 900 customers The first ones will benefit from the possibility of purchasing the car at the prices before the tax increase.
Calmobile, the importer of Mercedes, Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Genesis in Israel, today launched the Funky Cat ORA model – the first family hatchback of the Chinese car giant Great Wall Motor.
ORA is named after Leonard Euler who was a Swiss mathematician and physicist. Euler made a decisive contribution to many diverse fields of mathematics and was also known for his works in mechanics, optics and astronomy.
Great Wall Motor is an international Chinese car manufacturer that develops and manufactures vehicles based on the most advanced electric platform in the world and develops together with BMW the joint venture Spotlight Automotive, which drives the development and production of electric vehicles and batteries.
The first family model to be launched in Israel, the electric Funky Cat ORA won 5 crash stars in the Euro NCAP crash tests and in first place in 2022 in the category when it surpasses a large number of long-standing and well-known brands.
As part of the pre-sale, hundreds of customers have already registered to benefit from a reduced price, before the tax increase, which comes into effect at the beginning of 2023.
The price of the Funky Cat starts at 145,900 NIS and in the pre-sale, the first 900 buyers will enjoy a price, before the tax increase, of 137,900 NIS. The more equipped model will cost 154,000 NIS and the model with the longer range will cost 172,000 NIS And the GT model will cost NIS 182,000 (in the pre-sale, the prices are up to NIS 10,000 less)
The Funky Cat ORA comes with two driving ranges of between 310 km and 420 km WLTP and will be marketed in 4 equipment versions 300 PRO, 300 PRO+, 400 PRO+ and .GT
The Funky Cat will come with 5 driving modes and integrates advanced technologies such as: smart drive made possible by a combination of pressing the brake and wearing a seat belt, very advanced safety systems, remote control via an app (to be launched soon) in systems such as air conditioning activation and opening and locking doors, the ability to pre-schedule The time of charging the vehicle at the home position and more. High quality materials based on environmentally friendly materials, voice recognition to perform actions in the vehicle such as opening a window, playing music and voice control of the air conditioner temperature and other advanced features that usually characterize luxury vehicles.
In the first phase, in the coming weeks, 7 showrooms will be opened: 2 central showrooms and another 5 sales points in different locations. The flagship hall will open on Ibn Gvirol Street in Tel Aviv and another central hall will open in a few weeks at the new Kalmobil complex in Talpiot Jerusalem.
Funky Cat has an iconic, innovative look and a unique design that is one of its most prominent features, which brings a new and different look to the automotive scene in Israel. The interior of the car is decorated with colorful and pleasant to the touch ecological leather and the seats are supportive and comfortable. The goal of the designers of the Funky Cat was to design a vehicle that would look smaller than its actual size, therefore the model is particularly surprising in its interior space: the vehicle’s wheelbase is 2650 mm, 1 cm longer than Golf and other vehicles in the category, such as: Skoda Kamik, Seat Aruna, Corolla hatchback and more. The Funky Cat is also higher than most competitors (including Geely, Kia Niro, Golf, Skoda Kamiq, Seat Arona, Corolla hatchback and more) and comes in 28 exterior color combinations and includes 7 interior color combinations with the option of a two-tone interior design
Funky Cat has advanced equipment and many technologies, including facial recognition technologies (in application registration, coming soon) which allows memory for each driver of the sitting position, a message to the driver’s seat and heated seats (in the high trim levels). The designed driver’s environment incorporates a double 20.5″ screen that is used in the right part as an entertainment and control screen for the various vehicle systems and in the left part as a digital dashboard for the driver.
The safety system in Funky Cat is very comprehensive and includes: front collision alert, active braking system with pedestrian and two-wheel detection, active cross-traffic alert system, blind spot alert, active rear cross-traffic alert and braking system, rear collision alert, warning indicator on open doors, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistant during an emergency, rear parking sensors, peripheral camera array, driver fatigue status indicator and more
Erez Sebag, director of the private vehicle group at Kalmomobil, states that “We are heading towards a new era in which tens of thousands of electric vehicles will be driven on Israel’s roads. The launch of the Funky Cat joins the trend and is an innovative and special, designed and technological electric mobility solution that is suitable for different audiences, including families in the city and outside to the city. In the next two years, ORA GWM is expected to launch 2 new models in the executive segment and the family SUV segment, thus offering a complete variety
