General Motors has previously announced that it will introduce 20 new or refreshed models in China in 2019. Delving further into the announcement specifies that roughly half of the models being introduced will have nameplates that are new to China. So, let’s explore what these future GM models and nameplates could be.
1. Chevrolet Monza
The Chevrolet Monza debuted at the 2018 Guangzhou International Auto Show. GM classifies this vehicle as a midsize sedan in China, though the model is actually of compact dimension by North American standards.
The return of the Monza nameplate is somewhat exciting, though this vehicle will not be made available in North America. The original Chevy Monza debuted in North America in 1974 and featured a fastback body style and rear-whee-drive.
The new Monza rides on the GM-PATAC K platform – a simplified, low-cost version of the GM D2 platform that’s directly shared with the Chinese-market Buick Excelle GT. The new sedan slots between the Chinese-market Cavalier and Cruze.
2. Chevrolet Onix
The Chevrolet Onix nameplate is looking to venture out from the Latin American market (where it’s the best-selling vehicle) to launch in China this year. This all-new, second-generation Onix has undergone significant changes, adopting a new architecture called the GEM platform, which is an acronym for Global Emerging Markets.
The new model features Chevrolet’s most recent design language, with the exterior containing a split front grille with a narrow upper lip and a larger lower portion. The body is also more sculpted and angular, with a trunk lid that integrates the rear lights.
It is worth noting that the model will simply be called Onix in China, while being marketed as the Chevrolet Prisma in select South American markets.
3. Chevrolet Tracker
We recently dug up the new Chevrolet Tracker subcompact crossover SUV, a vehicle that’s noteworthy for various reasons. One of them is that the new Tracker will no longer be a rebadged and decontended version of the Chevy Trax. Instead, it will become a new model riding on a different platform and featuring its own sheetmetal.
Indeed, the new Tracker will be one of the models derived from the new GEM low-cost vehicle architecture. By comparison, the future Trax will be based on VSS-F.
The 2020 Tracker is expected to debut in China this March.
4. Chevrolet Blazer
GM has yet to confirm that the all-new Chevy Blazer is coming to China. That might be because China is getting a three-row version of the Blazer, which Chevrolet previewed as the FNR-CarryAll Concept in November 2018.
With the exception of a few exotic pieces like carbon ceramic brakes a carbon-fiber roof, The show car looks entirely production ready. Compared to the production version of the 2019 Blazer, the FNR-CarryAll concept features a less aggressive roof rake, enabling the addition of a third row. Everything else about the Chinese-market Blazer is identical to the production model. That said, we must wonder whether or not the production version will end up being called Blazer.
5. Cadillac XT6
Just introduced at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Cadillac XT6 will come to China in the very near future. It will be the brand’s largest crossover (for the time being), giving Cadillac an entry into the rapidly-growing three-row “midsize plus” CUV space.
The XT6 rides on the GM C1 platform shared with the Cadillac XT5, while having a longer rear overhang – which enables the addition of a third row. The XT6 also introduces Cadillac’s newest exterior design direction the was initially seen on the Escala concept car.
6. Cadillac CT5
The CT5 will be one of two new Cadillac sedans launching in China in 2019. Set to be a D-segment car to take on the likes of the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Audi A4 and Volvo S60, the CT5 will kick off Cadillac’s sedan offensive. It will be the spiritual successor to the first-ten ATS and third-gen CTS sedans, being larger than the former and slightly smaller than the latter. In China, the CT5 will replace the ATS-L.
CT5 will be based on the second-gen GM Alpha platform. We have confirmed four-door sedan and two-door coupe body styles, and a convertible could be in the cards – but doesn’t appear to be green-lit just yet. A high-performance CT5-V model is also part of the product plan.
The CT5 will be made available in all of Cadillac’s global markets, including China and North America.
7. Cadillac CT4
Following the CT5 will be the Cadillac CT4, which will serve as an indirect replacement to the outgoing ATS Sedan. The CT4 will take on C-segment luxury sedans like the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan and the Audi A3 family. It will also take on the BMW 1 Series sedan, which is currently available exclusively in China.
One of the biggest differentiating factors for the CT4 will be under its skin: whereas all those models are based on front-drive, transverse-engined architectures, the CT4 will be the only model based on a rear-drive platform. But it won’t be just any rear-drive architecture. Instead, the CT4 will use the second iteration of GM’s critically-acclaimed Alpha architecture called Alpha 2.
A sedan body style is a definite, but other body derivatives have not yet been confirmed. A high-performance CT4-V model is planned.
Like its larger sibling, the CT4 will also be available in all of Cadillac’s global markets, including China and North America.
And That’s Not All
We believe that the aforementioned models account for the overwhelming majority of future GM products that are part of the “roughly half of the [20] models” set to be introduced in 2019 in China, though we probably are missing a few here and there.
We should also note that slowing car sales in China are not deterring GM from continuing to pursue the world’s largest auto market, which has been GM’s largest by sales volume since 2012. The automaker plans to continue exploiting its dominant position in the space by entering new segments and tapping emerging opportunities in the new energy vehicle segment (NEVs). In fact, the automaker expects to exceed its five-year plan of launching 60 new or refreshed vehicles between 2016 and 2020 in China, 10 of which will be NEVs.
Apart from new vehicle launches, General Motors is also set to launch new technologies like Super Cruise and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The automaker continues to expand its presence in China through acts like opening a new campus for the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), launching the SAIC-GM Battery Assembly Plant, and creating a new venture with SAIC in the area of automotive financial services.
Stay tuned to GM Authority for more GM China news as it happens.
Comments
Interesting that the article states that they “have confirmed four-door and two-door coupe body styles” for the CT5.
I believe they plan on replacing the ATS coupe with another coupe in the US. Its just has not been spotted yet.
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That Chevrolet Monza would’ve made a nice looking Cruze here in the USA , they shouldn’t leave the sedan market some people still want cars like me.
I agree. I honestly thought that they were going to do something with the Sonic, because at the time it wasn’t on the chopping block. But then I was reading another article and it sounds like the Sonic is on its way out as well. It sounds like the only sedan that’s going to be around for Chevy is the Malibu.
Monza debuting in 1974? Really? We’ve forgotten the Monza Spyder from the mid 60s already?
Should you add the Buick Enspire and the Buick Envoy you your list of seven?
How long until the world headquarter moves to Shanghai?
If the Chinese buy GM shares and achieve majority, GM becomes a Chinese BRAND.
I dont understand why people hate GM selling cars in china! Dont you people realize that without the profits from china the rest of GM would suffer?
Why do you people think that the US should get all of the preferred models first?
Brian,
Depending on the quarter, GM makes more than 85% of its profits in North America. It produces lots of cars in China, but the sales are divided in half with Chinese partners in a super competitive and minimally profitable market. In the Chinese market, you also lose control of your intellectual property which is quickly disseminated to the Chinese industry.
You can draw your own conclusions if this is a good long-term strategy…
And you only have the ability to see what’s happening right in front of your eyes! Dont you realize that if you dont keep your foot hold in china one day china will exceed the us in sales and revenue!
This is why normal people like you dont run companies, you only look at what’s happening today and how that affects you in the short term. If you dont have a vision 5 to 10 years out then your going to fail as a company!
GM can operate with china and the us getting a constant supply of new models!
Brian,
Chinese sales already far exceed US sales 28 million versus 17 in 2018.
My point is that due to intellectual theft and that the Communist party changes the rules on a regular basis to favour Chinese state owned brands, you have to be very careful operation in that environment.
BTW, I do run a very successful company.
And then there’s this:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/asia/china-new-weapons-2019-intl/index.html
Mowing your neighbor’s lawn is not the same!
If you only knew jackass.
Not paying attention to the largest market in the world is a failure on you! Doing this can only show that you have zero vision for the future. Every automotive company will have to deal with china at some point in the future so why put it off!
As for splitting the profits and sharing intellectual property that’s the rules that china has put in place to do business with them. And as a company you have a choice do business with china or sit on the sidelines and watch your market share dwindle!
China and India are not going away anytime soon so I pat GM on the back for being a major influence in the Chinese market.
Being in business is about making money and turning a consistent profit. The reason people are negative about china is because they don’t like china as a country, if GM was doing these same business practices in Europe people would be in support of this!
Now I think GM needs to be in European market as well and one day they might start making cars there again!
So have fun mowing lawns!
Ah yes Master Po agrees the Monza is nice and may have been the next Cruze.
But Grasshopper does one still fill a bucket with water when it leaks out befor you can leave the well?
The small sedan market is a non growth segment that would be difficult to invest in when you can invest in other product with greater returns investment.
As for China sales. No one wants to do business in China. No one likes doing business in China but everyone knows they have to have a place in the market to survive. Automakers not in China risk failure.
If you note GM is careful on the products they offer there. Much of their leading tech is not always offered till it becomes old our dated. Many of the models they offer are not the same as else where. The market is different but GM also wants to keep the gold the more advanced tech for where they do not share the tech.
China has 3X the population of the United States and this is reason enough for why China is getting more new models quicker than the US market and to not do so would be insanity.
Why cant people understand this?
If Brian only understood business. One day little boy, you may have the opportunity to educate yourself and understand how the real world works.
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