China's incoming station wagons are insane

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Four wheel drives are the preferred vehicle type for the majority of buyers, and station wagons are extremely hard to find.

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007 GT and Denza Z9 GT, two newcomers looking to bring back the station wagon's cool factor on a global scale, but this time they're powered by Chinese electric motors.

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With a claimed 0-100km/h time of 2.8 seconds, results of the outputs remain unconfirmed for the single-motor variant.

Replenishing the vehicle's battery to the tune of 500 kilometres can be achieved in just 15 minutes of charging.

The dimensions for this vehicle are 4880mm in length, 1900mm in width, 1448mm in height and a wheelbase of 2928mm, making it roughly the same size as its 003 sedan equivalent in terms of dimensions.

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It measures out at 5195 (5180mm for the electric variant) millimetres long, 1990mm wide, 1500mm high and sports a wheelbase of 3125mm.

As featured on the ute itself in the manufacturer's folder, it has "zero to a 100km/h acceleration of just 3.4 seconds, beating the Panamera's 5.3 seconds.

A petrol-electric engine producing 200kW at the front, two electric motors producing 440kW at the rear and a battery capacity of 38.5kWh using lithium-ion-phosphate (LFP) technology for the Blade battery.

Pure-electric driving range is estimated at 201km while overall driving range is estimated at 1100km, both figures based on the China Light vehicle Test Cycle (CLTC) standards.

Variant's got a 230kW front electric motor, twin rear electric motors with 480kW each and a massive 100kWh Blade LFP battery pack.

The CLTC-rated range is supposed to be around 630km, and BYD says their 800V system can fill the Z9 GT EV's battery from 30 percent to 80 percent in just 19 minutes.

But since the Denza has already been released in China, we can now give you a closer look at its interior.

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Additionally, there's a steering wheel with four spokes that can do multiple things, a digital rear-view mirror, two screens on the door trim for camera-controlled side mirrors, and a massive 127-cm augmented-reality head-up display.

A 2.2m2 panoramic sunroof.

In China, the Z9 GT ranges in price from 334,800 yuan ($72,810 USD) for the base model PHEV four-wheel drive, going up to 384,900 yuan ($83,723 USD) for the high-spec four-wheel drive EV.

It's yet to be officially confirmed for Australia, but the CEO of EVDirect, which distributes BYD vehicles, told CarsGuide that the Denza brand will be coming to the country.

“Denza's coming to Australia... and it will be here at some point”, said Smitherman.

We've got a big range of products on the way.

The sibling model hasn't been confirmed for right-hand drive markets yet. It's more likely to be available for Europe, with Zeekr models currently on sale in the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.

It's expected to kick off at 209,000 yuan ($45,487) in China right after its Shanghai motor show unveiling in April.