The past year has been quite a busy one for GAC Motor Philippines. Under its new management in Astara, the brand has completely overhauled its lineup with a bunch of competitive models.
It’s starting to look like 2024 might be an even busier one for the carmaker, as it has just announced six new models to arrive in the coming year. Two of which, in fact, have already been previewed. The first of which is what you’re looking at here: the M8.
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This luxury minivan is, in fact, GAC’s answer to the ever-popular Alphard. While we’re not sure whether or not this people-hauler can give the Toyota a run for its money, its large, gaping grille up front appears to suggest so.
This preview’s quite substantial, as GAC has also revealed not jsut the specs but the indicative pricing as well. This vehicle will come with a host of amenities including a 14.6-inch infotainment system with Apple CarPlay connectivity paired with a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster. There’s an eight-speaker sound system to go along with all those displays.
Powering the M8 will be a 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine capable of 248hp and 400Nm of torque, and it’ll come mated to an eight-seed automatic gearbox. An electronic parking brake with auto-hold, tire-pressure monitoring system, multicolor intelligent ambient lighting, sectional panoramic moonroof, three-zone automatic climate contrl, and multiple tray tables round up the host of amenities. Lest we forget, the M8 also comes with dual power sliding doors.
As far as SRPs go, the new MPV could be priced from P3 million to P3.1 million for the base GL trim and frmo P4 million to P4.1 million for the top-spec GX Master. Stoked? Well, we still have another GAC model to show you—click these blue words to read more about that.
More photos of the GAC M8 2024:
