The cooler ray
GAC hasn’t always been the most exciting brand. Good cars, yes, but conservative styling and market positioning made them rather invisible to most buyers.
The dashboard features the expected twin-LED screen set-up with black stencil surrounds. The center screen is wide and legible, even in daylight. The Emzoom offers fewer physical controls than the Empow but more than the Emkoo. Thankfully, the AC controls are still physical. It has the best-split center console of the three, giving you rubberized phone pockets ahead and under the AC controls and two big cupholders beside the gun-sight shift knob.
ALSO READ:The GAC E9 has a different take on 360-degree protectionGAC launches the Raize-fighting GS3 Emzoom with P998k starting priceThere’s no engine cover, either, as GAC displays its 174hp turbocharged 1.5-liter engine in its full glory. Front and center is a unique air-water-air intercooler that feeds cold air to the engine, and all the plumbing and extra coolant and surge tanks that go with it. This system theoretically maintains consistent output, however hot the weather.
In Eco Mode, we recorded 6-8km/L in traffic and 16-18 km/L on the highway. But the weather was bad during the whole test, and considering the previous GS3 gave similar economy with a much less powerful 1.3-liter turbo, I guess that counts as a win.An even bigger win is the handling. While we thought the old GS3 was a rather decent drive, it lacked the firepower and ferocity of more exciting competitors. But now it has both.
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