Great Wall Motors Unveils GF High-Performance Architecture, Aims to Launch China’s First GT3 Race Car by 2027

On April 29, at the 19th Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, Great Wall Motor's ultra-luxury brand BG unveiled its GF high-performance architecture and announced plans to launch China’s first GT3 race car compliant with international motorsport standards in 2027. Developed over six years through strategic investment, the GF architecture follows a “track-first, road-later” development philosophy, simultaneously targeting two product lines—GT3 race cars and hypercars—and benchmarking against global top-tier motorsport regulations and hypercar engineering standards. Great Wall Motor has already established a wind tunnel laboratory and a carbon fiber manufacturing facility and completed development of a high-performance V8 engine. The GF architecture features China’s first self-developed track-grade 4.0T V8 engine: the GT3 variant is power-limited to 600 horsepower with a total vehicle weight under 1.3 metric tons; the hypercar version adopts a hybrid all-wheel-drive system delivering over 1,200 horsepower combined output and a power-to-weight ratio of 0.68 hp/kg. The engine is equipped with a proprietary track-grade ECU and dry-sump lubrication system, and its magnesium-aluminum alloy casing reduces weight by approximately 30 kg. The vehicle employs a mid-engine layout to optimize weight distribution and handling responsiveness. Its cockpit features China’s first full-carbon-fiber monocoque structure, weighing less than 130 kg—40% lighter than an aluminum body—with torsional rigidity exceeding 40,000 N·m/degree, a lightweight coefficient of 1.03, and millimeter-level manufacturing precision.