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WEYMocha

The Mocha — WEY reinvents itself around the coffee machine.

Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0

The story

A defining chapter in WEY history.

Explore the ideas, engineering and context that shaped the WEY Mocha, then continue into its specifications and place in the marque's lineage.

Origins

The Mocha of 2021 relaunched WEY's identity: naming pivoted to coffee culture, and the product pivoted to technology — Great Wall's new Lemon-Coffee architecture carrying advanced hybrid options, laser-based assistance hardware and a chip-rich cockpit, positioned as the intelligent flagship of the reformed marque. European export followed as the Coffee 01, spearheading Great Wall's German-market entry. The Mocha embodied the second-phase strategy common to China's premium experiments: abandon vague luxury signaling, compete on measurable technology density. Its PHEV versions' range figures led segments. As WEY's fortunes fluctuated in the domestic wars, the Mocha stood as its clearest thesis — premium, redefined as processing power. Coffee names aside, the argument was serious, and Europe was asked to consider it.

Wey Coffee 01 PHEV IAA 2021 1X7A0212 · Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

The facts that define it.

Produced

2021–present

Engine

1.5 L GW4E15BD Inline-four engine

Body

5-door SUV

Technical specification

The Mocha, in detail.

Production: 2021–present
Class: Mid-size luxury crossover SUV
Body style: 5-door SUV
Layout: Front-engine, front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive
Engine: 1.5 L GW4E15BD Inline-four engine; I4 turbo (Petrol engine; Petrol plug-in hybrid) (2022-24) ; 1.5 L GWE15BE Inline-four engine; I4 turbo (Petrol engine; Petrol plug-in hybrid) (2024-present) ; 2.0 L GW4E20CB Inline-four
Transmission: 9-speed DCT; Multi-mode DHT (Hybrid)
Assembly: China: Tianjin
Manufacturer: Great Wall Motor