Ora, which is simply one of many names within the portfolio of the Chinese language model Nice Wall Motors, is thought significantly for its Cat-named autos. And no, this isn’t a joke.

Ora makes the Good Cat, the Punk Cat, the Funky Cat, and now it appears it’s making one thing referred to as the Lightning Cat, which is the largest and strongest of all of them. And our buddies over at Wheelsboy obtained their fingers on one which was spec’d in its highest efficiency trim.

And proper off the bat, you may inform that the outside of the EV appears to be like so much like a first-generation Porsche Panamera, a automobile that didn’t win any magnificence contests, at the very least none that I do know of. However whereas the skin appears to be like like a knock-off Porsche, the within jogs my memory of a Bugatti Veyron, with its flowing heart console and spherical dials.

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Because the reviewer notes, the standard of the supplies used inside is sweet sufficient, with soft-touch plastics on the higher half and tougher, extra scratchy plastics on the underside half of the cabin – a observe lots of mainstream producers use, so it’s not that unusual.

Within the efficiency model, the Ora Lightning Cat has a dual-motor electrical powertrain that makes a complete of 300 kilowatts (402 horsepower) and 501 pound-feet (680 newton-meters) of torque, propelling the electrical sedan from 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in 4.3 seconds.

In different phrases, it ought to make the automobile really feel nimble and sporty, however as all the time, energy isn’t every part. As you could find out within the video embedded on the high of this text, the Lightning Cat has a tender suspension and the steering lacks suggestions and is over-assisted.

As for vary, Ora says you may rise up to 373 miles (600 km) on a single cost from the EV’s 83.5-kWh battery, measured on China’s CLTC cycle.

Go take a look at the video and tell us what you concentrate on this quirky Chinese language household sedan within the feedback under.