On July 16, GAC Group held a grand event at its Trumpchi factory in Guangzhou — celebrating the rollout of the 30 millionth vehicle.

What does 30 million represent? In the history of the Chinese automotive industry, no more than one hand of automakers have reached this number. It took GAC 29 years from the rollout of the first Accord in 1997 to now.

But the interesting part of this event was not the number itself, but the state GAC presented.

The star rolling off the line was not a traditional fuel car, but a right-hand drive Trumpchi M8 PHEV. The recipient was not a domestic dealer representative, but a Thai car owner.

The identity and destination of this vehicle speak louder than the number 30 million.

Selling to Thailand

A detail at the venue was worth noting: Vehicles numbered 29,999,995 to 29,999,999 rolled off the line in sequence. They were GAC Honda P7, GAC Toyota bZ7, GAC Qijing GT7, GAC Aion N60, and GAC Hyper S600, all New Energy Vehicles.

This was not just a rollout ceremony; it was clearly GAC flexing its muscles. The joint venture sector, the independent sector, pure electric, plug-in hybrid, and right-hand drive vehicles, the entire New Energy vehicle matrix appeared collectively. GAC wants to say one thing: Regarding electrification, I am serious.

In the first half of this year, GAC Group sales reached 773,100 vehicles, a 2.35% year-on-year increase, with New Energy Vehicle sales growing by 68.8%. Overseas exports exceeded 120,000 vehicles, a significant 132% increase year-on-year.

The growth rate is impressive, but the base is still relatively small. In the current era of deep industry reshuffling, GAC needs to run faster.

Quality is the Bottom Line, What Cannot Be Lost

GAC Chairman Feng Xingya said a sentence at the event: “Quality is the bottom line GAC will never cede.” Listening to this sentence today, it is actually quite weighty.

In the past few years, the Chinese automotive industry engaged in fierce involution, competing on price, specs, and computing power. But some things are hard to compete on, such as the quality control system.

GAC's quality management system has its uniqueness: integrating Honda's Total Quality Management (TQM), Toyota's Production System (TPS), plus the pragmatic DNA in Lingnan culture. This system ensures that GAC's joint venture and independent brands have long been at the forefront of the industry in product reliability.

Data also supports this: The Star Spirit Safety Guard System covers nearly 2 million users, avoiding 6.28 million potential travel risks; the Magazine Battery has cumulatively equipped 1.5 million vehicles, with safe driving mileage exceeding 160 billion kilometers.

In today's era where the industry madly piles on specs and configurations, "no breakdowns" has become a scarce value.

After 30 Million, Where to Go?

Feng Xingya announced a policy at the event: Launching the "30 Million Vehicle Rollout · Renewal and Gratitude Season". GAC's six major brands — Honda, Toyota, Trumpchi, Aion, Hyper, Qijing — will launch their respective policies around new purchase, trade-in, and extra purchase.

This is an action on the service level. More worthy of attention is GAC's next technology roadmap.

In the powertrain field, GAC's "Star Source Power" will cover three technology roadmaps: extended-range, plug-in hybrid, and Super Twin Engine. The pilot production line for all-solid-state batteries has been completed, and the Quark Electric Drive motor has exceeded 99% maximum efficiency.

In the intelligent networking field, the Star Spirit architecture is connecting six systems: intelligent driving, cockpit, powertrain, chassis, body, and vehicle connectivity. The goal is "one brain for unified command". The partner list is also long — Huawei, CATL, Didi, Tencent, Alibaba.

As of now, GAC has cumulatively invested over 62 billion yuan in R&D, with a global R&D team exceeding 6,800 people.

This level of investment is considered quite substantial among traditional automakers.

In Conclusion

30 million units is a milestone, but for GAC it is more of a watershed.

In the past 29 years, GAC relied on joint ventures for foundation, quality for reputation, and supply chain advantages and manufacturing capabilities to walk to today step by step. But for the next 30 million units, relying on these alone is not enough.

New energy transformation cannot be slow, intelligentization cannot lag behind, and the overseas market must be conquered. This is the same test faced by all traditional automakers.

GAC's choice is: Quality cannot be lost, but technology cannot be slow, rhythm cannot be chaotic, and the global market cannot be abandoned.

It looks like an attack on all fronts, but the logic is actually simple — to catch up on necessary courses as soon as possible while holding the bottom line.

After 30 million, the real test has just begun.

In the joint venture mid-size sedan market, the Honda Accord has always been an indispensable model, consistently ranking in the top sales tier. However, in the past two years, the market landscape has changed dramatically. Domestic new energy sedans have emerged strongly, while competitors like Camry and Passat continue to iterate, squeezing the Accord's market share. To reverse the decline, Honda launched a mid-cycle major redesign of the Accord in the Thailand market at the end of May 2026, going directly "All In Hybrid", no longer offering pure gasoline versions, while comprehensively upgrading the interior smart cockpit and optimizing exterior details, attempting to break the current stalemate. Many domestic car enthusiasts are asking, will this upgraded new Accord succeed in reversing the market decline after being introduced domestically and returning to the peak of the top-selling title in its class? Let's take a look together below.

The 2026 Honda Accord is a mid-cycle redesign version of the 11th generation model, officially released on May 28, 2026 in the Thailand market. A total of three trim models were launched, all are 2.0L e:HEV hybrid versions, namely e:HEV E, e:HEV EL, and e:HEV RS Panoramic. Highly likely to officially launch in the 3rd quarter of 2026. GAC Honda's actions have always been fast, so domestic simultaneous introduction should not make us wait long.

Regarding price, the official guide price range in the Thailand market is 1.479 million - 1.764 million Thai Baht, equivalent to about 120,000 - 144,000 RMB, the price was slightly adjusted downwards compared to the previous generation model.

The new car front face abandoned large-area chrome plating, replaced with a hexagonal glossy black honeycomb grille. Matrix LED headlights on both sides became longer and sharper, the daytime running light strips were also made into a "hook" shape, the gaze is sharp with a bit of Type-R flavor. The side still retains fastback coupe lines, but equipped with new style low-drag wheels, visually estimated to be 19 inches. The biggest change at the rear is the full-width taillights, with Honda LOGO embedded in the middle, the overall visual effect is wider and lower/crouching.

At the same time, the new car added "Urban Gray Pearl paint", the top RS version was also equipped with exclusive sport kits, full body blacked-out trim, black exterior mirror housing added.

Regarding dimensions, the 2026 Accord Thailand version overall length, width, height are 4962mm x 1862mm x 1449mm, wheelbase is 2830mm. As a standard mid-size sedan, these size parameters are quite good. Even if there is a small bump in the rear middle floor, daily full-load travel will not overly affect comfort. The only thing to note is that the hybrid model due to battery pack mounted at the bottom, the trunk floor is slightly raised, storage space is slightly reduced compared to the old fuel version.

In terms of interior, large area inside the car uses soft leather wrapping, door panels, center console, armrest box and other high-frequency contact areas are all delicate soft materials. High-spec RS version provides pure white interior option for the first time, white seats, white door panels, white instrument panel, further matched with metal trim accents, looks very high quality.

Center console standard equipment 12.3-inch floating center console large screen and 10.2-inch full LCD instrument panel, top version also equipped with 11.5-inch HUD head-up display. Regarding the car machine, expected to be equipped with Honda CONNECT 4.0 Smart Navigation Interconnect System, supports 5G online, Ai voice visible is available to speak, wireless CarPlay, CarLife and OTA upgrade functions.

Regarding configurations, equipped with Honda SENSING 360+ Safety Sense System. Besides conventional active braking, traffic sign recognition, lane keeping assist, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, full-speed range ACC, also added forward intersection vehicle warning, driver status monitoring, congestion assist with low-speed follow-stop, and highway indicator lane change assist functions. Regarding comfort configurations: all series equipped with keyless entry, one-key start, automatic climate control, rear independent air vents, electric sunroof, multifunction genuine leather steering wheel, seat height adjustment and other basic configurations. High-spec models add seat heating, ventilation functions, rear central armrest extended design, ambient light, auto-dimming rearview mirror, rain-sensing wipers, and other configurations.

Regarding power, Thailand market directly cancelled pure gasoline versions, all series equipped with 2.0L e:HEV hybrid system.

This 4th generation i-MMD dual-motor hybrid system, composed of 2.0L direct injection Atkinson cycle engine + dual motors, engine body maximum power 147 hp, peak torque 182N·m; drive motor maximum power 184 hp, peak torque 335N·m; system comprehensive output power reaches 158kW (about 215 hp), peak torque 350 N·m, transmission system matches E-CVT electronic continuously variable transmission. Expected 0-100km/h acceleration time will shorten from current 7.9 seconds to about 7.5 seconds, WLTC comprehensive fuel consumption is around 4.0L/100km.

Suspension is still front MacPherson rear multi-link, but high-spec models will add ADS full-time adaptive shock absorption system, minimum turning radius reduced to 5.2 meters.

Final question: New Accord, can it really reverse the decline?

Ya Li thinks, from the 2026 Accord redesign Thailand market performance, the new Accord has reached the first tier level of joint venture mid-size cars, compared to Camry and other same-class competitors will not lag behind.

Ya Li thinks it wants to reverse the market situation in the domestic market, return to the peak, unlikely. Today's mid-size car market is no longer the era where joint venture cars dominate alone, domestic new energy models' intelligence, cost-performance advantage is too obvious, occupied a large amount of market share.

But then again if GAC Honda is decisive enough on pricing, not holding back, give consumers a "Wow" surprise price in one step, it is still possible. As for whether it can achieve sales reversal after being introduced domestically, believe market feedback will give the most true answer.

In the joint venture mid-size sedan market, the Honda Accord has always been an indispensable model, consistently ranking in the top sales tier. However, in the past two years, the market landscape has changed dramatically. Domestic new energy sedans have emerged strongly, while competitors like Camry and Passat continue to iterate, squeezing the Accord's market share. To reverse the decline, Honda launched a mid-cycle major redesign of the Accord in the Thailand market at the end of May 2026, going directly "All In Hybrid", no longer offering pure gasoline versions, while comprehensively upgrading the interior smart cockpit and optimizing exterior details, attempting to break the current stalemate. Many domestic car enthusiasts are asking, will this upgraded new Accord succeed in reversing the market decline after being introduced domestically and returning to the peak of the top-selling title in its class? Let's take a look together below.

The 2026 Honda Accord is a mid-cycle redesign version of the 11th generation model, officially released on May 28, 2026 in the Thailand market. A total of three trim models were launched, all are 2.0L e:HEV hybrid versions, namely e:HEV E, e:HEV EL, and e:HEV RS Panoramic. Highly likely to officially launch in the 3rd quarter of 2026. GAC Honda's actions have always been fast, so domestic simultaneous introduction should not make us wait long.

Regarding price, the official guide price range in the Thailand market is 1.479 million - 1.764 million Thai Baht, equivalent to about 120,000 - 144,000 RMB, the price was slightly adjusted downwards compared to the previous generation model.

The new car front face abandoned large-area chrome plating, replaced with a hexagonal glossy black honeycomb grille. Matrix LED headlights on both sides became longer and sharper, the daytime running light strips were also made into a "hook" shape, the gaze is sharp with a bit of Type-R flavor. The side still retains fastback coupe lines, but equipped with new style low-drag wheels, visually estimated to be 19 inches. The biggest change at the rear is the full-width taillights, with Honda LOGO embedded in the middle, the overall visual effect is wider and lower/crouching.

At the same time, the new car added "Urban Gray Pearl paint", the top RS version was also equipped with exclusive sport kits, full body blacked-out trim, black exterior mirror housing added.

Regarding dimensions, the 2026 Accord Thailand version overall length, width, height are 4962mm x 1862mm x 1449mm, wheelbase is 2830mm. As a standard mid-size sedan, these size parameters are quite good. Even if there is a small bump in the rear middle floor, daily full-load travel will not overly affect comfort. The only thing to note is that the hybrid model due to battery pack mounted at the bottom, the trunk floor is slightly raised, storage space is slightly reduced compared to the old fuel version.

In terms of interior, large area inside the car uses soft leather wrapping, door panels, center console, armrest box and other high-frequency contact areas are all delicate soft materials. High-spec RS version provides pure white interior option for the first time, white seats, white door panels, white instrument panel, further matched with metal trim accents, looks very high quality.

Center console standard equipment 12.3-inch floating center console large screen and 10.2-inch full LCD instrument panel, top version also equipped with 11.5-inch HUD head-up display. Regarding the car machine, expected to be equipped with Honda CONNECT 4.0 Smart Navigation Interconnect System, supports 5G online, Ai voice visible is available to speak, wireless CarPlay, CarLife and OTA upgrade functions.

Regarding configurations, equipped with Honda SENSING 360+ Safety Sense System. Besides conventional active braking, traffic sign recognition, lane keeping assist, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, full-speed range ACC, also added forward intersection vehicle warning, driver status monitoring, congestion assist with low-speed follow-stop, and highway indicator lane change assist functions. Regarding comfort configurations: all series equipped with keyless entry, one-key start, automatic climate control, rear independent air vents, electric sunroof, multifunction genuine leather steering wheel, seat height adjustment and other basic configurations. High-spec models add seat heating, ventilation functions, rear central armrest extended design, ambient light, auto-dimming rearview mirror, rain-sensing wipers, and other configurations.

Regarding power, Thailand market directly cancelled pure gasoline versions, all series equipped with 2.0L e:HEV hybrid system.

This 4th generation i-MMD dual-motor hybrid system, composed of 2.0L direct injection Atkinson cycle engine + dual motors, engine body maximum power 147 hp, peak torque 182N·m; drive motor maximum power 184 hp, peak torque 335N·m; system comprehensive output power reaches 158kW (about 215 hp), peak torque 350 N·m, transmission system matches E-CVT electronic continuously variable transmission. Expected 0-100km/h acceleration time will shorten from current 7.9 seconds to about 7.5 seconds, WLTC comprehensive fuel consumption is around 4.0L/100km.

Suspension is still front MacPherson rear multi-link, but high-spec models will add ADS full-time adaptive shock absorption system, minimum turning radius reduced to 5.2 meters.

Final question: New Accord, can it really reverse the decline?

Ya Li thinks, from the 2026 Accord redesign Thailand market performance, the new Accord has reached the first tier level of joint venture mid-size cars, compared to Camry and other same-class competitors will not lag behind.

Ya Li thinks it wants to reverse the market situation in the domestic market, return to the peak, unlikely. Today's mid-size car market is no longer the era where joint venture cars dominate alone, domestic new energy models' intelligence, cost-performance advantage is too obvious, occupied a large amount of market share.

But then again if GAC Honda is decisive enough on pricing, not holding back, give consumers a "Wow" surprise price in one step, it is still possible. As for whether it can achieve sales reversal after being introduced domestically, believe market feedback will give the most true answer.

In the joint venture mid-size sedan market, the Honda Accord has always been an indispensable model, consistently ranking in the top sales tier. However, in the past two years, the market landscape has changed dramatically. Domestic new energy sedans have emerged strongly, while competitors like Camry and Passat continue to iterate, squeezing the Accord's market share. To reverse the decline, Honda launched a mid-cycle major redesign of the Accord in the Thailand market at the end of May 2026, going directly "All In Hybrid", no longer offering pure gasoline versions, while comprehensively upgrading the interior smart cockpit and optimizing exterior details, attempting to break the current stalemate. Many domestic car enthusiasts are asking, will this upgraded new Accord succeed in reversing the market decline after being introduced domestically and returning to the peak of the top-selling title in its class? Let's take a look together below.

The 2026 Honda Accord is a mid-cycle redesign version of the 11th generation model, officially released on May 28, 2026 in the Thailand market. A total of three trim models were launched, all are 2.0L e:HEV hybrid versions, namely e:HEV E, e:HEV EL, and e:HEV RS Panoramic. Highly likely to officially launch in the 3rd quarter of 2026. GAC Honda's actions have always been fast, so domestic simultaneous introduction should not make us wait long.

Regarding price, the official guide price range in the Thailand market is 1.479 million - 1.764 million Thai Baht, equivalent to about 120,000 - 144,000 RMB, the price was slightly adjusted downwards compared to the previous generation model.

The new car front face abandoned large-area chrome plating, replaced with a hexagonal glossy black honeycomb grille. Matrix LED headlights on both sides became longer and sharper, the daytime running light strips were also made into a "hook" shape, the gaze is sharp with a bit of Type-R flavor. The side still retains fastback coupe lines, but equipped with new style low-drag wheels, visually estimated to be 19 inches. The biggest change at the rear is the full-width taillights, with Honda LOGO embedded in the middle, the overall visual effect is wider and lower/crouching.

At the same time, the new car added "Urban Gray Pearl paint", the top RS version was also equipped with exclusive sport kits, full body blacked-out trim, black exterior mirror housing added.

Regarding dimensions, the 2026 Accord Thailand version overall length, width, height are 4962mm x 1862mm x 1449mm, wheelbase is 2830mm. As a standard mid-size sedan, these size parameters are quite good. Even if there is a small bump in the rear middle floor, daily full-load travel will not overly affect comfort. The only thing to note is that the hybrid model due to battery pack mounted at the bottom, the trunk floor is slightly raised, storage space is slightly reduced compared to the old fuel version.

In terms of interior, large area inside the car uses soft leather wrapping, door panels, center console, armrest box and other high-frequency contact areas are all delicate soft materials. High-spec RS version provides pure white interior option for the first time, white seats, white door panels, white instrument panel, further matched with metal trim accents, looks very high quality.

Center console standard equipment 12.3-inch floating center console large screen and 10.2-inch full LCD instrument panel, top version also equipped with 11.5-inch HUD head-up display. Regarding the car machine, expected to be equipped with Honda CONNECT 4.0 Smart Navigation Interconnect System, supports 5G online, Ai voice visible is available to speak, wireless CarPlay, CarLife and OTA upgrade functions.

Regarding configurations, equipped with Honda SENSING 360+ Safety Sense System. Besides conventional active braking, traffic sign recognition, lane keeping assist, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, full-speed range ACC, also added forward intersection vehicle warning, driver status monitoring, congestion assist with low-speed follow-stop, and highway indicator lane change assist functions. Regarding comfort configurations: all series equipped with keyless entry, one-key start, automatic climate control, rear independent air vents, electric sunroof, multifunction genuine leather steering wheel, seat height adjustment and other basic configurations. High-spec models add seat heating, ventilation functions, rear central armrest extended design, ambient light, auto-dimming rearview mirror, rain-sensing wipers, and other configurations.

Regarding power, Thailand market directly cancelled pure gasoline versions, all series equipped with 2.0L e:HEV hybrid system.

This 4th generation i-MMD dual-motor hybrid system, composed of 2.0L direct injection Atkinson cycle engine + dual motors, engine body maximum power 147 hp, peak torque 182N·m; drive motor maximum power 184 hp, peak torque 335N·m; system comprehensive output power reaches 158kW (about 215 hp), peak torque 350 N·m, transmission system matches E-CVT electronic continuously variable transmission. Expected 0-100km/h acceleration time will shorten from current 7.9 seconds to about 7.5 seconds, WLTC comprehensive fuel consumption is around 4.0L/100km.

Suspension is still front MacPherson rear multi-link, but high-spec models will add ADS full-time adaptive shock absorption system, minimum turning radius reduced to 5.2 meters.

Final question: New Accord, can it really reverse the decline?

Ya Li thinks, from the 2026 Accord redesign Thailand market performance, the new Accord has reached the first tier level of joint venture mid-size cars, compared to Camry and other same-class competitors will not lag behind.

Ya Li thinks it wants to reverse the market situation in the domestic market, return to the peak, unlikely. Today's mid-size car market is no longer the era where joint venture cars dominate alone, domestic new energy models' intelligence, cost-performance advantage is too obvious, occupied a large amount of market share.

But then again if GAC Honda is decisive enough on pricing, not holding back, give consumers a "Wow" surprise price in one step, it is still possible. As for whether it can achieve sales reversal after being introduced domestically, believe market feedback will give the most true answer.