The Ora Ballet Cat is Great Wall’s ORA-brand pure electric compact hatchback, and the first thing you notice is that it looks nothing like its siblings. Rounded panels, a near-circular roofline, chrome-trimmed round headlights — it’s a deliberate throwback, the kind of shape that makes people smile in a car park. Underneath the styling it’s a serious BEV, not a novelty: a 126 kW permanent-magnet motor, LFP battery, and CLTC range of either 401 or 500 km depending on which pack you spec. We’ll walk through the body, the cabin, and the running gear below, then cover import and supply questions at the end.

Exterior

Soft from every angle. The front end curves down into a rounded nose with twin round lamps that sit proud of the body, and the rear follows the same half-circle theme so the whole car reads as one continuous arc rather than a stacked box. It’s 4,401 mm long, 1,867 mm wide, 1,633 mm tall, with a 2,750 mm wheelbase — compact on paper, but that long wheelbase gives it more cabin floor than the footprint suggests.

Wheels are 225/55 R18 on every trim, five-spoke alloys that fill the arches without looking brute. Paint choices lean pastel and cream, which is the point of the design — and the bit I’d actually point out to a customer is that the body is uncomplicated to wrap or rebadge for a local market, no deep creases to fight.

Interior

Step in and it stays calm. The dash is a wide, low sweep with a dual-screen layout — digital cluster behind the wheel, central touchscreen above the console — and the surfaces use soft two-tone trim that matches the exterior palette. Physical switchgear survives for the climate and drive-mode controls, which matters more than it sounds: your buyers will demo this car in gloves, in winter, and a touchscreen-only cabin loses that moment.

Rear seats fold flat for a usable hatch floor, and there’s genuine headroom front and back thanks to the tall roof. It’s a five-door, five-seat layout, 1,740–1,835 kg curb depending on battery, and the cabin feels wider than the class norm. Honestly fine for what this is — a city car that doesn’t punish taller passengers.

Powertrain and Chassis

Battery and nothing else — the Ballet Cat has no engine, no generator, nothing to fill up. A single permanent-magnet synchronous motor sits on the front axle rated 126 kW, or 171 PS, with 250 Nm, driving the front wheels through a fixed-ratio gearbox; top speed is 155 km/h, which is plenty for the urban and suburban work this car is built for.

Two LFP packs are offered. The 49.92 kWh unit returns 401 km on CLTC and the 60.5 kWh returns 500 km; call the smaller one roughly 360 km on NEDC, and both charge DC 30–80% in about 30 minutes off a 6.6 kW AC feed for the slow top-up overnight. Underneath there are MacPherson struts up front and a multi-link independent rear, which is unusual at this size and shows up in how flat the car stays through a corner for something standing this tall. Brakes are vented discs front, solid rear, and the whole thing weighs light enough to feel nimble in town.

FAQ

How does the 401 km and 500 km version differ, beyond range? Mostly the battery. The 49.92 kWh pack gives 401 km CLTC and an 8-hour AC charge; the 60.5 kWh gives 500 km and needs about 10 hours on AC. Motor, power, and dimensions are identical, so stocking both is easy — same spares, same floor plan, different pack.

Is the Ballet Cat a real BEV or some kind of hybrid? Pure electric, full stop. No engine, no plug-in hybrid system, no range-extender. It’s a BEV on LFP, which keeps servicing simple for a dealer — no fuel system, no exhaust, fewer failure points to explain to a first-time EV buyer.

What suspension and braking should my workshop plan for? MacPherson front, multi-link rear, vented front discs and solid rear. It’s conventional stuff a competent workshop already handles, and parts commonality with other ORA models helps keep inventory lean.

Can I import the Ora Ballet Cat to my country as a distributor or self-importer? Yes. The Ballet Cat is a left-hand-drive BEV built for export from Great Wall’s Chinese plant, and we handle the full import chain — type-approval support, customs documentation, and ocean freight to your nearest port. Lead times depend on your local homologation, so tell us the destination country early and we’ll scope the paperwork before you commit stock.

How do you supply the car and how do we get started? We source directly from the manufacturer and manage export from China — we don’t build vehicles, we move them. Start with your target market and expected volume; we’ll confirm trim availability, quote landed logistics, and issue the export docs once a purchase order is placed. First orders typically begin with a single container or a mixed batch with other ORA models.

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