You aren't ready for China's electric station wagons: European-designed 2025 BYD Denza Z9 GT and Zeekr 007 GT to offer insane power and range outputs with the global market in their sights

SUVs are the body type of choice for most consumers, and the station wagon is an endangered species.

Europe remains the last holdout, but even there, small SUVs like the Toyota Yaris Cross, Volkswagen T-Roc and Ford Puma have usurped once dominant wagon models such as the Audi A4 Allroad, Skoda Octavia and Volvo V60.

Cue the fully-electric Zeekr 007 GT and Denza Z9 GT, two newcomers intending on reasserting the station wagon's popularity on the global market, only this time with Chinese electric power.

Poised to launch in China by April, with global markets expected to follow shortly after, the Zeekr 007 GT will arrive in both rear- and all-wheel drive guises, both carry a 100kWh nickel-manganese-cobalt battery.

CarNewsChina has revealed the dual-motor, all-wheel drive version will deliver 475kW/710Nm, with a claimed 0-100km/h time of 2.8 seconds. Outputs remain unconfirmed for the single-motor version.

The 007 GT will carry 800V charging architecture and a claimed driving range of 870km according to the lenient CLTC cycle. With a maximum ultra-fast charging rate of 500kW, Geely claims 500km of range can be added in just 15 minutes of charging.

Dimensions are quoted at 4880mm in length, 1900mm in width, 1448mm in height and with a wheelbase of 2928mm, putting it practically on par with its 007 sedan equivalent.

Its inexplicably European styling is a product of German designer Stefan Sielaff, the Chief Designer at Zeekr's parent company, Geely Group, who has spent the majority of his career with Audi.

The Denza Z9 GT, on the other hand, which was launched in China in September last year, carries a considerably larger frame than the 007 GT to account for its more luxury bias.

It too was designed by fellow German and Audi designer, Wolfgang Egger, who is now the head of design at BYD. It lines up at 5195mm (5180mm for EV) long, 1990mm wide, 1500mm tall and with a wheelbase of 3125mm.

That puts it closer in dimensions to a Porsche Panamera, which it exceeds in a zero-100km/h sprint with a claimed time of 3.4 seconds opposed to the Panamera’s 5.3 seconds.

Underpinning the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Z9 GT’s is BYD’s DM 5.0 technology, which consists of a 152kW 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine, a 200kW front electric motor, twin 440kW rear electric motors and a 38.5kWh Blade lithium-ion-phosphate (LFP) battery.

Pure-electric range is claimed at 201km while comprehensive range is claimed at 1100km, both according to the CLTC cycle.

The EV variant, meanwhile, has a 230kW front electric motor, twin rear electric motors delivering 480kW each and a huge 100kWh Blade LFP battery pack.

CLTC-rated range is claimed at 630km, while BYD also claims the car’s 800V architecture can replenish the Z9 GT EV’s battery from 30 per cent to 80 per cent in 19 minutes.

Given the Denza has already been released in China, we can also reveal further interior details.

There are twin 13.2-inch screens, one for the digital driver’s display and the other mounted onto the dashboard for passenger entertainment. Sitting in between is a 17.3-inch touchscreen for multimedia functions.

Additionally, there is a four-spoke multi-function steering wheel, a digital rear view mirror, two screens mounted on the driver’s and passenger’s door panels for the camera-operated side mirrors and a 50-inch augmented-reality head-up display.

The front and rear seats have heating, ventilation and massage functions, while the car is also equipped with electric doors, two refrigerators for the front and rear rows, a 50W wireless charging panel and a 2.1m² panoramic sunroof.

In China, the Z9 GT is priced between 334,800 yuan ($72,810) for the entry-grade PHEV, all-wheel drive variant, rising to 384,900 yuan ($83,723) for the top-spec, all-wheel drive EV.

It has not been confirmed for Australia but David Smitherman, CEO of Australia’s BYD distributor, EVDirect, confirmed to CarsGuide that the Denza brand is coming to Australia.

“Denza’s coming to Australia… [it will] be here at some point”, said Smitherman.

“There’s a substantial amount of product to come.”

The Zeekr 007 GT remains uncertain for Australia for now, though, with its 007 sedan sibling unconfirmed for right-hand drive markets. It is more likely on the cards for Europe, with Zeekr models currently on sale in Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.

It is expected to start at 209,000 yuan ($45,487) in China following its Shanghai autoshow debut in April.