Start with what the Great Wall Peri is: a 5-door hatchback with 1.3 L GW4G13 I4, built from 2007 to 2010, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to TJ Innova Engineering & Technology.
The story
The Great Wall Peri (simplified Chinese: 长城精灵; traditional Chinese: 長城精靈; pinyin: Chángchéng Jīnglíng) is a city car produced by the Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors.
What is underneath
The engine is 1.3 L GW4G13 I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1015 kg. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual. The wheelbase is 2299 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Great Wall Motor line-up the Great Wall Peri has a clear place: it handed the line to the Ora Black Cat/White Cat; the factory was Hebei, China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Volkswagen Tiguan, the Hyundai i30, the Nissan GT-R. Nearby in the Great Wall Motor catalogue sit the Great Wall Coolbear and the Great Wall Cowry.