The ORA Punk Cat was first unveiled at April’s Beijing Auto Show, looking very much like the classic VW Beetle and complete with nearly-identical round headlights and taillights. However, since then, they’ve also presented a so-called ‘feminine’ version named the ORA Ballet Cat, with images of the production model filled with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The changes made at the front are
particularly obvious as the Beetle-inspired circular headlights have been
replaced by horse-shoe shaped lights with flat bottoms that mimic the
taillights. Elsewhere, ORA has removed the thick chrome trimmings around the
wheel arches while also making some minor adjustments to the shape of the front
bumper and grille.
These images also reveal that the
production-ready Ballet Cat now has a charging flap just in front of the wing
mirrors whereas the original show car had a series of shark gills in this
location. Speaking of the wing mirrors, they have grown in size for production.
Styling alterations continue at the rear where there are a new set of
taillights with the same shape as the headlights and a pronounced trunklid
spoiler has been fitted. A spec sheet released for the car reveals that it is
4,401 mm long, 1,867 mm wide, and 1,633 mm tall and comes with a 2,750 mm
wheelbase. It also has a curb weight of 1,710 kg – not exactly what you’d call
light.
Just a single powertrain will be offered,
namely an electric motor producing 169 hp that will send the car
through to 155 km/h. Providing this motor with its juice is a
lithium-iron phosphate battery pack, although no capacity details are known. It
is also unclear how far the ORA Punk Cat can travel on a single charge.
