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The Xiaomi (HKG: 1810) YU7 GT appeared undisguised at the Nürburgring Nordschleife on March 31, 2026, giving the clearest look yet at the production bodywork of the company's forthcoming 990 hp electric performance SUV.

The test car arrived in a bright red finish with "GT" decals along its flanks. Compared to earlier camouflaged prototypes that had been circling the German circuit since at least September 2025, this sighting confirmed the GT's production-spec aerodynamic upgrades: a front splitter, an aggressive rear diffuser, and oversized red brake calipers visible behind 21-inch wheels running 265/40R21 rubber up front and wider 295/35R21 tires at the rear.

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The YU7 GT is the high-performance variant of Xiaomi's YU7 SUV, which launched in China in June 2025 from 253,500 CNY (c. $36,700) and drew more than 200,000 firm orders in its first three minutes of availability. The GT takes that platform and reshapes it around a track-ready powertrain and an aero suite absent on lesser trims.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published the GT's full specifications on February 6, 2026. The vehicle uses a dual-motor all-wheel-drive system pairing a 288 kW front motor with a 450 kW rear motor, yielding a combined 738 kW (990 hp) and a claimed top speed of 300 km/h (186 mph).

The standard YU7 Max covers 0–100 km/h in 3.23 seconds; the GT is expected to approach two seconds, though Xiaomi has not confirmed the figure. Curb weight stands at 2,460 kg — partly a consequence of the same 101.7 kWh ternary lithium battery pack shared with the YU7 Max, which affords up to 705 km (438 miles) of range on the Chinese CLTC cycle.

The GT measures 5,015 mm long, 2,007 mm wide, and 1,597 mm tall on a 3,000 mm wheelbase, making it a genuine large SUV rather than a crossover in GT clothing.

Beyond raw performance, the GT carries Xiaomi's HAD supervised autonomous driving stack, anchored by a Hesai 128-line LiDAR sensor rated to 200 metres, a 4D millimetre-wave radar, eleven cameras, twelve ultrasonic sensors, and an NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor-U processor delivering 700 TOPS of compute.

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No official price has been announced. Market estimates place the GT between 450,000 and 500,000 CNY (c. $65,100–$72,400), which would position it well below the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, available in China from approximately 1,998,000 CNY (c. $289,100).

Xiaomi has used the Nordschleife as a proving ground and marketing stage before. The SU7 Ultra sedan set the fastest production EV lap at the circuit in 2025 with a time of 7:04.957, beating the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT's 7:07.55 benchmark. The YU7 GT's sustained presence at the circuit, now camouflage-free, suggests a similar ambition in the SUV category.

Xiaomi has signalled a 2026 China launch for the GT, with European availability targeted for 2027 — a market entry that would make it the first Xiaomi vehicle sold on the continent.

Whether the GT will post a Nordschleife time before or after its commercial launch remains open, but the camouflage coming off rarely precedes the stopwatch by very long.

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