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Great Wall’s Souo S2000: Pure Flat-8 Rebellion

Great Wall’s Souo S2000: Pure Flat-8 Rebellion
Michelle Liew
April 28, 2025

Great Wall Motor’s Souo S2000, powered by a wild 4.0L flat-8 engine, challenges the grand touring elite with limited production and premium craftsmanship.

Great Wall Motor’s Souo S2000, powered by a wild 4.0L flat-8 engine, challenges the grand touring elite with limited production and premium craftsmanship.

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While most manufacturers are racing to slap batteries into everything with two wheels, Great Wall Motor just did something completely unexpected: They built a 4.0-litre, turbocharged flat-8 motorcycle. Yes, flat-8. Yes, in 2025. And it’s glorious.

Unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show, the Souo S2000 (“Souo” means “soul” — fitting) is Great Wall’s defiant shot at the heart of an industry that’s fast losing its emotional connection to machines.

At a time when Western brands are downsizing engines, chasing regulations, and preparing for an electric-only future, GWM is swinging in the opposite direction — with eight horizontally-opposed cylinders, 154 horsepower, and a 3.7-second 0–62 mph time to prove they’re serious.

A Flat-8 in a Motorcycle? Madness and Brilliance.

Flat engines are already rare in bikes. BMW’s opposed twins are the gold standard. But a flat-8? Nobody does that. Nobody.

Not only does it look wild, but it rides differently too — minimal vibration, a low centre of gravity, and a hypnotic side-to-side rock at idle that feels like the bike’s breathing. The numbers back it up: 130 mph top speed, 1,016 pounds wet weight, and a 71.3-inch wheelbase — perfect territory for devouring highways in style.

It’s one part grand tourer, one part engineering flex, and one part middle finger to industry trends.

A Passion Project, Not a Corporate Checkmark

The Souo S2000 isn’t a soulless marketing ploy. It’s the personal brainchild of GWM chairman Wei Jianjun, and it shows.

Only 200 units of the Souo S2000 will be built, with 88 Founders Editions flaunting 24-karat gold accents, carbon fibre components, and the chairman’s personal signature stamped onto the fuel tank. Pricing for the base model starts at $28,900 (approximately RM137,900), while the exclusive Founders Edition will command $38,500 (around RM183,800). With these premium price tags, Great Wall Motor is positioning the Souo S2000 squarely against the most prestigious grand touring motorcycles in the world.

Translation? This bike isn’t for everyone. It’s for the riders who want something different — something they’ll never pull up next to at a gas station.

Great Wall Motor’s Souo S2000, powered by a wild 4.0L flat-8 engine, challenges the grand touring elite with limited production and premium craftsmanship.

Gunning for the Touring Big Boys

With the Souo S2000, Great Wall is gunning straight for the Honda Gold Wing and BMW K1600 — bikes that basically wrote the book on high-end motorcycle touring.

But the Souo brings something different to the table:

  • A turbocharged boxer experience nobody else offers
  • An exotic engine layout that’s both absurd and brilliant
  • A rebellious spirit that Honda’s buttoned-up luxury can’t match

It might not dethrone the kings, but it doesn’t want to. It’s carving its lane.

Swimming Against the Tide and Loving It

While Harley, Honda, and BMW are pivoting toward electric futures, GWM is happily throwing gas on the fire. Literally.

And why not? In China, the domestic market still loves combustion engines, and not every rider is ready to trade the roar of an engine for the hum of a motor. There’s still magic in pistons and turbos and explosions happening right under your seat.

This bike is proof that there’s room for both — electric innovation and old-school passion projects that make your heart beat faster before you even twist the throttle.

A Flat-8 Future? Probably Not But Who Cares?

Let’s be real: the Souo S2000 probably won’t spark a flood of flat-8 motorcycles. It’s too niche, too wild, too beautifully unnecessary.

And that’s exactly why it matters. It reminds us that motorcycles aren’t supposed to be appliances. They’re supposed to make you feel something.

In a world that’s getting quieter, greener, and safer, sometimes it takes a 4.0-litre turbocharged middle finger from China to remind everyone what soul actually sounds like at full throttle.

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