For the first time in the franchise’s history, a Chinese car has officially joined Gran Turismo 7, with Xiaomi’s SU7 Ultra added as part of the newly released free Update 1.67. The move follows a collaboration between Xiaomi and Polyphony Digital that was first announced in June 2025, with both companies aiming to recreate the SU7 Ultra as faithfully as possible in the long-running Sony PlayStation racing simulator series.
Xiaomi says the partnership was sparked by a meeting in May between founder Lei Jun and Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi. During his visit to China, Yamauchi tested the SU7 Ultra and toured Xiaomi’s EV factory in Beijing, gaining a closer look at the company’s engineering approach. He later pointed to the car’s Nürburgring Nordschleife performance as a key reason for his interest, citing it as proof of Xiaomi’s growing technical capabilities in the EV space.
First revealed in China in October 2024, the SU7 Ultra sits at the top of Xiaomi’s SU7 lineup and brings some extreme numbers to the table. It uses a proprietary tri-motor HyperEngine V8s setup producing a combined 1,548 PS, enabling a 0–100 km/h sprint in just 1.98 seconds and 0–200 km/h in 5.86 seconds, with a claimed top speed of 350 km/h.


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