Lamborghini says electric Chinese supercars can’t match the sound of its cars. Most high-performance cars from China are relying on electric powertrains. Great Wall Motors is developing a mid-engined twin-turbo V8 supercar. Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann isn’t bothered by the growing number of high-performance two-door cars emerging out of China, as, according to him, they have no way of matching the emotion of the Italian brand’s models. While Chinese car brands have spent much of the past decade focusing on mass-market models, several have begun expanding their portfolios to include high-performance sports cars and supercars, typically powered by compact electric motors and powerful batteries. The YangWang U9 was one of the first, setting a new production car top-speed record late last year. More recently, Denza unveiled its tri-motor Z, producing 1,582 hp and costing less than a Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS. Read: Great Wall Is Gunning For Ferrari SF90 With Its First Supercar Winkelmann isn’t worried, though. Quizzed about emerging rivals from China, he told Auto Express, “We don’t see this as a threat… because they are doing electric cars.” “If we say we are not doing electric cars for a reason, then there is also an idea behind how we look at our Chinese competitors or Chinese manufacturers.” He went on to add that Chinese brands can’t compete “on the performance of our cars, the sound, and the emotion.” Some may argue Winkelmann should take notice of the performance being delivered by new Chinese entrants, although he is definitely right when it comes to the sound and emotion produced by Lamborghini’s models. No matter how ferociously fast an EV may be, it’ll always struggle to match the feeling provided by a supercar with an evocative internal combustion engine. A New V8 Supercar From China Is Coming It seems some Chinese brands know this. For the past several years, Great Wall Motors (GWM) has been working on a mid-engined supercar of its own, and it won’t be electric. Instead, GWM’s new model will use a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged plug-in hybrid V8, an engine previewed by the brand last year. It’ll also use a lightweight carbon fiber monocoque, and GWM has previously said it’ll be aimed directly at the Ferrari SF90 Stradale. Whether or not Chinese brands like GWM can make combustion-powered supercars as well as they’ve been able to build electric performance cars remains to be seen, but as time goes on, Lamborghini may be forced to take notice. GWM supercar teaser