With GAC Hyptec’s design roots planted in California, the SSR Baja is a nod to the “performance, culture, and authenticity of California.”

Although purely a concept car, GAC Hyptec did go out on what could form the foundations of a future Hyptec motorsports team.

Inspiration comes from an era when racing liveries became cultural icons—the Marlboro chevron, the Martini Racing stripes, and even the bold colors of Alitalia. These motifs left a mark on GAC Hyptec’s design team whose members had a hand in crafting the FF/Dragon/Penske Autosport Formula E livery.

The SSR Baja’s orange tones, paired with a gradient from pink to purple (and updated with a blue-to-green transition), create a vivid yet balanced visual identity. This palette extends inside, with carbon-panel louvers, a color-shifting safety net, and race seats that fuse performance heritage with California personality.

Built with lightweight, functional engineering at its core, the Hyptec SSR Baja is designed for uncompromising performance in desert and sand racing conditions. Its character comes through in simplified, clean design lines.

Its exoskeleton structure design has evolved into what the brand calls the “Cage,” a bold, purposeful framework that delivers both safety and visual drama. This is Baja-ready engineering, where form follows reduction: every element is stripped to its essential purpose, leaving behind a lightweight, functional, and race-focused interior.

The seats recall classic Recaro CS Spectrum designs but are wrapped in patterns inspired by traditional Mexican serape blankets, a nod to the multicultural threads of California car culture. However, the cockpit itself is true to Hyptec’s philosophy with a dark upper section paired with a lighter lower tub, purposely avoiding overly bright roll-cage trends. Materials like exposed carbon fiber and Alcantara keep things functional yet premium, while thoughtful color accents tie it all together.

So far, there are no plans to bring the GAC Hyptec SSR Baja Concept into production, but it does show that by drawing inspiration from nature, heritage, and the intersection of art and engineering, they’re able to reimagine vehicles that push the design boundaries both on and off the track.