Geely to bring ute, small SUV and large SUV to Australia in major product offensive

Geely Australia chief govt Lei Li has confirmed that the Chinese language mark remains dedicated to its notion to be capable to add four extra devices to its local showrooms by the tip of 2027, to be part of the electrical (BEV) EX5 and scamper-in hybrid (PHEV) Starray EM-i midsize SUV devices.

Talking with Chasing Cars, Li offered foremost aspects on the next segments Geely Australia plans to enter now that its medium SUV push is substantially full.

“We have got limited SUVs, hatchbacks and big SUVs to make your mind up (from),” Li talked about.

“We’re going to fulfil these segments in the next couple of years to fabricate positive that we are competitive in the (Australian) market in phrases of the product line.”

Geely ute mannequin with heavy towing and payload on the agenda

Requested whether a ute factored into Geely’s ‘six devices in three years’ technique, Li confirmed that the producer is for the time being investigating suggestions about how to bring a ute with adequate heavy-responsibility skill to Australia—hinting that this normally is a subsequent-know-how Geely Radar decide-up.

“We note that Australians like utes, and the ute (section) is largely one of the foremost segments available in the market,” Li told Chasing Cars.

“If we decide to be a huge player available in the market, positively we would prefer (a ute). We desire a product to slot in the section… lengthy driving fluctuate, towing capability, loading capability (payload), and off-roading, that is totally the demand from my level of deem about,” he talked about.

Even supposing Geely Australia has immediate entry to the Geely Radar RD6 ute (called the Riddara 6 in some markets), this mannequin is a BEV with approximately 420km fluctuate with restricted towing and payload rankings.

“Riddara, at this second, is now now not our technique,” Li printed. “The novel mannequin is now now not our technique for the Australian market for the time being.”

“We would like to bring the ideal and finest-price ute to the market. Here’s below investigation.”

A higher, subsequent-know-how Geely Radar ute is rumoured to herald an excellent all-wheel drive PHEV powertrain for closer to 1000km complete fluctuate, whereas additionally unlocking the 3500kg braked towing capability anticipated in the Australian market.

This is also the ute mannequin on Li’s radar to be capable to add to the Geely Australia lineup by the tip of 2027.

Contemporary limited SUV and natty SUV devices for Geely Australia

While the specifics of the Geely ute mannequin remain “below investigation”, the local crew is for the time being making final arrangements to bring no now now not as much as one limited SUV, and one natty SUV mannequin, to Australia in 2026.

With the September 2025 Australian commence of the Geely Starray EM-i now full, the marque is anticipated to clutch a breather on recent releases unless early 2026, with the Geely Australia boss citing that February to October is the precise time to commence recent devices.

“We have got limited SUVs, hatchbacks and big SUVs for us to make your mind up (from),” Li talked about. “At different timings, we can place different devices (into the market). Let’s stare subsequent twelve months.”

Li one after the other confirmed that his crew can decide from Geely devices offered below several different ‘umbrella producers’ in China. These comprise no now now not as much as Geely Auto (which sells ICE and hybrid devices), Geely Galaxy (which specialises in BEVs and PHEVs), and Radar (utes).

Geely Australia is liable to be bearing in mind 2 different limited SUV alternate solutions.

These encompass the Geely Auto Cowboy, which measures 4350mm lengthy and is available with a Forty eight-volt gathered-hybrid turbo petrol engine producing 140kW/300Nm.

One other different is the Geely Auto Cityray, which is an upper-limited SUV measuring 4510mm in size. The Cityray uses a non-hybrid 1.5-litre turbo petrol engine producing 135kW/290Nm.

On the natty SUV entrance, the obtrusive contender is the Geely Galaxy M9 which may per chance per chance even come to Australia because the Geely Starship EM-P. Love the existing Geely Australia merchandise — the EX5 and Starray — the M9 comes from Geely’s Galaxy ‘recent energy’ vehicle sub-mark.

The Starship is a 5205mm-lengthy, three-row SUV that uses the upmarket Thor EM-P PHEV device producing as much as 650kW of energy with all-wheel drive with around 170km electrical fluctuate and around 1200km complete fluctuate.

Plugless hybrids and even a hatchback are on the cards

While Geely Australia has focussed its energy handiest on ‘recent energy’ devices up to now (which it defines as BEVs and ‘huge hybrid’ PHEVs), the marque is commence to importing plugless hybrids to Australia.

“If Geely desires to be a huge player available in the market, now we decide to cloak your total ranges and segments,” Li told Chasing Cars.

“Eventually, we can come with more merchandise to cloak the different segments, and basically level of interest on recent energy vehicles—EVs, PHEVs, and per chance (in vogue) hybrids.”

Surprisingly, this lineup is additionally liable to encompass a hatchback mannequin — per chance the Geely Auto Starwish, a compact BEV hach that measures 4135mm in size (equivalent to a Volkswagen Polo) and is available with 30kWh and 40kWh LFP batteries offering as much as 330km fluctuate.

As soon as the limited, midsize and natty SUV segments — plus a ute and hatchback — are on sale in Australia Li retains aspirations of bringing a Geely sedan to Australia, too.

“Sedans calm have about 10 percent market piece in Australia, which is now now not limited,” he talked about.