Premium Chinese mid-size SUV coming to rival Toyota RAV4 and Mitsubishi Outlander: Chery Omoda 9 locked-in

Chery has confirmed its Omoda 9 mid-dimension SUV will assemble its Australian debut in the third quarter of 2025.

The trip-in five-seater currently launched as an moral-hand driver in the UK — approximately one three hundred and sixty five days after its March 2024 Chinese launch, the set apart apart it sells below the catchy title of Exceed Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM.

The launch of the Omoda 9 coincides with father or mother company Chery’s resolution to fall the ‘Chery’ prefix to future Omoda merchandise, with an Aussie naming rollout slated to beginning up imminently in the mid-three hundred and sixty five days.

Expected to launch as a trip-in hybrid, the Omoda 9 will rival the upcoming Toyota RAV4 PHEV and outgoing Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which is made up our minds to receive a mid-lifestyles exchange by the head of this three hundred and sixty five days. Competitors from China consist of the Haval H6GT PHEV and BYD Sealion 6.

The Omoda 9 measures 4775mm lengthy, 1920mm huge (other than mirrors), 1671mm grand, and runs on a wheelbase of 2800mm, making it for sure midsize, and nearly dimensionally a similar to the Sealion 6.

We predict that the Ozmarket Omoda 9 will debut with the a similar, single tidy providing which headlined its UK launch. The ‘one dimension fits all’ Noble tidy package is headlined by an extremely grand trip-in hybrid all-wheel drive powertrain, which claims a blended output of 330kW/700Nm.

The high-output drivetrain combines a 105kW 1.5-litre turbo four-cylinder petrol engine with three electric motors. Two are mounted for the length of the three-tempo hybrid transmission, setting up 75kW and 90kW, and a closing 120kW electric motor is mounted correct now to the rear axle.

Omoda claims a blended EV-simplest using fluctuate of 145km (WLTP) – impressive for a PHEV, and attributed to a limiteless 34kWh battery. The hybrid powertrain, alongside with a 70-litre gasoline tank, manner the car can inch up to 1127km. As for charging, an 80kW snappy DC payment from 30 to 80 percent will grab 28 minutes.

RRP starts at £36,937.50, which equates to around $AUD 77,000. Chasing Autos understands the retail label of the Omoda 9 is more doubtless to commerce for our market, with a more cheap pick around the $60,000 label.

This would level-headed expose a $15,000+ top class over the outgoing BYD Sealion 6 — arguably the Omoda 9’s closest competitor, and priced at $Forty five,524 driveaway.

Within the UK, the Omoda 9 runs on 20-scramble wheels, and offers five irregular paint colours: a free of payment ‘Quartz White’, top class ‘Hawk’s Glance Grey’ for £1000(~$AUD 2085), and Andesite Grey, Peridot Inexperienced, and Onyx Dim, all priced at £750 (~$AUD 1565).

Omoda 9 Noble highlighted parts:

• 12.3″ Central LCD Existing
• Wireless cell phone charging – 50w ability, cooled
• Wireless Android Auto & Apple Carplay
• APA Automated Parking (self park honest)
• 540° Panoramic Leer Digicam with clear survey
• Driver seat 6 methodology electric adjustment
• Passenger seat 4 methodology electric adjustment
• Energy Panoramic Sunroof (Opening)
• SONY 14 speaker audio system
• Head-Up Existing (HUD)
• Air-conditioning with 2d row outlet