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Chinese brand Chery to launch Omoda 5 PHEV in Australia

EV Central

Chery will be the next Chinese brand to attempt to disrupt the Australian auto market, with the car maker following established brands like MG and Great Wall – as well as newcomers like BYD – to our market with the Chery Omoda 5 PHEV.

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2024 Chery Tiggo 4 Pro Review

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Overview LAST month (August) Chinese importer Chery announced initial details of its forthcoming Tiggo 4 Pro small segment SUV ahead of its expected arrival in mid-October. litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with outputs of 108kW and 210Nm, matching that of the Omoda 5. Chery says the Tiggo 4 Pro will consume 7.3

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2024 BYD Sealion 6 PHEV review: Is this the new Chinese medium SUV that knocks over the Toyota RAV4 hybrid?

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Firstly, it lands the Chinese maker in Australia’s biggest sales segment and, as a plug-in hybrid , it is BYD’s first ICE-powered , CO2-emitting vehicle to go on sale here following the launch of three BEVs since 2022 – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Shark. litre four-cylinder petrol engine and an 18.3kWh BYD ‘Blade’ LFP battery.

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Bruce Newton’s best electric car of 2023: MG4

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There are other small Chinese EVs such as the BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora that compete in this pricing space too, but neither of them offer the same broad range as the MG4. It’s becoming a constant lament but the Chinese brands don’t know how to properly tune lane keeping and driver monitoring systems to be supportive rather than intrusive.

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2024 GWM Haval H6 GT Ultra Review

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Competition may come from two other Chinese brands in the MG HS 2.0 Essence AWD (wagon) from $36,990 drive-away and the Chery Tiggo 7 1.6 litre turbo petrol engine delivering 150kW and 320Nm to all four wheels in the GT Ultra’s case. litres per 100km fuel efficiency using regular 91RON petrol.

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The electric year ahead: Every new EV coming to Australia in 2024

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Chery Omoda 5 EV Chery Omoda 5 EV. Sharing its basic layout and compact SUV body with the petrol-powered models that hit the market in 2023, the Chery Omoda 5 EV gets a unique front-end design that appears to improve aerodynamics. The Chinese-owned British brand made a big EV impact in 2023 with the excellent MG4.

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China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

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Pecotic, a China auto industry veteran, has had a previous stint with JAC when it briefly sold a diesel truck here a decade ago, as well as WMC (Foton) utes and MG, which is part of Chinese manufacturing giant SAIC. litre turbo-petrol engine. JAC is the latest Chinese brand to reveal extensive Aussie plans.