The Chery Omoda 5 gained’t simply be getting an all-electric choice in 2024 – the corporate plans so as to add a extra highly effective variant with all-wheel drive (AWD) subsequent 12 months as nicely.
Director of product and aftersales at Chery Australia, Lucas Harris, confirmed with CarExpert on the launch of the brand new Tiggo 7 Professional SUV that the MY24 Omoda line-up may even see the addition of the bigger turbocharged 1.6-litre engine with obtainable all-wheel drive.
“The MY24 Omoda 5 will add these variants – we’ll have a 1.6T and 1.6T AWD,” Mr Harris mentioned. When requested when in 2024 these variants would arrive, Mr Harris added the Omoda 5 1.6T needs to be “obtainable very early subsequent 12 months”.
Beforehand, Chery Australia has indicated there can be a pair of EX+ variations of the Omoda 5 coming to Australia with the turbocharged 1.6-litre engine, constructing on the prevailing top-spec EX model with the smaller 1.5T.
The Omoda 5 1.6T affords 145kW of energy and 290Nm of torque, with drive despatched to both the entrance or all 4 wheels by way of a seven-speed dual-clutch computerized. For reference, the Omoda 5 1.5T makes 115kW/230Nm, employs a repeatedly variable transmission (CVT), and is FWD solely.
Additional, the extra highly effective Omoda 5 fashions will swap out the prevailing vary’s torsion beam rear suspension for a extra refined multilink rear setup. This often leads to higher journey consolation notably over sharper hits on the rear, along with higher dealing with and road-holding.
Pricing and specification are nonetheless to be confirmed, although given the early 2024 signpost offered by Mr Harris, market particulars shouldn’t be far off.
The Omoda 5 launched in March, and thru to the top of October Chery has registered 4271 examples for a 3.5 per cent share of the VFACTS small SUV underneath $45,000 phase. That places the Chery basically on par with the likes of the Toyota C-HR (4750 models, 3.8 per cent share).
Additional to the addition of the 1.6T fashions, Chery Australia has confirmed it should additionally add an all-electric version of the Omoda 5 to the native vary round mid-2024, giving the Chinese language model a direct rival to fellow Chinese language choices just like the BYD Atto 3 and MG ZS EV.
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