Chery teases new Omoda C3 child SUV

The battle amongst Australia’s small SUVs will get a brand new entrant later this 12 months from Chery’s spin-off model, Omoda.

The Chinese language carmaker has confirmed it can reveal a brand new city-sized runabout, the Omoda C3 compact SUV, at a media occasion in Wuhu following a barrage of latest mannequin arrivals as a result of be unveiled at subsequent week’s Shanghai motor present.

Chery but to launch any official info on the C3, apart from a line-drawing design sketch that signifies the automobile will characteristic an angular exterior that’s paying homage to a child Lamborghini Urus, a theme which carries over into the inside with a symmetrical cabin structure separating the entrance seat occupants.

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It has, nonetheless, supplied a extra definitive glimpse of what it can appear like through a glitch-heavy teaser video launched on social media that, when capturing a single body, showcases its chunky wide-body look, two-tone black-on-blue paint work and complex alloy wheel design.

Chery says the C3 incorporates a cyber-inspired aesthetic and that it will likely be positioned under the Omoda C5, which is predicted to drop the Omoda nameplate later this 12 months as the corporate intends to spin-off Omoda as one other sub-brand alongside Jaecoo.

“Combining lightning and cyber-futuristic sharpness, the result’s an exterior and inside that rewrites the principles of automotive artwork,” the model mentioned in an announcement.

It’s unclear whether or not the C3 will have the ability to hold that nameplate in Australia if it joins the Omoda vary, as Citroen owns the trademark to the nomenclature regionally. Though the French model is not formally promoting autos in Australia, the C3 trademark just isn’t up for renewal till 2031.

Earlier than the covers come off the C3, Omoda has additionally confirmed that plug-in hybrid variants of the Omoda C5 and C7 will likely be revealed on the Shanghai present subsequent week, in addition to an electrical model of the smaller Jaecoo J5.

Each the C5 and C7 will utilise the identical ‘Tremendous Hybrid System’ discovered within the Jaecoo J7 that launched in Australia final month, pairing a 105kW/215Nm 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with a 150kW electrical motor, 18.3kWh battery and a devoted hybrid transmission to drive the entrance wheels.

The J7 has most mixed outputs of 255kW/525Nm, an electric-only driving vary of 90km (WLTP), and a complete driving vary of roughly 1200km on a single tank of gas.

The smaller Jaecoo J5 is already earmarked to reach in Australia later this 12 months as a rival to the likes of the Hyundai Kona, Nissan Qashqai and Toyota Yaris Cross, with common variants set to be powered by a 1.6-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine that delivers 137kW and 275Nm through a seven-speed dual-clutch automated transmission.

Jaecoo has confirmed it can additionally reveal a battery-electric model in Shanghai subsequent week.