The Chery Omoda 7 has just been unveiled on the carmaker’s hometown in Wuhu, China. As an even bigger brother to the favored Omoda 5, it’s described as a sporty coupe SUV with wide ranging appeal. It combines three key design pillars: dynamic, avant-garde and futuristic.
It’s actually a striking looking SUV. The shark nose with borderless parametric grille looks to be inspired by the Lexus RX, as are the overall sharp angles seen throughout. Look closely and the front corners and also you’ll see a repeating hexagonal pattern that may light up, as a part of the “digital pixel design detail.”
The Omoda 7 rides on large 20-inch dual-tone alloys, while the wheel arch liners have a particular pattern on them. Suprisingly enough, the doorhandles are traditional pull-up items as an alternative of self-presenting pop-out designs favoured by a majority of latest cars coming out of China recently.
Around the back, the coupe-like roofline does lend it a little bit of a Range Rover Velar vibe, although the windowline with a outstanding kink over the rear fender matches that of the Omoda 5, making a neat family look of its own. The taillights have what’s called an electrical energy design – a series of connecting arrows that form a lightning bolt.
Size clever the Omoda 7 measures 4,621 mm long, 1,872 mm wide and 1,673 mm tall, with a wheelbase of two,700 mm. That’s considerably larger than the Omoda 5 (4,400 mm long, 1,830 mm wide, 1,588 mm tall, 2,630 mm wheelbase) in every way, and is way closer to the Honda CR-V (4,694 mm long, 1,865 mm wide, 1,681 mm tall, 2,700 mm wheelbase).
Inside is where it gets really interesting, because it features gaming-style elements. The steering wheel, as an example, is alleged to be inspired by a PlayStation 5 controller – easy to regulate, “maximising the playful experience” – while the front seats were modelled after gaming seats (which paradoxically were made to mimic automotive seats to start with). Fancy stitching, nubuck leather and quilting add on to the sporty feel and appear.
Meanwhile, the 15.6-inch centre touchscreen can actually slide to be positioned right in front of the passenger, to supply a more comfortable viewing angle on the move. The “space orbit sliding smart screen” – with 2.5K resolution and 1,000 nit brightness – will be controlled via gesture, voice and button prompts.
Other interesting features include integrated air freshener pods that infuse the chosen fragrance into the air con system (much like the Air Balance option on high-end Mercedes-Benz models) and a 12+2 speaker Sony audio system. The latter adds on a pair of small surround speakers inside the motive force’s headrest. There’s even an engine noise cancelling system for a quieter cabin!
Beyond that, the chassis (a stretched, reworked version of the Omoda 5 platform) has been upgraded with double hydraulic suspension and a sophisticated brake-by-wire system. As for ADAS, there’s a minimum of 18 features covering all the same old driving assist systems, plus a novel voice-activated lane change assist function.
Under the hood is a 1.5TGDi four-cylinder petrol engine, paired to a plug-in hybrid system. The engine itself is claimed to have the best thermal efficiency in its class of 44.5%, while the battery pack can provide as much as 95 km of pure-EV driving range. In hybrid mode it’s claimed to have a fuel consumption of 4.89 l/100 km, allowing a combined range of 1,250 km, at the very least in theory.
There may even be a pure-ICE version later, likely with a bigger 1.6 litre four-cylinder petrol engine like within the Jaecoo J7. Surprisingly nevertheless, unlike the Omoda 5, there won’t be an EV version of the Omoda 7.
So folks, what do you’re thinking that of the Omoda 7 – can it possibly be anywhere near as successful because the Omoda 5? Comment below!
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This Article First Appeared At paultan.org
