2025 Chery Tiggo 9 large SUV here in July
Seven-seat family-hauler poised to bolster Chery’s SUV line-up and offer a 1400km fuel rangeThe Chery Tiggo 9 has been confirmed for Australia and will arrive Down Under by mid-2025.
Set to become the flagship of Chery Australia’s portfolio, the Tiggo 9 will give the Chinese challenger brand a foothold in the lucrative large SUV segment currently ruled by the Toyota Kluger, Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento.
“At this stage we’re looking at late first half of next year, that’s our rough guide on timing,” Chery Australia chief operating officer Lucas Harris told carsales.
“It’s a much bigger car than Tiggo 8 … for us it’ll be a real flagship and be quite luxurious inside.”
The Tiggo 9 is offered in its native market with the choice of a 190kW turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine – available in front- and all-wheel drive – or an advanced plug-in hybrid (PHEV) system supposedly good for more 1400km (WLTC) on a full fuel load.
Both powertrains are on the cards for Australia at the time of writing with Harris also hinting at the emergence of a middling hybrid system.
“We have PHEV available globally and next year I think we’ll see some of the HEV and PHEV technology coming to Australia,” he said.
It’s also likely Australian versions of the Tiggo 9 will be some of the most highly-specified versions in the world, given Chery’s commitment to boosting the value proposition of its cars in our market.
A widescreen digital dash, for example, which combines two 15.6-inch high-resolution displays is likely to be offered as standard.
Harris nominated the Kluger, Sorento and Santa Fe as the key competitors for the Tiggo 9 but promised the Chery to “be better value”.
Chery Australia now has more than 70 dealers across the country offering three key SUV models: the small Omoda 5, the Tiggo 7 mid-sizer and large Tiggo 8.
A smaller SUV, the Tiggo 4 Pro, will also arrive this year while a Chery dual-cab ute could also be on the cards within the next 18-24 months.
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