Chery Australia has simply launched Tremendous Hybrid plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variants of its beforehand petrol-only Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 8 SUVs, and now the subsequent mannequin within the lineup is ready to go with out petrol choices altogether.
The Chery Tiggo 9 Tremendous Hybrid is due in Australia within the third quarter (July to September) of 2025, and it has now been confirmed that it’ll solely be accessible on this PHEV guise – a turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol powertrain, accessible abroad, received’t be provided right here at launch.
Talking on the native launch for the Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 8 Tremendous Hybrids, Chery Australia chief working officer Lucas Harris confirmed to CarExpert that the model will “solely introduce the Tremendous Hybrid variant of Tiggo 9” and outlined a number of the explanation why.
“Frankly, I feel it’s a greater automotive. We, as a world enterprise, are far more targeted on transferring in the direction of new vitality, which is clearly Tremendous Hybrid and BEV (battery-electric car),” he stated.
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“The Tremendous Hybrid Tiggo 9 efficiency is phenomenal, I feel we’ll have the ability to worth it – like our different merchandise – very competitively, and to have the ability to ship nice worth.
“I’m simply unsure that in our lineup, in the event you take a look at all the best way from Tiggo 4 proper via to Tiggo 9, it doesn’t make sense in that lineup to introduce an [internal combustion] Tiggo 9.”
Chery Australia hasn’t confirmed efficiency, vary or financial system figures, however has confirmed the native Tiggo 9 Tremendous Hybrid will use a turbo 1.5-litre engine mated with a three-speed Devoted Hybrid Transmission, just like the Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 8.
For context, the petrol powertrain accessible abroad encompasses a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, paired with an eight-speed Aisin automated transmission, with drive despatched to all 4 wheels.
“If we had been to introduce [the petrol] hypothetically, it most likely would find yourself being priced very equally to a Tiggo 8 plug-in hybrid, for instance,” Mr Harris instructed CarExpert.
“Through which case, it doesn’t make a lot sense, and the driving expertise in these Tremendous Hybrids is simply so a lot better than any ICE car. I simply don’t assume it might add any depth to the product vary by providing too many fashions.”
Pricing for the Tiggo 9 has but to be confirmed, although the smaller Tiggo 8 Tremendous Hybrid is priced from $45,990 to $49,990 drive-away.
The Tiggo 9 Tremendous Hybrid is subsequently anticipated to be dearer, seemingly round $55,000, though it may nonetheless considerably undercut rivals such because the Mazda CX-80 P50e (priced from $76,245 earlier than on-roads) and the Kia Sorento PHEV (from $84,660 earlier than on-roads).
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