2025 Chery E5 evaluate | CarExpert


Chery’s first new-generation mannequin in Australia rapidly grew to become its first all-electric automobile in Australia too.

The Chery E5 (previously referred to as the Omoda E5) is the all-electric model of Chery’s distinctively styled C5 (previously the Omoda 5) small SUV, which spearheaded the Chinese language model’s return to the Australian market in 2023.

Aiming straight on the likes of the BYD Atto 3 and MG S5 EV, the E5 is an attainable compact electrical SUV that can value you related cash to an up-spec petrol-fired Kia Seltos or Mazda CX-30 – and now it’s even extra inexpensive.

Like its ICE-powered C5 sibling, the E5 trades laborious on worth and aftersales provisions, with inexpensive pricing and a protracted seven-year manufacturing unit guarantee. The E5 additionally gives aggressive efficiency and vary at this finish of the market.

On take a look at right here now we have the entry-level 2025 Chery E5 – now referred to as the City – which since being renamed has seen retail pricing drop by as a lot as $6000. It’s now priced listed from $36,990 plus on-road prices.

WATCH: Paul’s video evaluate of the 2023 Chery Omoda 5

The Chery model is steadily gaining momentum within the Australian market, registering 12,603 new autos in 2024 (up 114.0 per cent), with the Omoda 5 household (now C5 and E5) main the cost (6162 models, up 14.7 per cent).

Thus far in 2025, the Chery C5/E5 has been supplanted because the model’s top-seller Down Beneath by the extra inexpensive Tiggo 4 small SUV, however it stays in second place inside the Chery steady. Is that this base EV model price a glance?

Observe: The automobile pictured is an MY24 Chery Omoda E5, which aside from revised ‘CHERY’ badging changing the previous ‘OMODA’ script and a few minor specification adjustments, is successfully the identical automobile.

How a lot does the Chery E5 value?

For 2025, the Chery E5 has been renamed and repriced, with the bottom City now beginning at $36,990 plus on-road prices.