The Lepas model will formally land in Malaysia within the first half of subsequent 12 months, Chery Company Malaysia has revealed to Malaysian media on the ongoing 2025 Chery Worldwide Person Summit at its headquarters in Wuhu, China.
The Lepas mannequin that can lead the model’s entry into the Malaysian market has but to be decided, nonetheless Chery Company Malaysia has indicated a choice for the L8, presently the most important mannequin from Lepas, to maximise the excellence between itself and different SUV merchandise from the Chery and Omoda | Jaecoo manufacturers.
There has but to be indicative Malaysian pricing for the L8. Different fashions throughout the Lepas line-up presently consists of the L6, a C-segment SUV, and the L4, the smallest of the trio, concentrating on the A0 phase.
With the Lepas model formally launched earlier this 12 months at Auto Shanghai 2025 following its preliminary introduction in October final 12 months as a model that’s aimed on the “next-generation city elites specializing in household,”, the first Lepas automobile to roll off the manufacturing line was the L8, which rolled out in April this 12 months.
The Lepas L8 is a two-row, five-seater SUV that can get a variety of powertrain varieties, together with a 1.5 litre turbocharged petrol inline-four cylinder plug-in hybrid. This outputs 279 PS and 365 Nm, driving the entrance wheels by means of a stepless DHT transmission.
Early particulars on the Lepas L8 state that the five-seater mannequin will get a 18.4 kWh LFP battery, which is claimed to be a more recent iteration of the 18.3 kWh LFP unit discovered within the Tiggo 8 PHEV.
Fashions beneath the Lepas banner are designed following what the corporate calls ‘Leopard Aesthetic’, and the Lepas model title is a fusion of the phrases ‘leap’ and ‘ardour’. An instance of how the title is pronounced is present in official Lepas Worldwide communication right here.
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