The Range Rover Evoque-rivalling Jaecoo 5 will go on sale this summer, priced from £24,505.
The 5 will become the second model in the Chery-owned brand’s UK range following the popular 7, which has amassed 8399 sales so far this year.
At launch, the 5 will be powered by a 145bhp 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine. Details on the EV variant will follow in the “coming weeks”.
Visually, the Jaecoo 5 is a shrunken version of the 7, with near-identical front and rear end designs, but with a shorter wheelbase and a more raked roofline.
The entry-level 5 comes with a 13.2in vertical touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and all-round parking cameras.
The 5 will be sold in two trim levels: Pure and Luxury. Entry-level equipment includes a six-speaker audio system, six-way adjustable seats, and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. For £28,000, Luxury trim adds a panoramic roof, wireless phone charging, and heated and ventilated front seats.
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JLR started a JV with Chery in 2012 to build cars in China - apparently it is being wound up (although it appears that a wide range of Jaguar models will remain in production until September). I'm sure Chery/Jaecoo will not apply any of their JLR expertise to these models, including the new Freelander, or maybe not...
Is this article really comparing a Chinese Jaecoo 5 to a Range Rover Evoque? That is so far off the mark it's laughable. The Range Rover badge alone will be worth more than the entire Jaecoo 5 in two years.
Anyway you look at it this latest offering from Jaecoo in amazing value fot money, it undercuts the Dacia Bigster by £700 and is better equipped, I've seen a Jaecoo 7 and it is quite an imposing looking SUV with really good interior and it is no surprise to me that over 8000 have been sold in six months. Is it good for these Chinese cars being sold here ? I'm old enough to remember when the first Japanese cars came on sale here over fifty years, bringing reliable well equpped cars sold at a reasonable price . Then as now we had all the major European manufacturers complained about these new imports citing that the Japanese were dumping the products on to the UK market. As things turned out the damage was limited Chrysler sold it's European operations to PSA but it forced the European manufacturers to up their game by improving product quality often using Japanese methods. The only real casualty was British Leyland who already had their own problems and despite selling off every non core activity they had and collaborating with Honda finally threw in the towel thirty years later and sold their assets to SAIC a Chinese company, rather ironic isn't it?