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Chery is rising quickly in Australia, and it’s including one other SUV nameplate to its native lineup.
The Chinese language model has confirmed it’ll launch the seven-seat Tiggo X by the top of this 12 months, after it appeared in authorities approval paperwork this week.
Chery says it’ll affirm extra info on this automobile nearer to its on-sale date.
Naming-wise, the Tiggo X is an odd departure for the model which had been ditching suffixes from its Tiggo SUV nameplates – the Tiggo 4 Professional, for instance, turned the Tiggo 4 for mannequin 12 months 2026 (MY26).
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Above: Tiggo X photos from authorities paperwork
Photos within the certification paperwork present what seem like a brand new, facelifted model of the Tiggo 8 Professional Max that’s bought in China because the Tiggo 8 Plus.
Chery has confirmed the Tiggo 8 will proceed to be obtainable in Australia alongside the Tiggo X, however hasn’t specified whether or not that will probably be simply the just lately launched Tremendous Hybrid plug-in hybrid (PHEV) or the turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol-powered Tiggo 8 Professional Max as properly.
The Tiggo X is listed as providing solely a turbocharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engine providing 136kW of energy, mated with a seven-speed dual-clutch automated transmission (DCT). Drive is distributed to the entrance wheels solely.
The Chinese language-market Tiggo 8 Plus additionally has a turbo 1.6-litre and a seven-speed DCT, although it has outputs of 145kW and 290Nm.
Above and under: Chinese language-market Tiggo 8 Plus
The Australian-market Tiggo 8 Professional Max, in distinction, has a bigger 2.0-litre turbo 4 with outputs of 180kW and 375Nm, mated with a seven-speed DCT, and is obtainable with both front- or all-wheel drive.
Unusually, the scale listed within the Australian certification submitting are barely completely different to the Tiggo 8 Plus bought in China.
It’s listed as being 4687mm lengthy, 1862mm vast and 1715mm tall on a 2694mm wheelbase.
The Tiggo 8 Professional Max, in distinction, is 4720mm lengthy, 1860mm vast, 1705mm tall and rides a 2710mm wheelbase. The Chinese language-market Tiggo 8 Plus additionally has a 2710mm wheelbase, so it’s unclear if that is merely an enter error.
Whereas these approval paperwork don’t present inside photos, the Tiggo 8 Plus has the newer inside design launched in Australia with the Tiggo 8 Tremendous Hybrid.
This incorporates a bigger, free-standing 15.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system, together with a ten.25-inch digital instrument cluster, as a substitute of twin 12.3-inch screens in the identical meeting just like the Tiggo 8 Professional Max.
Chery Australia wouldn’t affirm precisely what its lineup will appear like getting into 2026.
Above: Tiggo 8 Professional Max and Tiggo 8 Tremendous Hybrid
Nevertheless, at this level it seems it’ll provide the Tiggo 4 small SUV in petrol and hybrid guises; the petrol-powered C5 small SUV and its electric-only E5 twin; the Tiggo 7 medium SUV in petrol and Tremendous Hybrid guises; the Tiggo 8 and Tiggo X ‘giant’ SUVs; and the flagship Tiggo 9 Tremendous Hybrid.
When you thought Chery’s native lineup was complicated, think about the very fact the model has 5 automobiles throughout the Tiggo 8 household alone.
4 of those are primarily the identical automobile with both beauty or powertrain variations, however there’s additionally the Tiggo 8L which is bought abroad because the Tiggo 9.
The Chinese language-market Tiggo 9, in distinction, is bought right here because the Jaecoo J8 underneath the separate Omoda Jaecoo model.
MORE: Discover the Chery Tiggo 8 showroom
