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The sharp-edged 2026 Omoda 4 is the brand new title for the Omoda 3, a ‘world’ small SUV as a result of be launched across the identical dimension as rivals together with the Kia EV4, BYD Atto 2 and Toyota Corolla Cross.
The five-seat Omoda 4, which measures 4.4 metres lengthy, was first unveiled because the Omoda 3 idea in April, however the manufacturing model was revealed in China this week with its new title, earlier than it goes on sale in late 2026.
Full particulars together with powertrains, gear ranges, and pricing are nonetheless but to be introduced.
Omoda Australia advised Automotive Knowledgeable the Omoda 4 is into consideration for native showrooms, the place it could be part of the Omoda 9 giant SUV, the primary mannequin launched beneath the Omoda model right here in August 2025.
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In response to British publication Automotive, Omoda additionally confirmed plans to disclose an Omoda 4 Extremely within the coming days as a part of Chinese language auto model’s revised naming technique.
“We make the automobile with our prospects. Omoda 4 [name] higher meets their calls for. We wish our prospects to come back right here to inform us what they like, what they don’t like,” Omoda CEO Shawn Xu advised Automotive.
“With this data we will enhance ourselves. Half a 12 months after exhibiting the automobile [the Omoda 3] we had a lot extra suggestions that it [the name] wasn’t appropriate for this automobile. As a substitute the Omoda 4 is best, so we adopted that.”
The Omoda model is a part of Chery, which launched the Omoda Jaecoo model in Australia earlier this 12 months.
In August it launched its first stand-alone Omoda-badged car in Australia, the Omoda 9 plug-in hybrid (PHEV), as a rival to the BYD Sealion 6 and the Mitsubishi Outlander.
It affords extra room than earlier variations because it has an extended wheelbase, plus artificial leather-based upholstery, a digital instrument cluster, and a a big portrait-style infotainment touchscreen above a floating centre console.
Confirmed for launch in Europe and the UK in late 2026, the Omoda 4 – as its title suggests – will sit beneath the Omoda 5 (now bought because the Chery C5) electrical SUV when it comes to dimension, and might be pitched at a youthful viewers.
It’s based mostly on the identical T1X platform because the C5 and a number of other different Chery fashions, together with the Jaecoo J7 mid-size SUV additionally supplied right here.
The Omoda 4’s edgy exterior styling follows Chery’s method to differentiating its sub-brands visually, a method Mr Xu beforehand defined to CarExpert.
“I believe our product is a bit totally different when it comes to design language throughout the manufacturers. In order that’s, I believe, the primary alternative from a design perspective,” he mentioned.
“The second is our excessive stage of know-how, with Tremendous Hybrid and connectivity.”
Relying in the marketplace, the Omoda 4 might be obtainable with petrol, hybrid, PHEV and EV powertrains, the latter being a rival for the likes of the brand new BYD Atto 2 that’s due on sale right here in November.
Which powertrains the Omoda 4 might be supplied in Australia with is but to be confirmed, however given booming hybrid gross sales right here a model of the Omoda 9’s Tremendous Hybrid PHEV system is a powerful candidate.
If it’s bought right here, pricing for the Omoda 4 is more likely to be on par – or decrease than – rivals such because the hybrid-powered Corolla Cross, which is presently priced from $37,440.
Individually, Chery not too long ago introduced plans to launch the Lepas model in Australia in 2026.
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