Cut price new family SUV incoming! 2026 Chery Tiggo X expected as a budget-friendly seven-seat SUV to tackle the Mitsubishi Outlander and Nissan X-Trail

Chery’s SUV offensive rolls on.

The Chinese carmaker is pumping out high-riding family wagons at an express pace via its Chery, Jaecoo and Omoda brands.

The Chery Tiggo X could be the next SUV to arrive, and the third seven-seat option in Chery’s local line-up, after it was approved for sale by the Australian Government regulator. Chery Australia said it is due in showrooms towards the end of the year.

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Chery’s latest SUV appears to be a seven-seat version of the Tiggo 7 mid-size SUV or a shrunken version of the larger Tiggo 8, and puts it on a collision course with three-row versions of the Mitsubishi Outlander and Nissan X-Trail.

It brings the same styling updates as the recently upgraded Tiggo 7, but has a stretched wheelbase and dimensions to help accommodate families on a budget.

It also uses the 137kW/275Nm 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine, seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and front-wheel drive setup as found in the outgoing Tiggo 7.

The updated Tiggo 7 now uses a smaller 1.5-litre turbo-petrol motor that makes 108kW and 210Nm and is paired to a six-speed dual-clutch auto.

2026 Chery Tiggo 7 five seat SUV

That recent power update to the Tiggo 7 gives the incoming Tiggo X an even bigger point of difference to its smaller sibling.

It is heavily outgunned by the bigger Tiggo 8, which uses a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine to make 180kW and 375Nm

The Tiggo X measures 4697mm long, 1862mm wide, 1715mm tall and with a wheelbase of 2694mm, slotting in just under the Tiggo 8 large SUV.

This bodes well for an extremely sharp price tag that will likely land somewhere in the mid-$30,000 range, drive-away.

2026 Chery Tiggo 7 five seat SUV

That puts the Tiggo X on target to be the cheapest seven-seat SUV in Australia. The deal would be sweetened even further thanks to Chery’s seven year/unlimited km warranty, and a capped-price servicing program and roadside assistance of the same length.

Buyers can expect a generous array of in-car tech with twin 12.3-inch screens — one for the multimedia and the other for the driver display — wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and lots of active driver aids.