Chery Tiggo 4 PRO vs Kia Picanto

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Chery Tiggo 4 PRO
Chery Tiggo 4 PRO

$21,990 - $24,990

2025 price

Kia Picanto
Kia Picanto

$18,888 - $24,450

2024 price

Summary

2025 Chery Tiggo 4 PRO
2024 Kia Picanto
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 1.5L

Inline 4, 1.2L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
7.3L/100km (combined)

5.0L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Brakes feel soft
  • Poor grip in the wet
  • Active safety needs improvement

  • Minimal interior upgrades for 2024
  • Feeling its age
  • Fuel consumption is so-so
2025 Chery Tiggo 4 PRO Summary

Chery would likely prefer you forget its initial foray into the Australian market, but doing so would do a disservice to the brand.

We don’t need to go into the nitty gritty of what went wrong back then, but needless to say the first Chery models of around 15 years ago were not particularly good.

Since its return in 2022 Chery is unrecognisable from that first attempt at cracking this market. The Omoda 5, the first model of its relaunch, was flawed but light years ahead of the earlier models in terms of design, presentation and build quality.

It has since expanded with the larger Tiggo 7 Pro and Tiggo 8 Pro Max SUVs and then in late 2024 it added this, the Tiggo 4 Pro. This is Chery’s answer to the likes of the Hyundai Venue, Mazda CX-30, Toyota Yaris Cross, etc in what’s known as the ‘light SUV’ segment.

Chery had a very good 2024, more than doubling its sales, so there are clear signs the brand is enjoying far greater success with its second attempt in Australia.

But is the Tiggo 4 Pro worth buying, if you’re in the market for a compact SUV? Let’s answer that question as we go through all the details.

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2024 Kia Picanto Summary

If you're feeling the cost of living sting, there's a good chance you've scaled back your ambitions for your next new car. You may have even looked at some of Australia's most affordable brand-new vehicles and the Kia Picanto is one of them.

It's one of the few brand-new options left with a before-on-roads starting price of under $20,000 and it's one of the few non-performance models left which can still be chosen as a manual.

It's one thing to be affordable, though, and quite another to be good value - so does the freshly updated 2024 Picanto have what it takes to stack up against more expensive options? Let's take a look.

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Deep dive comparison

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