Chery Omoda5 2023 News

CarsGuide's top 10 reviews of 2023 revealed

By James Cleary · 30 Dec 2023

EVs are on the rise, emerging brands from China are stealing a lot of the headlines and head-to-head comparison tests hit the mark for many, as reflected in the Top 10 most popular reviews we published this year. Here’s the countdown from 10 to one.

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Chery Omoda 5 EV details firm up

By Chris Thompson · 17 Oct 2023

A new fully electric version of the Chery Omoda 5 is on the way, with new details being confirmed for the model in Europe where its branding is simply ‘Omoda’, ditching the Chery brand used here.

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Chery Omoda 5 ANCAP airbag fail

By Laura Berry · 01 Aug 2023

The Chery Omoda 5 small SUV has been awarded the maximum five-star safety rating by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) following CarsGuide's call to have 'faulty' lane keeping tech revised.

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What is Australia's best selling small SUV?

By Tim Nicholson · 10 Jul 2023

SUVs made by Chinese manufacturers have climbed to the top of the SUV sales charts in some segments, leaving popular brands like Mazda, Kia and Mitsubishi in their wake. Just a few years ago Chinese brands like MG were slowly making their presence felt, but now they are dominating one segment in particular.

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This Chinese SUV is outselling Mitsubishi ASX

By Tim Nicholson · 25 Jun 2023

Well who saw this coming? One of Australia’s favourite models toppled by a newcomer with little to no brand recognition! That’s precisely what happened last month in the hotly contested small SUV segment.

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Chery Omoda pricing goes drive-away

By Chris Thompson · 07 Jun 2023

One of Australia's most aggressively priced small SUVs - the Chery Omoda 5 - has had a pricing adjustment, bringing its cost up to a national drive-away price.

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A new cheap electric SUV is coming - report

By Chris Thompson · 02 May 2023

The electric version of one of the newest SUVs to reach Australian shores from China, the Chery Omoda 5, is on its way, with images from its home country now revealing its look.

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Chery admits Omoda 5 needs fixing

By Laura Berry · 29 Apr 2023

Months after scathing reviews of the new Chery Omoda 5, the Chinese brand admits the model was faulty at the time of its Australian launch earlier this year but tells us the problem has now been fixed.

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Annoyingly, these safety systems work

By Tom White · 23 Apr 2023

These safety systems are annoying and potentially dangerous. So why does the data say that they work?

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The hard truth about Chinese cars

By Stephen Ottley · 10 Apr 2023

To say Australians have embraced Chinese cars is an understatement. In recent years we have bought cars from China in increasingly huge numbers. In 2022 China was the fourth-largest source of cars sold in Australia - behind Japan, Thailand and South Korea - with more than 122,000 examples sold. But five years ago, back in 2017, Chinese-made cars didn’t even feature in the top 15 in sales. In fact

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