It appears like Omoda & Jaecoo Malaysia nonetheless has some huge new launches deliberate, regardless of already debuting the Jaecoo J7 PHEV and J8 over the previous eight months. The corporate is holding the Omoda & Jaecoo Carnival at Desa Park Metropolis from August 21 to 24, and a seemingly innocuous promo picture reveals some stunning new fashions.
We have now, after all, seen each of those abroad earlier than. An important of those is the J5, revealed final yr as a smaller (and thus, cheaper) sibling to the favored J7. With its rectilinear Vary Rover Evoque-lite design, it ought to promote just like the proverbial sizzling muffins.
The automobile made its ASEAN debut in Indonesia in February as an EV (earlier than showing in Thailand), however it is going to doubtless be supplied in petrol guise at first. That model was showcased on the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity final month with deliveries set to begin within the UK later this yr. The corporate did beforehand promise a Malaysian launch within the fourth quarter of the yr, and it seems that for as soon as it is going to introduce a automobile on time.
Energy comes from Chery’s ubiquitous 1.6 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine. No output figures have been launched to date, however count on them to reflect the J7’s – 197 PS and 290 Nm of torque, doubtless despatched to the entrance wheels via that automobile’s seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
The opposite shock is the Omoda C9 PHEVwhich because the identify suggests is the plug-in hybrid model of the five-seater D-segment SUV. We really drove the automobile to victory in an eco problem in South Africa in February, overlaying 939 km from Cape City to Addo on a single tank and battery cost.
Trying virtually equivalent to its combustion-engined siblingthe PHEV utilises an upgraded model of the J7 PHEV’s Tremendous Hybrid System (SHS), centred across the similar 143 PS/215 Nm 1.5 litre turbo engine. In contrast to its smaller sibling, the C9 positive aspects triple electrical motors for all-wheel drive – a 102 PS/170 Nm and 122 PS/220 Nm pair of entrance motors and a 238 PS/310 Nm rear motor. There’s additionally a three-speed devoted hybrid transmission (DHT) instead of the J7’s single-speeder.
Altogether, the C9 PHEV produces 537 PS (Australian-market determine, different markets declare 598 PS and 915 Nm of torque), getting it from zero to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds. In the meantime, a 34.46 kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery delivers an electrical vary of 150 km on the WLTP cycle, and when paired with a 70 litre gasoline tank the whole vary is 1,100 km.
When it comes to charging, the C9 PHEV helps as much as 70 kW of DC quick charging, topping up the battery from 30 to 80% in 25 minutes. It would additionally settle for AC charging as much as 6.6 kW, taking 5 and a half hours to cost from 30 to 100%. With the common C9 topping out at RM188,800 for the AWD mannequin, count on the plug-in model to fit in just below the RM200,000 mark.
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