Chery Tiggo 9: 422bhp, seven-seat PHEV offers 91-mile EV range for £43k

Chinese brand's flagship SUV has double the power of its siblings and longer electric range than any other PHEV Chery has added a new seven-seat plug-in hybrid SUV to its UK range, touting performance and range figures that outpace most rivals. The Chinese brand came to the UK earlier this year with a pair of mid-sized SUVs, the Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 8, after sibling brands Omoda and Jaecoo had rapidly built up a sizeable market share. Priced from £43,105, the Tiggo 9 undercuts the PHEV versions of the similarly sized Volkswagen Tayron and Kia Sorento to become one of the UK's cheapest seven-seat PHEVs - although the slightly smaller Tiggo 8 is cheaper still. Closely related to the inbound Jaecoo 8, the Tiggo 9 uses an evolution of Chery's Super Hybrid drivetrain, which combines a 1.5-litre turbo petrol engine with a pair of electric motors and a starter-generator in the gearbox. It's much more powerful than the brand's smaller SUVs, producing a combined 422bhp and 428b ft of torque to

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Chery Tiggo 9: 422bhp, seven-seat PHEV offers 91-mile EV range for £43k

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Chinese brand's flagship SUV has double the power of its siblings and longer electric range than any other PHEV

Chery has added a new seven-seat plug-in hybrid SUV to its UK range, touting performance and range figures that outpace most rivals.

The Chinese brand came to the UK earlier this year with a pair of mid-sized SUVs, the Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 8, after sibling brands Omoda and Jaecoo had rapidly built up a sizeable market share.

Priced from £43,105, the Tiggo 9 undercuts the PHEV versions of the similarly sized Volkswagen Tayron and Kia Sorento to become one of the UK's cheapest seven-seat PHEVs - although the slightly smaller Tiggo 8 is cheaper still.

Closely related to the inbound Jaecoo 8, the Tiggo 9 uses an evolution of Chery's Super Hybrid drivetrain, which combines a 1.5-litre turbo petrol engine with a pair of electric motors and a starter-generator in the gearbox.

It's much more powerful than the brand's smaller SUVs, producing a combined 422bhp and 428b ft of torque to give a 0-62mph time of just 5.4sec - significantly quicker than its closest rivals.

With a 34.5kWh battery under the floor, it's good for 91 miles of electric-only running on the WLTP cycle - eclipsing the Volkswagen Golf eHybrid to offer the longest EV range of any PHEV on sale.

Plus, with a maximum DC charging speed of 71kW, it can top up almost as quick as some fully electric cars: a 30-80% refill can take just 18 minutes.

Chery will sell the Tiggo 9 here in just one highly specified trim level: Summit. It comes with heated and ventilated seats front and rear (with massage function up front), dual-zone climate control, ambient lighting, a wireless phone charger, 20in alloy wheels and a 14-speaker Sony sound system.

The Tiggo 9 runs wireless smartphone mirroring through a large 15.6in central touchscreen, which sits next to a 10.25 digital driver's display.

Chery said the Tiggo 9 has been "fine-tuned for UK and European roads" at its R&D centre in Germany and as a result promises "smooth, stable and confident performance across all conditions".

Customer deliveries will begin in December.

The entry-level Tiggo 4 – a Jeep Avenger-sized crossover with a pure-petrol powertrain – will follow it next year.

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