Chery Tiggo 4 small SUV confirmed for Australia
Chery is preparing its smallest model yet for Australia, due in local showrooms by the end of this year.
The 2025 Chery Tiggo 4 small SUV is due in local showrooms by the end of this year as the new smallest – and likely most affordable – model from the car maker in Australia.
The Tiggo 4 is a small SUV to rival the likes of Hyundai Kona and GWM Haval Jolion, and is about six centimetres shorter bumper to bumper than the Chery Omoda 5 already on sale in Australia.
While the Omoda 5 is a new design – unveiled in 2021 – the Chery Tiggo 4 went on sale in China in 2017 as the Tiggo 5x, and has had three styling updates in that time.
The version coming to Australia is expected to be the latest facelifted version unveiled shortly after the 2024 Beijing motor show, with restyled front and rear fascias, and a new interior with Omoda 5-like twin screens.
Prices are yet to be confirmed, but given it is smaller than the Omoda 5, the Tiggo 4 is likely to cost less than its larger sibling's $33,990 drive-away starting price.
It would give Chery a closer rival to sub-$30,000 small SUVs such as non-hybrid versions of the GWM Haval Jolion ($28,490 to $36,990 drive-away).
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In right-hand-drive markets such as South Africa, the Tiggo 4 is available with the Omoda 5's 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine developing 108kW/210Nm.
"We'll obviously have [the electric Omoda] E5 as the next cab off the rank, and then after that, we've got Tiggo 4, which will be this side of Christmas," Chery Australia chief operating officer Lucas Harris told Drive.
"We're just working through some of the finer details for that at the moment, and as the details firm up a bit we'll share more."
Few images of the Tiggo 4 have been published online – all from attendees of a media preview event in China, rather than distributed by Chery itself.
The updated Tiggo 4 in overseas markets gains a new front fascia similar to the Tiggo 9 SUV sold in China, as well as a full-width LED tail-light bar with 'CHERY' branding.
Inside, there is now a pair of large displays for instruments and infotainment – integrated into one wide panel – plus a downsized electronic gear selector.
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