Chery Omoda 5

Chery Malaysia, more than a year after the initial announcement for its return, has officially launched the all-new 2023 Omoda 5 here.

With its modern design, intelligent technology, and comprehensive safety features, it offers a build with great attention to detail and functionality.

Locally-assembled (CKD) in Kulim, Kedah (Inokom), Chery’s new B-Segment SUV comes in two variants (Omoda 5 C - MYR 108,800, Omoda 5 H - MYR 118,800). 

Prices (OTR, w/o insurance) include a seven-year/150,000 KM vehicle warranty, a five-year free service, and a 10-year/1,000,000 KM engine warranty (first 3,000 units). 

Seven exterior colours. Khaki White, Dark Black, Phantom Grey, Dark Black with Red Stripe, Khaki White/Black with Red Stripe, Phantom Grey with Red Stripe (C) and Khaki White with Red Stripe (H).

The all-new Omoda 5 has a modern and minimalist dashboard. A clean and airy layout, featuring premium quality materials, such as silver trims and soft-touch panels.

Headlining the black themed leather-wrapped dash is a twin-screen setup (20.50-Inch), and accentuating the ambience is a 64-colour ambient lighting.

Overall, the cockpit is well designed with all the buttons purposefully arranged, driver-centric, user-friendly, and stealthily-embedded in the trim.

All-black, high-quality and comfortable. Interior of the five-seater is upholstered in faux leather/fabric combination (C) and full faux leather (H).

The driver seat features six-way power adjustments and ventilation functions (H), while the passenger seat gets manual adjustments. Rear seats (60:50 split-fold).

Mounted is a three-spoke flat-bottomed leather steering wheel, featuring multi-switches (Bluetooth, Media, Drive Mode), column adjustments (tilt, telescopic) and an Electric Power Steering (EPS) system. 

Accessing its powered-tailgate (C - remote control, H - hands-free) opens up to 360-Litres of boot space (1,075-Litres - rear seats folded).

Angularly-chiselled and -athletic, exuding an overall sporty and modern outlook, it parades Chery’s ‘Art of Motion’ design language.

Aerodynamically-sculpted, the front-end features a wide and star-studded grille, which the outer edges where the framing would be, merges seamlessly with the bumper.

Paired to it is a stretched-out lower air-intake, and perfecting the whole layout are silver trimmings (top-grille, top-air-intake).

Differentiating the C and H variants are red highlights (front lower grille, side mirrors, lower doors, rear spoiler), featured exclusively on the latter.

The coupe-esque rear-end adds abundant to the whole sporty and modern appeal, with sharp contours adorning the view, primarily the middle of the tailgate. 

Featured is a simple roof-edge spoiler, a rakish rear window with blacked-out rear pillars, and a pointed tailgate, of which underscores the Chery script in the middle.

Completing the outlook, the borderline bulging bumper is fitted with a large but neat-looking exhaust-integrated (silver-trimmed) black diffuser.

Differentiating the C and H variants are red highlights (front lower grille, side mirrors, lower doors, rear spoiler), featured exclusively on the latter.

Fiercely-framed at the lower edges of the bumper, the split headlamps are angular-looking, projecting an arrow-esque design. Fitted are full LED units.

Positioned at the top and linked with the grille are the slim and slit-like, T-shaped LED Daytime Running Lights (DRL). 

Standard function is Headlamp Automatic Control (HMA). The H variant adds on sequential LED turning lights, welcome lights and animated start-up lights.

The tail lamps are housed in a full-width strip design (lightbar-style), very thin and angular with a wrapped-around arrow-esque edge.

Installed are full LED units, and like the front, the H variant gets sequential LED turning lights, welcome lights and animated start-up lights (‘Ceremonial Lighting Effect’).

Sportily designed, fitted is a set of 18-Inch star-like-spoke alloy rims, wrapped in Giti Comfort F50 215/55 R18 tyres.

Standard, the finish comes in black for both variants. The H variant is differentiated by red highlights.

Completing the twin setup, installed is a 10.25-Inch unit, supporting Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Intelligent Voice Assistant, USB and Bluetooth.

The all-new Omoda 5 harbours a 1.5-Litre turbocharged inline four-cylinder petrol engine, producing 156 HP/115-KW and 230 NM of torque. 

Fitted is a nine-speed CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) automatic transmission with electronic shifter (Tiptronic).

The all-new 2023 Chery Omoda 5 is a great compact SUV. First, it offers a strikingly edgy exterior appeal, and great interior space.

Second, its shell envelopes a modern cockpit, featuring a myriad of advanced connectivity, safety systems and creature comfort features.

Overall, its build quality is very satisfactory inside and out, and the all-new Omoda 5 is surely a crossover for the Malaysians to consider.