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Chery's Jaecoo offshoot is due to launch a small SUV with clear Range Rover Sport design inspiration in Australia next year as the sub-brand's most affordable model.
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Jaecoo – one of a number of sub-brands under Chinese car giant Chery – is due to launch the J5 small SUV in Australia in early 2026.
A small SUV similar in size to a Hyundai Kona or Toyota Corolla Cross, the Jaecoo J5 will slot beneath the J7 and J8 as the brand's smallest, and likely cheapest model, undercutting the $34,990 drive-away J7 Core.
Expected to lead the line-up on price is a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine, sending 108kW and 210Nm to the front wheels through a continuously-variable automatic transmission.
Hybrid power will be available, based around a 1.5-litre engine and electric motor thought to be shared with the related Chery Tiggo 4 Hybrid.
Sitting atop the line-up will be an electric J5, offering a driving range rating of 402km based on European WLTP testing.
If overseas models – and the related Chery E5 – are a guide, it will use a 150kW electric motor driving the front wheels, as well as a 61.1kWh battery that can be recharged from 30 to 80 per cent in a claimed 28 minutes at up to 80kW DC.
Measuring just under 4.4 metres long, the J5 is a compact SUV only slightly smaller than the current J7, and wears styling reminiscent of the current Range Rover Sport.
Standard features will include a 13.2-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, an 8.0-inch instrument display, a six-speaker stereo, and a 480-litre boot.
More details are due closer to the launch of the 2026 Jaecoo J5 in February next year, slightly later than the end-of-2025 timing originally forecast.
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Alex Misoyannis has been writing about cars since 2017, when he started his own website, Redline. He contributed for Drive in 2018, before joining CarAdvice in 2019, becoming a regular contributing journalist within the news team in 2020. Cars have played a central role throughout Alex’s life, from flicking through car magazines at a young age, to growing up around performance vehicles in a car-loving family. Highly Commended - Young Writer of the Year 2024 (Under 30) Rising Star Journalist, 2024 Winner Scoop of The Year - 2024 Winner
