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The Chery Tiggo X – based on the current Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid – has been confirmed for Australia with a non-hybrid 1.6-litre turbo-petrol engine.
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Chery has confirmed it will launch another seven-seat SUV in Australia, with the Tiggo X – related to the Tiggo 8, but with a less-powerful turbo-petrol engine – due by the end of the year.
The 2026 Chery Tiggo X will join the current Tiggo 8 Pro Max and Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid in local showrooms, along with the larger Tiggo 9 Super Hybrid due in the coming months.
A facelifted version of the Tiggo 8, the Tiggo X – sold in China as the Tiggo 8 Plus – shares its structure and footprint with the existing seven-seat SUV, but features a 1.6-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine instead of the Pro Max's 2.0-litre unit.
Power for the 1.6-litre turbo is officially rated at 137kW, while its torque figure is likely to be 275Nm – down from 150kW/310Nm for the Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid and 180kW/375Nm for the Tiggo 8 Pro Max.
With the current 2.0-litre turbo Tiggo 8 Pro Max available from $41,990 drive-away – or $38,990 including special offers – the 1.6-litre turbo Tiggo X could become one of Australia's cheapest seven-seat SUVs.
The Mahindra XUV700 from India officially holds the title of Australia's cheapest seven-seater with a $39,990 drive-away list price, or $36,990 including a limited-time offer for the XUV700 AX7.
"The Tiggo X will be coming to Australia by the end of the year," a Chery Australia spokesperson said. "Full details to be confirmed closer to [the] on-sale date."
In China, the 1.6-litre turbo Tiggo 8 Plus costs between 109,900 yuan ($AU23,500) and 139,900 yuan ($AU30,000), while a 2.0-litre turbo version is available for 159,900 yuan ($AU34,000).
Essentially, the Tiggo X is the non-plug-in hybrid version of the Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid, which it shares its side profile and dashboard with – but the Tiggo X has a different front and rear design.
It is now available in Europe and the United Kingdom, but it is marketed as the Tiggo 8 alongside the Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid, in a move thought to be mirrored in Australia before news of the Tiggo X name emerged this week.
More Australian details on the 2026 Chery Tiggo X seven-seat SUV will be confirmed closer to its launch by the end of the year.
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Jordan is a motoring journalist based in Melbourne with a lifelong passion for cars. He has been surrounded by classic Fords and Holdens, brand-new cars, and everything in between from birth, with his parents’ owning an automotive workshop in regional Victoria. Jordan started writing about cars in 2021, and joined the Drive team in 2024.
