Great to see Chery is listening to their customers. The more competition we have here the better. Totally agree re sunroof cover, translucent sunroof covers are ridicules in Australia. Excellent review Dimitri.

@ValueCarsAU

3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. I think Chery is improving worldwide, some good info coming from SA, hopefully we'll have similar expansion here in AU.

Thanks for the nice coverage of an improved Cherry mate. A van, a dual cab Ute and an SUV would be awesome. Well done to Cherry as well.

@ValueCarsAU

3 ай бұрын

They are on the verge of announcing release of a Ute in SA mate, so there's hope for AU down the track for sure (as we're a similar market to SA)

Nice car for the price.Very hard to beat .I would consider this as a trade for my MGzst that I bought right there .Ryde MG was there now I see Chery lol.Nice review Dimitri.

@ValueCarsAU

3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. My only problem with Omoda 5 is that it's small.

Nice video! Confirmed that Jaecoo is coming to Australia. Will you be making a video for this?

@ValueCarsAU

3 ай бұрын

If they do, of course I will. Where have you heard about this being confirmed?

I had a test-drive of one today and was really impressed with everything that the car offered, and was seriously considering buying it, but was very disappointed with the amount of road-noise when driving. Short distances around town would have been fine but not for long distances, the sound would be unacceptable. If the manufacturer could fix this problem, I would definitely buy one. Also, the wind-noise around the side mirrors was noticeable.

@ValueCarsAU

10 күн бұрын

Yep road noise, generally flimsy build quality that you notice over time and after a while of looking at a few of these, but initially and short-burst drives around town, it's great.

tbh in cherry products including this one with the 1.6 engine and their dct. it actually has some kick and some nice acceleration to it. which makes it really close competitor to other brands. the only matter in question is long term reliability in my opinion

@ValueCarsAU

3 ай бұрын

I agree. It feels more fun and punchy to drive for sure. Long-term reliability - only time will tell. No one else, not me, not some other channel would be able to conclusively say if this build will last a long time.

@mr.knight1359

3 ай бұрын

​@@ValueCarsAU where i live with the experience people had with chinese cars even old models like chery a13 or like jac j5 for example. usually chinese cars were kinda ok on the engine part. basically if you service it on time it can work a decent time. but the biggest problem with chinese car were and still are the transmissions. the cvt or early dct gearboxes they have. are really bad. not good shifting plus they can barely reach 80k or 100k kilometers of work. always something would go wrong with their transmissions

The only comment i can make is that the rear windows are becoming way to narrow, sure you have a camera but when its raining the lens gets covered with water, so unusable. The other point is with the seats, WHY cant they have adjustment for under thigh support and i really wish they would realise these are not race cars and need much softer seats. In Australia we travel long distances and the are not designed for that.

@ValueCarsAU

26 күн бұрын

I completely agree, not practical at all. But funky for city driving (it's only real use, to be honest)

Is there a lot of difference from the EX to the GT? Has the rear view mirror improved??

@ValueCarsAU

Ай бұрын

No geometry or visibility improvements from what I could see. It's mostly in the engine and performance department.

@Kerri3311

Ай бұрын

@@ValueCarsAU is the upgrade worth it do you think? Does the GT only take premium unleaded?

@kindness-villain

Ай бұрын

​@@Kerri3311The engine, gearbox, and rear wheel suspension structure have all been upgraded. It also has an awd four-wheel drive system. The improvements in gt and ex are huge. If you have enough funds, buy gt, or wait another month to buy jaecoo j7

Don't you guys have a Tiggo 8 Pro Max in Australia?

@ValueCarsAU

28 күн бұрын

Recently they've added it to a line-up here, but how is it related to the topic of this video?

@Mannys_World

28 күн бұрын

@ValueCarsAU You mentioned that if there was more space at the back, then it would be a no-brainer. Since Omoda is basically a Chery, the Tiggo 8 Pro Max would be a bigger version without sacrificing performance or luxury. That was basically my thought process behind my comment.

I just looked at their website and they are advertising the 1.5 - I gather the 1.6 model has not be released officially?

@ValueCarsAU

2 ай бұрын

I've test driven it at Ryde Chery, so pretty sure it's officially out there! 😉

@BenMitro

2 ай бұрын

@@ValueCarsAUMaybe they are focusing on customer service rather than web sites and other marketing...what a breath of fresh air that would be if true!

Great small / compact suv .. NO tinted windows on the top spec model, amazing in 2024.. !?

@ValueCarsAU

2 ай бұрын

I didn't notice standard tinting, good point!

Where are you from? Do you prefer Australia to your home country?

@ValueCarsAU

3 ай бұрын

Where are you from? Australia has been my home country for over 20 years. And why do you think I owe you an answer to this question completely unrelated to cars?

@swada02

3 ай бұрын

@@ValueCarsAU I asked because of your strong Russian type accent. Also it's nice to have context to a content creator rather just watch a video on a car. That's what attracts the audience. There's millions of videos on cars. It is the person behind the content that attracts people to watch their videos...

@swada02

3 ай бұрын

@@ValueCarsAU I was born in Australia, then moved to Fiji at only 7 months old as my parents got job offers there, then I have lived in 3 other countries at a young age until I moved back to Australia. You sound like you're embarrassed to mention your country of birth. You shouldn't be.

@kajak012

3 ай бұрын

@@ValueCarsAU why even answer a dikhead? (do not answer it makes me look like a dikhead lol)

@kajak012

3 ай бұрын

@@swada02 you should seek medical advice,dimitri likes cars not politics as do his followers!

Probably a decent car but man Omoda is fugly!

@ValueCarsAU

3 ай бұрын

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder mate! 🤣 And re. quality I can only guess that they are getting better (plus taking into account some insights from SA sources)

It's ugly and looks cheep!

@ValueCarsAU

3 ай бұрын

Cheep? That's new! 🤷‍♀️👉🤣

@kajak012

3 ай бұрын

so do some women but they are not cheap lol

@panjialfian5636

2 ай бұрын

Cheep or Cheap? 😂😂

@kajak012

2 ай бұрын

@@panjialfian5636 please explain!