New Omoda 9 review: Cancel your Audi Q5!

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If you have not heard of Omoda in the past, you're likely to hear a lot more of them in the future! Omoda is a department of the Chinese brand name Chery, which is China's fourth biggest automobile maker. They sold an unbelievable 2,600,000 automobiles in 2024 – more than Seat, Peugeot and Skoda combined!

Now Chery is wanting to broaden into Europe, which has led us to get our hands on the brand new Omoda 9. It's a spacious SUV loaded filled with tech, however does it offer enough to contend versus established brands like Audi, BMW & Kia? Let's take a better look.

In terms of the outside design, it looks pretty wise! In advance, there's a full-length light bar, vertical DRLs, and a large checkered grille impact on the front. Along the side, there are pop-out door handles, and if anything, it looks fairly similar to a Lexus RX – and that's no bad thing! Around the back, it's offering Nissan Qashqai vibes, together with a full-length light bar, and annoyingly phony exhaust pipelines! But all in, this is an attractive cars and truck.

The good style functions continue inside too! There are soft-touch products throughout the cabin, together with a big infotainment and digital dial screen. The infotainment system is packed with technology and functions, and it's rather responsive and easy to use. There are physical dials for the climate control, and there's even a 14-speaker sound system, consisting of speakers in the headrest!

There's only one engine available for the Omoda 9 – a 1.5-litre turbo fuel. Nevertheless, it's a plug in hybrid, and it includes two electrical motors and a 34kWh battery! As a result, it has 4 wheel drive, can produce a massive 449hp and 700Nm, and it can drive for up to 90 miles on electric power alone! In fact, Omoda claims that due to the big fuel tank and battery, the Omodo 9 needs to have the ability to travel for as much as 700 miles before you need to stop!

The Omoda 9 costs from ₤ 44,990. At this price point, are you willing to consider it over more recognized European brand names? Stick with Mat to see if you should!

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:31 What is Omoda
01:07 Design
03:50 Interior
10:14 Cost
10:54 Infotainment
15:37 Back Seats
17:06 Boot
20:53 Annoying Functions
22:50 Cool Features
26:05 Engine & Motors
27:00 Efficiency & Costs
28:37 Driving
33:09 0-60mph & Brake Test
34:04 Verdict

Comments

80 responses to “New Omoda 9 review: Cancel your Audi Q5!”

  1. @raheem_mustapher Avatar
    @raheem_mustapher

    In South Africa these things are selling like cakes!

    1. @RiaanLouw Avatar
      @RiaanLouw

      They’re everywhere!

    2. @justlloyd7881 Avatar
      @justlloyd7881

      See em everywhere down here 😂 I’m just waiting to see how well (or badly) they age.

    3. @mawewemedia1545 Avatar
      @mawewemedia1545

      True

    4. @madeit6187 Avatar
      @madeit6187

      True 👍🏾 they’re everywhere😊

    5. @mlungisi878 Avatar
      @mlungisi878

      You will think they’re cheap kandzi nixx 😂

  2. @DaxXx988 Avatar
    @DaxXx988

    Lol until the Stick of truth part I was convinced this was an EV 😅

    1. @daweigo6851 Avatar
      @daweigo6851

      😂

  3. @BobbyAurizn Avatar
    @BobbyAurizn

    Those buttons and switch gears were from manufacturers that supply to Mercedes. After Mercedes went on to use new ones, contract ends and then they can sell it to other manufacturers. Simple.

    1. @davidrbrtsn Avatar
      @davidrbrtsn

      If you look closely, you’ll see that the design is slightly different and not from the same mould.

    2. @DamarFadlan25 Avatar
      @DamarFadlan25

      The buttons on the Omoda looks like the one from Buick.

    3. @khairulammar6056 Avatar
      @khairulammar6056

      wow here u wondering around. hehe go. mendoniaaaa 😂

    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@davidrbrtsnwhat about Demio A Spec?

    5. @bnkh Avatar
      @bnkh

      Not quite, cause they are different designs.

  4. @zohircherifi5616 Avatar
    @zohircherifi5616

    No wonder American car makers are afraid of Chinese manufacturers

    1. @malikkelly Avatar
      @malikkelly

      They always offer more for less money while still maintaining quality above the US cars

    2. @winker-g6p Avatar
      @winker-g6p

      Have they been watching too many Bruce Lee movies 🤔

    3. @DamarFadlan25 Avatar
      @DamarFadlan25

      And some British car makers too.

    4. @nachocheese6107 Avatar
      @nachocheese6107

      Its legit eropean ones that are shitting themselves the most

    5. @londresparis_1 Avatar
      @londresparis_1

      Europeans are afraid too.

  5. @niravramdarie9898 Avatar
    @niravramdarie9898

    South African here 🇿🇦. Chery and it’s other sub-brands are everywhere here.

    1. @binflydushy Avatar
      @binflydushy

      You guys seem to love the Chinese dictator. Say something bad and your Car gets shut down

    2. @TrangleC Avatar
      @TrangleC

      Because your corrupt commie-wannabe government is taking bribes from the Chinese and is opening your market for the crap they can’t sell anywhere else, not even in China.

    3. @Manoharan Avatar
      @Manoharan

      How are the costs like compared to China? Here in the UK they double it 😂

    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@Manoharanand they even tripled it in USA, Canada and Poland.😅

    5. @williamfeng6706 Avatar
      @williamfeng6706

      @@Manoharan Cuz of tax and shipping cost. It’s absurd and that’s also the dealers fault too for wanting more profit

  6. @alexbishton527 Avatar
    @alexbishton527

    I like how Mat tests the brake pitch control designed to give a” smooth stopping sensation” by… slowing down and not stopping.

    1. @loneskullkid Avatar
      @loneskullkid

      Yep

    2. @user040782 Avatar
      @user040782

      Was coming to say the same thing.

    3. @CThienV Avatar
      @CThienV

      I brake like this manually, so it wouldve been great to see this feature demonstrated properly

    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@CThienVit also originally had Auto Brakes.

    5. @bricolmane Avatar
      @bricolmane

      For real, in manual. In my car, I hold the brake up until right before stopping, I let go of the brake then press it again when stationary. Would’ve loved to see the car doing it but eh

  7. @MrThanos1991 Avatar
    @MrThanos1991

    That is exactly the way people reviewed japanese cars in the 70’s

    1. @mrmo488 Avatar
      @mrmo488

      well said I was thinking the same, you could say the same for his jaecoo review

    2. @ciybersal3499 Avatar
      @ciybersal3499

      ​@@mrmo488

      Matt is very biased

    3. @yadawor Avatar
      @yadawor

      for being copy paste?

    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@mrmo488the headlights on Omoda 9 almost resembled Dome Zero.

    5. @tenpoundburrito Avatar
      @tenpoundburrito

      Except the Japanese didn’t use extremely questionable and potentially rights-violating labor practices to keep the price down.

  8. @ATRestoration Avatar
    @ATRestoration

    Automakers these days tend to weird solutions in design. It is not beautiful or ugly, it is just …weird. There is no new car currently that I would want 100% to buy.

    1. @omerta2002 Avatar
      @omerta2002

      When you say new, how new,is new?

    2. @oskar6661 Avatar
      @oskar6661

      They are indeed ugly.

    3. @tren133 Avatar
      @tren133

      Nio ET5 Touring. Simple, elegant, understated, but beautiful. And it’s a wagon! Or if you want something more funky looking, but still elegant and beautiful, Avatr 07.

    4. @ATRestoration Avatar
      @ATRestoration

      @@tren133 Nio looks pretty good outside but inside is usual Ipad type of screens. I like classic recessed drivers display. I think it is more elegant. Volvo does nice design too, but I have trouble with its seats (I own one now). The obsession with large screens is dumb direction I think.

    5. @ATRestoration Avatar
      @ATRestoration

      @@omerta2002 Since 2020

  9. @raykrislianggi Avatar
    @raykrislianggi

    14:21 That’s supposed to function when you’re braking to a complete stop.

    1. @simeon_prokopenko Avatar
      @simeon_prokopenko

      Exactly!

    2. @kevinojuruwa8699 Avatar
      @kevinojuruwa8699

      how can that be difficult to figure out ?.. and why no one on his team tell him about it?? jesus

    3. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@simeon_prokopenkoit doesnt have Disc brakes. Thats why.😅

    4. @RyanLander Avatar
      @RyanLander

      Didn’t it say…when in a non-emergency braking scenario

    5. @DragonBone_ Avatar
      @DragonBone_

      ​@purwantiallan5089 What do you mean? You can clearly see the break rotor and calipers

  10. @OldCharlieRum1903 Avatar
    @OldCharlieRum1903

    Can you imagine asking the dealer to check that everything was working before you take possession at the key handover.

    1. @tahahaider5836 Avatar
      @tahahaider5836

      you shud do that with every brand

    2. @the_shavedyeti Avatar
      @the_shavedyeti

      @@tahahaider5836 No. You shouldn’t have to do that with any brand, because it should just work. The idea that some stuff might just not work shouldn’t even be a question.

    3. @mxolimtshoniswa9780 Avatar
      @mxolimtshoniswa9780

      That’s kinda of normal for any brand though.

  11. @noureb3833 Avatar
    @noureb3833

    Who remembers when Audi, BMW, Mercedes charged $350-400/€ for bluetooth in the 2008s for a chip and an antenna that was supposed to cost them $10 or recently when BMW deactivated certain options remotely if you didn’t pay a subscription? In 2025 you have Chinese companies offering full-option cars for $40,000. If European manufacturers don’t adapt quickly, they will have difficult times and it’s not the taxes against cars that will save them.

    1. @scott3795 Avatar
      @scott3795

      Brand name and loyalty goes a long way – while this car may on paper have plenty of options for relatively cheap, I’d still much sooner buy another Mercedes before considering something Chinese

      Obviously that loyalty can only carry them so far, but I’d imagine a large part of their customer base are willing to over look the odd shortcoming or naughty charge for the sake of saying they drive a Mercedes, as opposed to a Jaecoo or Omoda

    2. @SDav21 Avatar
      @SDav21

      @@scott3795 Hahaha. Meanwhile every single new 2 litre diesel Merc makes is suffering rocker cover failures on the valves and they whole top of the engine needs to be taken out. Even the quality of this Omoda has now exceeded the European brands. European brands have never been reliable.

    3. @ciybersal3499 Avatar
      @ciybersal3499

      ​@@scott3795

      Brand name and loyalty going down the bin as global sales of all German makes are in terminal decline

    4. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@scott3795Omoda 9 terms of popularity still behind even 1990 Nissan Primera.

    5. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      ​@@ciybersal3499seems like its gone downhill for some car brands.

  12. @mixmax1982 Avatar
    @mixmax1982

    You’ve missed that front seats has heating+ventilation+massage and rear heating+ventilation. For such a price it’s really good

    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      And it has solid amount of power.

    2. @gekikupala Avatar
      @gekikupala

      No massge for Brita. You are note the part od UE anymore. Sorry.

    3. @phillipowen5038 Avatar
      @phillipowen5038

      No massage on the UK models

    4. @gentle285 Avatar
      @gentle285

      How do you know it’s good? both the ventilation and massage could be absolutely useless. China is not famous for quality, are they? There’s a reason these option costs “that much” in proper cars.

    5. @Spitx Avatar
      @Spitx

      @@gentle285 everything is china now… quality is changing when they add quality control

  13. @bildad3 Avatar
    @bildad3

    Mark really hates the voice commands in all cars and I’m here for it 😂

  14. @dumisanimasilela2673 Avatar
    @dumisanimasilela2673

    You have to give it to the Chinese. The speed of progress of their motoring sector is truly frightening.

    1. @FireHawkGaming Avatar
      @FireHawkGaming

      Not just their motoring sector. They be building nuclear powered supercarriers, stealth fighters, up to date tanks and all that.
      Sure, much of it untested… for now.

    2. @yuanfurbax Avatar
      @yuanfurbax

      Good

    3. @draigygoch Avatar
      @draigygoch

      And heavily subsidised and stolen tech

    4. @ngc-fo5te Avatar
      @ngc-fo5te

      ​@@FireHawkGamingThey haven’t any nuclear powered aircraft carriers.

    5. @RogueCylon Avatar
      @RogueCylon

      Because they copy and steal EVERYTHING.

  15. @mgcinipakamisa Avatar
    @mgcinipakamisa

    Matt come let me clean your phone 😂😂😂

  16. @mohamadalkheder8918 Avatar
    @mohamadalkheder8918

    Mat should start talking about sound systems in cars while reviewing it

    1. @danielkissgremsperger3242 Avatar
      @danielkissgremsperger3242

      Omoda 5 sony sucks hard

  17. @bimmerbois121 Avatar
    @bimmerbois121

    18:24 the car test you, not you test the car matt 😂😂😂

  18. @PranavGhode-if8bb Avatar
    @PranavGhode-if8bb

    21:30 his face got me 😂

  19. @TKM11370 Avatar
    @TKM11370

    wait until your kid is older, you DO NOT want doors to bounce back and close. I’d rather have the door stay open and not slam shut

  20. @yvestrussel7673 Avatar
    @yvestrussel7673

    We just got the Omoda 9 in New Zealand for… NZD 68,990, this is about GBP 30,000. Now that’s value. Also it has 3 (not 2) electric motors and 395 KW of power, that’s 537 hp !!! I drove it, it’s very impressive indeed.

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