Omoda 7

Ding! It’s yet another email inviting Autocar to the launch of some car we’ve never heard of. One might imagine this is the moment when everyone pretends to have urgent expenses to file but, despite t

WHY WE RAN IT To find out why Jaecoo is one of the UK’s fastest-growing brands When the Jaecoo 7 arrived with me, my aim was to discover the secrets of its success and to see if one of them is being a

CHERY, the Chinese group behind the Jaecoo and Omoda brands, has revealed the Lepas L8 – a new model from a new badge that will be the flagship in a range expected to encompass at least three SUVs. Th

MODEL TESTED CHANGAN DEEPAL S07 Price £39,990 Power 215bhp Torque 236lb ft 0-60mph 7.5sec 30-70mph 6.5sec Top speed 112mph 70-0mph 44.5m (9deg C, damp patches) Range 233/240/285 miles (average/touring

AT the same time as a whole new marque (Lepas, left) is launched, fellow Chery-owned brand Jaecoo has added a fresh seven-seat flagship to its line-up in the form of the Jaecoo 8. The Skoda Kodiaq and

IT’S THE NEW FLAGSHIP PLUG-IN hybrid seven-seater from Chinese newcomers Chery – rivalling the Peugeot 5008 and Skoda Kodiaq. The numbers are impressive – up to 2,021 litres of bootspace, 422bhp, 0–62