Jaecoo Malaysia has revealed estimated pricing for the Jaecoo J7 PHEV, which is set to be launched in November or December. The plug-in hybrid SUV, which will be delivered to customers starting in February 2025, is set to retail at around RM170,000 for the 2WD model and RM180,000 with AWD.
Company officials revealed these details to the media during the public preview of the J7 PHEV at Sunway Pyramid, which runs from today until October 27. Visitors will be able to view the car in an enclosed space and experience a video wall through the inside of the vehicle.
As for the car itself, the J7 PHEV utilises a fifth-generation hybrid-specific version of the 1.5 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine from the Chery Omoda 5, producing 143 PS and 215 Nm of torque. This is paired with a 204 PS/310 Nm electric motor and a dedicated hybrid transmission (DHT) for a total system output of 347 PS and 525 Nm.
Those figures are far higher than the petrol J7’s 197 PS and 290 Nm, and so equipped, the car is able to sprint from zero to 100 km/h in 8.5 seconds – seven tenths of a second quicker than the regular J7 AWD.
Juicing the motor is an 18.3 kWh Blade lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery sourced from BYD, delivering a WLTP-rated pure electric range of 88 km. Fuel consumption is quoted at 4.9 litres per 100 km, and even with the battery depleted, this figure only rises to 5.99 litres per 100 km. Together with a comparatively large 60 litre fuel tank, Jaecoo claims an overall range of 1,200 km.
Those figures are evidently very conservative – a contingent of Malaysians and other nationalities recently drove a J7 PHEV from Guangzhou to Wuhu on a single tank and battery charge, a distance of over 1,300 km. Along the way, the group managed to drive 125.2 km on electric power alone.
Visual tweaks that distinguish the PHEV variant from the rather Land Rover-inspired J7 include new aero-design 19-inch alloy wheels (similar to the Omoda E5‘s but with different covers), sleeker door mirrors, a chequered flag motif on the door trim strips and the deletion of the petrol model’s fake tailpipes.
Inside, the PHEV is set apart through a cleaner door card design that dispenses with the ornate grab handles, along with a revised centre console without the large drive mode selector and gearlever – the latter replaced by a simple stalk on the steering column. In its place is a row of physical buttons with EV and HEV buttons. The 10.25-inch digital instrument display also gets new graphics.
Provisional specs for the Malaysian market include full LED head- and taillights, keyless entry, push-button start, dual-zone climate control, power-adjustable front seats with memory, heating and ventilation, faux leather upholstery, wireless Apple CarPlay and wired Android Auto, a 360-degree camera system with a “transparent” function, a panoramic glass roof and a powered tailgate.
Certain items have been labeled as TBD as the local specification has not been fully finalised. These include front and rear fog lights, a head-up display, eight-speaker Sony sound system, the 14.8-inch portrait infotainment touchscreen, Qi wireless charging, dash cam, blind spot monitoring and eight airbags.
You will, however, get a full complement of driver assistance systems, including autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise control with stop and go and curve speed control, lane centring assist, an Intelligent Evasion System (IES), front departure alert, a camera-based driver attention monitor, rear cross traffic alert with auto brake, a door opening warning and auto high beam.
The J7 PHEV will be offered in three colours – Khaki White, Moonlight Silver (with a black roof) and Carbon Crystal Black, all with a black interior. Like the petrol-powered J7, the car will be CKD locally assembled from the get-go at the Chery Corporate Malaysia plant in Shah Alam.
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looks cool but i think interior have a lot to improve.
The door speaker grille reminds me of the cheap toys you get at China decorative store FnC.
Cheap toys, you didn’t test drive before
Why would i need to test drive to see the speaker grille? See inside shopping can alreadylah
Seriously, why everyone would listened to you when you don’t drive
@ioma=newme
@ioma
If you don’t like it, then you don’t buy. No fighting please
Did you see where the speakers made from?
Already study the specs?
Where it made from is relevant to what I have said?
Haters always talk nonsense, ppl oredi see haters comments. Already bet that more ppl will not listened to haters anyways
Agree with u
Tahu takpe hahah. Baik buat roadshow kat kedai Mr Toy DIY
should be lower than cross hybrid. gud luck donuttt
This is PHEV, what you expect
Nice car, PHEV
Battery from BYD? WOW, awesome
Being a new brand from a relatively lower end quality parent company, they really believe at their own prowess with that price.
Good, I like. Must have confidence.
You haven’t tried new chinese car at all, you just purely hater
This is nothing about Chinese. It’s about the parent brand itself being one of the bottom in China itself.
Surprisingly they have a good sense of humour too, I guess they know their audience here.
If you don’t like it, then you don’t read this article.
Going to announce real soon, we could finally see how “not more expensive.”
Mehalpening on Jun 01, 2024 at 7:15 pm
if it is a chery,
it is called chery 探索06 1.6T 290Nm,
only priced from 116,900 yuan to 139,900 yuan.
so for PHEV version,
it is called chery 探索06 C-DM 1.5T-DHT
pure EV mode: 93km (WLTC) or 120km (CLTC)
only priced from 129,900 yuan to 139,900 yuan.
it is not more expensive.
https://paultan.org/2024/05/31/jaecoo-j7-phev-previewed-in-malaysia-1-5-tgdi-with-347-ps-525-nm-88-km-ev-range-dc-charging-v2l/#comment-5345928
Be rational and have common sense a bit, all exporting cars will be selling in higher price compared to their own country… Wanna compare with whats the price of Toyota/Honda selling in Japan?
Yeah yeah, but why would we buy from your cars from japan with lots of problems
It’s OK if you don’t know our discussion earlier on back to Jun 2024 (see the link attached). Our discussion is on the pricing strategy for the ICE vs PHEV (probably EV in future?). We sure know the tax and additional cost imposed.
We just want to see how competitive it is especially when you’re new to our market considering there’re so many more options out there. As always, let the sales figure do the talking.
Those figures are far higher than the petrol J7’s 197 PS and 290 Nm, and so equipped, the car is able to sprint from zero to 100 km/h in 8.5 seconds – seven tenths of a second quicker than the regular J7 AWD.
Is 2WD, not AWD. Petrol AWD is 9.9sec!
Beauty
8.5 secs 0-100kph with 347 PS and 525 Nm seems mighty slow! What gives?!
Also, normally PHEV makers don’t just add up the electric motor + engine outputs and declare the total figure as the system output…
Looking forward
Nice
Mantap kereta ni
Cool
Why is the PHEV’s interior so much duller than the ICE version? Ugh.
RM32k difference between PHEV vs ICE version of J7 is quite huge. Hope they will price it like RM150k ish ?
PHEV has the highest running cost compare to ICE and EV. Inherited the short coming of poor resale of the EV too.
Best of both worlds? Also the shortcoming of both worlds unfortunately.
This suggested price point will never fly.
Any PHEV owner that can give some advice?
1.) Does the higher price tag 20K+ more than the ICE version will save more money (petrol) in the long run? How’s the calculation like.
2.) Is the maintenance cost for PHEV cheaper than ICE version?
Thanks!