Chery’s nascent iCaur EV brand is progressing quickly with its local assembly plans. Having introduced the CKD 03 just this May, the company has relaunched the V23, now built at the same Chery Corporate Malaysia plant in Shah Alam that also produces Omoda & Jaecoo models.
As per its larger sibling, the CKD V23 is currently offered solely in Intelligent All-Wheel Drive (iWD) form, continuing to be tax free and priced at RM132,780 on-the-road without insurance. That’s about the same as when the CBU fully-imported model was launched in late November at RM132,800, although this figure did increase to RM132,980 due to the RM180 in road tax added this year; as such, you’re looking at an effective saving of RM200. The first units are expected to arrive in showrooms at the end of the month.
The iWD model brings with it more power – 211 PS (155 kW) and 292 Nm from its dual motors, enabling it to get from zero to 100 km/h 7.5 seconds on its way to a top speed of 140 km/h – along with a larger 81.76 kWh NMC battery. Despite the pack’s considerable capacity, its high rated energy consumption of 22 kWh per 100 km leaves it with a fairly modest range of 430 km, and on the outdated NEDC cycle at that. Expect a WLTP figure closer to 360 km.
As for charging, the V23 supports up to 104 kW of DC fast charging power, which tops up the battery from 20 to 80% in a leisurely 42 minutes. It will also only accept up to 6.6 of AC charging, although it does offer a 3.3 kW V2L function. The car measures 4,220 mm long, 1,915 mm wide and 1,845 mm tall, has a 2,735 mm wheelbase and despite its rugged retro 4×4 look, features a unibody construction with MacPherson strut front and multilink rear suspension.
The specs and equipment are identical to the CBU fully-imported model and include full-LED lighting, manual folding door mirrors and the iWD’s massive 21-inch alloy wheels wrapped in Chaoyang Radial RP76+ tyres. One thing of note is that those door mirrors are now much wider than before and should offer a much better view of what’s behind, although it remains to be seen if the mirrors themselves have been “converted” for right-hand drive with proper adjustment.
Inside, you still get a large 15.4-inch infotainment touchscreen, no dedicated instrument cluster, chunky physical single-zone air-con controls, a rotary drive mode selector with an iWD-exclusive off-road setting and no Qi wireless charger (the centre console storage slot only houses an NFC pad for the smart key card).
Other bits of kit include six-way driver and four-way passenger power-adjustable seats with ventilation, faux leather upholstery, double-glazed front windows, PM 2.5 air purification, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a 360-degree camera setup with transparency and dash cam functions, seven speakers and a manual sideways-opening tailgate with a built-in storage “backpack”.
Safety-wise, the V23 continues to come with six airbags, stability control and a suite of driver assists. The latter includes autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise control with stop and go, lane centring assist, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, rear collision warning, front departure alert, a door opening warning and auto high beam.
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The Chinese really don’t have any idea and can’t decide what to name their cars.
better than using rnadom numbers, bmw 123i and merc 456e
EV tax more than Petrol car now. DO NOT BUY EV, IF U BUY EV U SOHAI. why: because petrol car pay lesser tax but enjoy monthly-yearly slowly claim back your paid tax by utilizing petrol subsidy, BUT EV is no way to claim back your tax, even pay more for TNB untung. Gomen policy really make Ev car owner looks for sohai.
This looks like my childhood
Vitara remote controller car
why not 20 years icaur? or 30? in 5 years: “oh we are withdrawing from Msia due to decline in EV uptake”
60 years after merdeka, did C withdraw from maalysia even when suppressed by race discrimination ? no because C are hardy and durable. so thats your answer.
Is this selling well? Quite rare on the road.
deliveries only started less than 1 year ago. you already expect to see thousands of them on the road?
iCaur V23 CKD with all correct RHD parts?
Tax free so the profit margin berapa