2026 Chery Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid Ultimate review

Two grades

Urban ($34,990 drive-away). 18-inch dark alloys, LED headlights, a reversing camera and rear sensors, two 12.3-inch screens (driver display and touchscreen), wired and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, digital radio, a "Hello Chery" voice assistant, six speakers, synthetic leather with a six-way power driver's seat, a 60/40 split rear seat with a folding armrest, keyless entry and start, remote start, and the full driver-assist suite.

Ultimate ($38,990 drive-away, +$4,000). Adds a 360-degree camera, front parking sensors, heated and ventilated front seats, driver's seat memory, a powered passenger seat, an eight-speaker Sony system, a 50W wireless charger, an auto-dimming mirror, ambient lighting, a panoramic sunroof with a powered sunshade, a power tailgate, a retractable cargo blind and machined alloys. For $4,000 that is a lot of equipment, and the 360-degree camera alone is worth having on an SUV this size.

The rivals

The BYD Sealion 5 Essential is $33,990 RRP with 156kW, 80km of electric range, a 463-litre boot and a 4.5L/100km battery-flat figure, but its ANCAP rating in our rows is three stars from 2026. Chery's sister brand sells the Jaecoo J7 SHS Track at $39,990 drive-away with a similar drivetrain and 100km of range. The Geely Starray EM-i Complete is $37,490 RRP with 193kW and 83km of electric range. Of the three cheapest plug-in SUVs in our records (the Sealion 5, this Chery and the Starray), the Tiggo claims the most electric range.

Plug-in or plain petrol?

Chery also sells the petrol Tiggo 7 from $29,990 drive-away, so the plug-in costs $5,000 more. The petrol claims 6.9L/100km, about $2,018 a year at 15,000km and $1.95 a litre. If every kilometre in the plug-in ran on home electricity, it would cost about $672 a year in Victoria, a saving of up to about $1,346 a year, which would repay the $5,000 in under four years. Every kilometre on petrol instead stretches that payback, and without a battery-flat figure we cannot say by how much.

Cost per week

On our weekly model, the Urban comes to from $173 a week in Victoria and $172 in Queensland, and the Ultimate from $191 and $190, counting repayments on the drive-away price, rego, CTP, capped servicing and tyres. Fuel is left out because we hold no battery-flat fuel figure for the car, and a label figure for a plug-in would understate it; insurance is left out because we hold no figure.

Electric range and the label figure

Chery quotes 93km of electric range and 163Wh/km of electricity use on the NEDC test, with a label fuel figure of 1.4L/100km and a 60-litre tank. Our row gives a combined range of 1,016km. The 1.4L/100km assumes a charged battery for part of the test, so it only reflects your fuel bill if you plug in often.

Chery does not publish a battery-flat (charge-sustaining) fuel figure for the Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid, and we hold none. That is the number that matters for anyone who will not charge regularly, so ask for one before you buy if most of your driving is long highway runs.

What charging costs

At 16.3kWh/100km, driving 15,000km a year entirely on electricity would use about 2,445kWh. At Victoria's default offer (27.47c/kWh) that is about $672 a year, or about $684 at Queensland's reference rate. In practice you will use some petrol on longer trips, so treat those as the floor.

Charging speeds

The 18.4kWh lithium iron phosphate battery sits under the cabin floor. It charges at up to 6.6kW on AC, which fills it from empty in roughly three hours on a wallbox, and up to 40kW on DC through a CCS2 port. There are three regenerative braking levels and EV, HEV, Eco, Normal and Sport modes.

Warranty and roadside

Our rows hold a seven-year warranty, eight years on the battery and seven years of roadside assistance, renewed with dealer servicing. Our rows do not hold the kilometre limits, so confirm them with Chery.

Servicing

Capped servicing in our rows is $299, $349, $299, $349 and $299 for the first five services, $1,595 in total, or $319 a year on average. The interval is 12 months or 15,000km, so a driver doing 15,000km a year books one service a year.

Resale

The Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid has been on sale here only since 2025, and we hold no resale figure.

The ANCAP result

ANCAP gave the Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid five stars in 2025, with 82% for adult occupant protection, 86% for child occupant protection, 80% for vulnerable road users and 82% for safety assist.

What is fitted

Both grades get forward collision warning, autonomous emergency braking, emergency lane-keeping, lane departure warning and prevention, adaptive cruise with traffic jam assist and integrated cruise assist, blind-spot detection, lane change assist, rear cross-traffic alert and braking, rear collision warning, door opening warning, speed limit information and a driver monitoring system. Chery's sheet lists eight airbags: front, front side, curtain, a front centre airbag and a driver's knee airbag.

Child seats

Two ISOFIX points and three top tethers. The rear child locks are manual on the Urban and powered on the Ultimate.

Boot and space

Our rows hold a 475-litre boot with the rear seats up; we hold no seats-folded figure. The rear seats split 60/40, and there are 12V outlets up front and in the boot. A 475-litre boot should take a folded pram and shopping together; the boot check below lets you test your own pram.

Size and parking

The Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid is 4,535mm long, 1,864mm wide and 1,702mm tall, on a 2,653mm wheelbase, with 185mm of ground clearance and an 11.2m turning circle in our rows. The garage check below runs it against common garage sizes. Inside there are four cupholders, illuminated vanity mirrors, map pockets and an LED luggage light.

Seats

Five seats in synthetic leather. The driver gets six-way power adjustment in both grades and memory in the Ultimate; the passenger seat is manual in the Urban and powered in the Ultimate. Dual-zone automatic climate control is on Chery's sheet.

Screens and sound

Both grades have a 12.3-inch driver display and a 12.3-inch touchscreen with wired and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, digital radio and voice control. The Urban has six speakers and the Ultimate an eight-speaker Sony system.

Up front there is a USB-A data port and a fast-charging USB-C port, and a USB-A charging port in the back. The Ultimate adds a 50W wireless charger. Our rows record no head-up display and no over-the-air updates for either grade. The car can be started remotely and its windows opened and closed from the key.

The Chery Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid Ultimate has 101 kW for every tonne of kerb weight, 310Nm of torque, a claimed 0-100km/h of 9.5s. It weighs 1,788kg and turns in 11.2m. These are the figures that shape how quickly a car gets moving and how easily it parks.

The drivetrain

The 1.5-litre turbo makes 105kW and 215Nm, and the electric motor 150kW and 310Nm, through a single-speed dedicated hybrid transmission driving the front wheels. Our rows hold a combined 180kW and a 0-100km/h claim of 9.5 seconds. At a 1,788kg tare that is about 101kW per tonne. Suspension is MacPherson strut at the front and multi-link at the rear, with ventilated front and solid rear discs and 225/60 R18 tyres on every grade.

Towing and load

Chery's sheet gives a 750kg limit for an unbraked trailer and no braked rating, and our rows hold a 150kg tow-ball limit. That is a box trailer and nothing more. The GVM is 2,310kg, leaving 522kg for people and luggage over the tare mass.

Who it suits

The Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid suits a buyer who can charge at home, mostly drives well inside the claimed 93km a day, and wants a plug-in SUV for the least money. The Ultimate is the better buy: $4,000 more brings the 360-degree camera, heated and ventilated seats, a sunroof and a power tailgate. Against its Jaecoo J7 SHS cousin, the Tiggo costs $5,000 less than the J7 Track, gives up 7km of claimed electric range and offers a much bigger boot in our rows, 475 litres against 340.

Who should look elsewhere

If you tow anything heavier than a box trailer, it has no braked rating. If you will rarely plug in, there is no battery-flat fuel figure to tell you what it will use, and a regular hybrid may cost less to run. See the alternatives in our cheapest PHEVs guide.