I live in Russia, and the AWD OMODA C5(that’s how it’s called here) is being sold since the start of last year, I really liked the design and features, but the price was too high throughout the year(about 32-33k usd for a one step down from top spec awd), but this January they made some nice discounts on 2023 cars, so I managed to buy one for about 27k usd. So, I’ve been driving it for four months now, and I really like it. It’s much more snappy than my old car(Honda CR-V 2015 2.0) and has much softer suspension, less road noise and headlights are just brilliant. I’ve bought the car in January, so I’ve been able to try it out in the harsh winter of 2024 with record breaking amounts of snow and -25C temperatures, and the car handled it pretty well, all wheel drive works as advertised, managing to get out of deep soft snow, especially in off road mode(manufacturer claims that it provides 50% of power to the rear in that mode, not sure about that tbh) and it easily started the engine in those temperatures. The driving assists have been updated here in the summer of 2023, so they’re alright, and they stay turned off after restarting the car if you don’t want them. The maintenance costs seem to be less than with Honda, but that’s probably because of the whole sanctions situation. Overall, so far I’m really enjoying the car and don’t regret selling the 2015 CR-V.

Having owned American, Australian and Japanese vehicles for years I test drove both Havel and the Omoda 5 and was amazed at the quality of the vehicles.and the world of options. So much so I sold the wife's Outlander for a Omoda 5 1 month ago and just love it. I truly believe Chinese vehicles are the next big thing and an incredibly affordable over Japenese and Korean cars that have left families in certain sectors out of reach of affordable cars with top level safety.

The Omoda 5 will be brought to the UK and EU (though now available in Spain) with the 1.6 engine, but AWD won't be available here. This same car is also being sold in Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania as the Chery FX (no AWD either).

I'm so interested to see where we're going with vehicle design and manufacturing. Lost any hope we'll ever have our own car manufacturer here in Australia, we let go of that far too easily and we can't argue about where our vehicles come from at this stage. The evolution of cars, SUVs & utes is the most important responsibility we have now as consumers. Our roads and conditions are different from other countries, in a big way. One thing, I'm fed up with cars not being standard AWD, there's no excuse these days in any vehicle in Aus for it to not be standard just as part of safe driving. Once you drive AWD, you understand how much safer it makes the car, how it makes the ridiculously different road surfaces we dive in one day so much easier & less wearing on you and your car. It truly needs to be thought of like all the other safety equipment that's become necessary, like driver alerts and all the bells and whistles. Good AWD can save your life, notice I said good. The other thing that I'm completely over these days and my last 3 beautiful cars have had is Piano Black.........yes it looks very sexy all shiny and gleaming, but when do any of us have time to shine the dang stuff??????????? WHEN???? & Why even if they've cut it down on many places, like doors and windows (cause we are all going to be using our grubby little fingers for those), why is the centre console and around the touch screens (c'mon nearly every car now has touch screens) & what is the point of putting it anywhere in the same postcode as cupholders for pitys sake. Also let's be truthful, hands up if all the dust and crap that shows up in every one of those areas with piano black drives you completely loopy & makes you want to bust out the mini vac & polish cloth. Another great thing would be if the reflections off all the surfaces of your dashboard and consoles made the information easier to see, so you don't have to do that shady thing with one hand while you're trying to reverse.......(the gift of the reversing camera surrounded in piano black as well, who knew!!) It would also be nice to see all your dials, readouts, buttons and the whole kit and caboodle in daylight sun without having to peer through the glare coming straight in the windscreen & blinding you because of the dust, fingerprints and crap on your lovely piano black whatevers. Ok, perhaps I have a small problem with it truthfully. And seats, I know we're all different when it comes to seats, but please explain how with all of the options for seating these days you still get a numb bum & a sore lower back & neck after driving long distance even in a car you'd rather live in than your house. What happens to a perfectly wonderful, beautiful hand chosen car that you've paid your bucks for after spending months researching, visiting dealers and learning more about weight distribution of the human body on the shape of car seats (& really I don't want to know as much as I do about car seat materials and bolstering) & finally you pick THAT car....... you know THE perfect one, you're in love, you're happy, you're yelling at friends and family to get their fingers of the piano black (you're still carrying a polish cloth in the glovebox to whip out and make it gleam again) so there you are & you simply couldn't be happier with your choice. Then you do the long trip, yes the one that this car was going to make a dream to do & bang.......3-4hrs into the trip, the honeymoon is over and you're suffering numb bum or dodgy back.... please explain!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ I only have a couple of niggles & Piano Black is one 🙄😏😁

Paul, I have seen you complaining about the safety systems in Chinese vehicles, the problem isn't the system but has got much to do with the strict Chinese road regulations plus the mapping of the system according to Chinese standards. Manufacturers sometimes ignore mapping these standards to local ones and then they annoy a lot.

If the same car has Benz or BMW badge, there will be so many love comments. Because it’s a Chinese car, some people would hate it without even knowing it. This car looks pretty good - for its money and you get some many features others don’t offer.

"No one needs enormous SUV's.." So Paul, how's your Hummer coming along??!!

Extra 0.1L engine size and AWD doesn’t deserve a GT badge 😂

Great reviews, dude u r an Australian Seth MacFarlane - brothers across the pond lol.

Cherry and BYD are Top Choice Chinese Oto Brands in Indonesia, Good Interior Quality, Sturdy, and reliant on floods 😂

Hopefully BYD, MG, Chery, Great Wall etc. can drive down vehicle cost in Australia. If other companies can follow through, we can save hips. We have been riped off by the Japanese, Korean and American cars too long. The Chinese cars probably only make $1k profit per car, but our so called allies probably make at least $10 each car from us.

Here is something you can do Paul, start putting some of these vehicles up on a hoist and show us the underside, those of us that actually have a modicum of understanding as to what makes a good machine would greatly appreciate such a view. You can do it separately to your mainstream videos if necessary, you don’t have to include it in your usual format. Especially off road, underbody protection and which components might be vulnerable are very important.

Hi Paul I've bought the Chery Omoda 5 last year EX model , I really hate the camera thing that always is telling me that I'm distracted, when I'm actually looking at what's around me... Is there a fix or update for this yet, as it's the only thing that I really hate ... hope you can help

I'm an All Black Supporter and believe Ardi is the suitable leader for the All Blacks

Hi Paul. When are you testing the Tiggo 8?

Kerd weight?

you don't have to love Chinese car ,but they can really do something good for aussie, like make other brands cut prices,that will good enough for those toyota and honda lover

Thanks for the info we’ll done

Re some manufacturers not using led everywhere, I'd say they prioritize things like welding suspension components properly, over the LEDs for the $$

9:38: "why would you have a system that is ineffective, that you're going to switch off anyway, to achieve a 5-star rating?" Paul it's because ANCAP needs the funding to justify their existence (so much of their "work" nowadays cutting and pasting from NCAP results ...)

It's got a lot of inclusions for the price. It's also decently rapid. ... BUT... I suspect that - under the skin - it is not particularly robust. The videos circulating of an Omoda in Malaysia that lost its rear axle don't do its reputation a lot of good. The used car market for the 2WD Omoda is pretty awful, and I suspect that owners will feel very burnt if they go to trade it in after 3-4 years. (For example, after just two years, an Omoda has typically depreciated by half of the original purchase price). Paying a bit more for a Mazda, Toyota or Nissan can pay off in the longer term!

i wish you would also so a sine waves test at 110km. Maybe it sits ok at 100km. and I'm never going to be doing 130km.

2 Questions: a) Does it fit a set of golf clubs in the back? b) Would you be able to swap/retrofit the wireless charging sides so that the drivers side charge’s instead of needing to keep the phone on the passenger’s side? Asking the hard hitting questions here 😂.

6:58 We definitely need to know more about the *kerd* weight of more of the vehicles you review, Paul. 😅

Love from India ❤

Is this the same car where the rear axle just falls off?

Does this model come with the detachable suspension mod?

Price of tuscon hyundai toyota rav4 nissan x trail is is almost 60.000 dollars what?you can Bay 2 omodas 5 evry 10 years you got a new suv 😂🤣

15:54 I see you!

I don’t think the lane centring test on a steeply banked road is valid. Our roads are not banked. The real test is on a normal road. Does it work there?

I would be seriously looking at one of these. However, there doesn’t appear to be a dealer near me, so it doesn’t seem practical.

Horrific.

The comments highlight the diversity of a modern democracy, a true testament to all.

Its Kerb weight not Kerd weight

Can you test the chery pro8 max

I think the lane keeping assist was keeping it between the white and the black line in the lane. The black line was confusing the assist. When it did engage, it kept it between the white and black lines.

Be careful, cherry omoda 5 in malaysia are facing troubles with more than 600+ cars call back for fixing. The front axle broke while driving on the road. Now the car has no value at all for trade in.

Paul you make no comment about the stop start system My only disappointment of the car so far . There is no function to turn it off

Great review Paul. You are very right about the lane keeping, lane tracing and lane centring of Chery. I actually watched this video to see your review of that part. Those are the weaknesses of the suv. In fact I believe ancap safety employees are compromised. I don’t know how they gave it five star rating with those issues. That vehicle shouldn’t be on the road with those issues in my opinion. I bought one of the suv immediately it was released and have never enjoyed it till now because of these issues. Have discussed with chery many times but nothing has been done so far. Maybe you should help point these to them. Is very frustrating to live with honesty. Thanks

Mum I want a Tucson. No we have a Tucson at home! The Tucson at home:

The real question for the Chinese brands is how long does the car actually last. The feedback I’ve seen is that it’s not very long at all - so it could be as great a value as anything on the market but if it falls apart in two years that’s not good value at all

that jumper is from the 1980s

Cherry or havaal which engine is good?

hopefully this one does not have rear axle welding issue like the one recently viral in Malaysia

What is “kerd” weigh lol! 7:00

Don’t buy. In Malaysia its whole rear axle came off! You can Google it. And Chery threatened to sue that lady, who is just driving at slow speed around a bend. And few reported brake related issues. Chery spent a lot of money on influencer to try to change public opinion instead of admitting fault, but the issue did not die down. Finally when the regulators step in, it was found that the rear axle only had 2 points soldered. And finally had to recall 600 vehicles.’definitely not a car brand you can trust.

That front looks yukkkk

Nope public transport are cheap and safe enough for young ones instead of this high-powered Omoda 4wd; public transport isn't a luxury to keep vulnerable teens safe from a crash.

If I can change the voice to male and name it Kit I am sold (yes, I am old).

These new chinese cars are looking really good! No clue about engine and transmission reliability though. Anyone got any ideas?

With a face only a mother could love 😢

What an ugly looking car

It can also make french fries. In the end it's a chinese car. No way.

That grille looks gross, like a group of Barnacles.

start a campaign against halogens

Chery Omoda sounds like a cocktail in a gay bar. There are too many bullshit pointless inclusions.And that grill forget it.

This crappy car has made headline in Malaysian news recently after the rear axle detached due to poor welding connection 😂. Its mileage only registered hundreds of km. Currently the most avoided brand after this crappy and shamelful quality issues..

This thing is absolutely hideous. 😮

Great until there’s a warranty issue or parts are needed. With next to zero infrastructure in the country good luck!! As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. You won’t get honest reviews from people paid by the companies to do their advertising for them

From experinxe, I would not trust anything Chery. I bought a brand new car paying full price on my to find countless issies with it. This is in addition that the car was in recall. Had I know.n this I would have bout a second hand car of different model as it would be much better than a brand new Chery

Sure it's a car you can drive for 10years without any problems😂😂

Slow

help me CARWOW🤣🤣

No Chinese vehicle for me!

This is priced pretty close to the CRV. Hard sell at this price, especially with a dct.

Japanese cars are and always will have the best engines and reliability! German cars have great styling but not the reliability of Japanese! Chinese cars are cheap and like anything that comes out of china thats cheap doesn't last so they have to prove themselves. Remember you only get what you pay for. I have shares in polestar and nio which are built in china and drive a lexus. A 15 year old lexus that has never broken down or had any mechanical part fitted apart from service parts. Will we be talking about Chinese cars in 15 years who knows time will tell.

Rear suspension have they fix that

about to go to war with china, buying chinese car....nice

Looks ok design wise. Wouldnt call it a GT though lol they slap a GT badge on anything these days, same as "sporty" and the extremely overused word "aggressive".

Nup, still couldn’t bring myself to buy one of these cheap chinese cars no matter how much junk they throw in.

Until the axles snap off. No thanks. 3 different incidents in 3 different markets that we know off. How many more will have their randomly axles snap off while driving? Yikes.

If that was too floaty stay out of a Citroen! Bwah ha!

Lol gross car.

Communist car no thanks

It's like everything is copying Mitsubishi headlight design now.

What really gets me about this fella that all the Expensive Cars he reviews he puts nothing bad downfalls on them and then when he reviews a pile of junk he'll be all happy and dandy about it, weird Asian boy Paul

China domination

Don’t like the design at all bit too busy for me.

Which mainstream car did the Chinese copy from this time ?

Ayyyo 😂 china copy covid lockdown lalang west 😢

I wonder if Chery is a spelling mistake 🤔 (Cherry) 🍒