IT SEEMS like each different week there’s a Chinese language model providing a brand new numbers-and-letters SUV mannequin to a world viewers – and this week is not any totally different.
Unveiled in Dubai is Chery sub-brand iCaur with its V27 and T03 REEV (or Vary Prolonged Electrical Car) SUVs, the previous a transparent styling cross-pollination of the Land Rover Defender 110 and Toyota LandCruiser Prado.
Powered by a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine and single electrical motor, the iCaur V27 REEV measures 5045mm in size (+120mm in contrast with LandCruiser Prado GX), 1976mm in width (-4mm), 1894mm in peak (-41mm), and 2900mm between the axles (+51mm).
iCaur says the autos propulsion system doesn’t require a plug to cost, utilizing the petrol engine to offer energy to the battery and electrical motor constantly, making it appropriate for each quick all-electric journeys, or longer journeys on each petrol and electrical energy.
The monocoque-bodied V27 REEV is claimed to provide 3.7kWh of electrical energy per litre of petrol burnt, the engine mentioned to supply thermal effectivity of 44.5 per cent, and a hybrid transmission with “97.3 per cent peak effectivity”.
Whereas specs and vary particulars haven’t but been launched, it’s hoped the mannequin’s squared-off styling lends it a modicum of off-road grit.
Revealed on the identical occasion was the smaller iCaur T03 REEV, a automobile with an all-aluminium physique and an adaptive all-wheel drive system mentioned to redistribute energy in accordance with highway circumstances.
The automobile presents sensible cabin applied sciences with a central touchscreen for ancillary controls, together with these for its 540-degree digital camera system, HD drive recorder, and 11 energetic security programs.
Whereas Chery has not confirmed Australian launch timing for the iCaur duo, its rising curiosity in SUVs and four-wheel drives suggests the V27 REEV may be a part of the Chinese language model’s native portfolio within the years forward.
