100% I have a new vehicle with only a repair kit and it does make me think twice about long road trips. Sure, if it comes to it, a tow truck can come pick me up but that means having to rely on the good graces of roadside assistance...
An excellent review Nathan. Thorough and honest. Praise where it is due. Critique where warranted. I agree with you about cloth seats (especially over vinyl!), and the multiple benefits of skipping the sun roof. At $43k - this is well priced. Personally, I'd still go with a CX-5 G25 Max Sport ($42k d/a) for better handling and good highway capabilities, but I'm probably not the target market.
Cut price compared to other competitors up to this point. $43k for a small-mid SUV is not outrageous if well specced. It'll also save ~$1000 a year on fuelling IF you can charge at home, vs petrol costs.
To put it in to perspective it competes in the same pricing range as as Ora Cat (small hatchback), BYD Atto 3 (small SUV) and BYD Dolphin (small hatchback/SUV) or the exact same bracket as top of the range Toyota Corolla ZR hatch hybrid and about $2000 more than base Toyota Corolla Cross GX.
Good review Nathan. The difficulty of using the interface, particularly regarding Regen settings looks annoying. A far cry from Hyundai's iPedal system (to choose one example). You would hope they could fix that fairly easilty but sadly the car doesn't support OTA updates. Correct me please if I'm wrong.
we have the e5 here in Malaysia and the owners are reporting the car full of bugs that would randomly glitch out and wont be able to start, trust me the ATTO3 software is definitely better. worth it for that extra peace of mind
AFter 3 times stranded with my 2 BMWs in middle off nowhere waiting ages for tow truck i now dont care about equipment or "ride feel" ,i just want something that works
A spare wheel is great, but given I’ve needed my spare wheel once in 29 years on the road, I’d much rather a car that didn’t surge and didn’t have shoddy steering and didn’t have a nonsensical computer system. The things you use constantly are much more important.
Have you bought into the BS about EV’s combusting all the time. I’d suggest you look at the actual statistics. It’s not a hybrid and it’s not an ICE, as they’re 1st & 2nd on the list for self combusting vehicles per 1000 sold.
@@jonathanfgh1Rhe positives are we no longer have a car industry in Australia to protect hence why we are getting more from China. The only tax/tariff left for the government to kill is the luxury car tax threshold which was designed to protect our high end models which again we no longer make. In my opinion, if the next government wants control then eliminating this would be a vote winner.
lol I love all these comments about how it should be much cheaper, purely because it’s a Chinese brand. How about European EV cars that uses the same battery technology? Times has changed, Chinese cars are improving extremely fast, even faster than South Korean cars back in the days, plus they really are the leaders in EV technology. Have to shake off the mindset that Chinese made equals cheap.
Looking at it, that looks like way more than 300L. Different brands measure up to different heights which makes apple to apples comparisons very difficult. But ignoring the number, the floor space of that boot looks pretty good to me.
Omoda's only transmission is a selector on the steering column as the so-called column shifter copied from Mazda Tribute V6 the old boring gas-guzzling SUV get real; Oh for the love of Nanny State kids go find a trolleybus🚎 or some public transportation...
The full size spare is actually a big selling point for me.
100%
I have a new vehicle with only a repair kit and it does make me think twice about long road trips.
Sure, if it comes to it, a tow truck can come pick me up but that means having to rely on the good graces of roadside assistance...
We're very much hoping this becomes a trend
me too!
An excellent review Nathan. Thorough and honest. Praise where it is due. Critique where warranted. I agree with you about cloth seats (especially over vinyl!), and the multiple benefits of skipping the sun roof. At $43k - this is well priced. Personally, I'd still go with a CX-5 G25 Max Sport ($42k d/a) for better handling and good highway capabilities, but I'm probably not the target market.
This EV front looks good and clean, not like the petrol version which I think it is a bit too messy on the grille!
$43k is cut price? Nah, I think the other manufacturers are taking the piss pricing EVs so high.
Cut price compared to other competitors up to this point. $43k for a small-mid SUV is not outrageous if well specced. It'll also save ~$1000 a year on fuelling IF you can charge at home, vs petrol costs.
@@Mububban23 I think someone has had a few sips of the Kool-Aid.
To put it in to perspective it competes in the same pricing range as as Ora Cat (small hatchback), BYD Atto 3 (small SUV) and BYD Dolphin (small hatchback/SUV) or the exact same bracket as top of the range Toyota Corolla ZR hatch hybrid and about $2000 more than base Toyota Corolla Cross GX.
Good to see the spare tyre making a comeback, does it have its own jack & wheel race as well ?
Good review Nathan. The difficulty of using the interface, particularly regarding Regen settings looks annoying. A far cry from Hyundai's iPedal system (to choose one example). You would hope they could fix that fairly easilty but sadly the car doesn't support OTA updates. Correct me please if I'm wrong.
I just test drive one. I think the reviewer is wrong about steering and throttle. The vehicle I drove was fantastic. In used to driving Mercedes SUVs.
my driving experience for e5 also smooth and nothing weird with throttle and steering.
no brainer to pay extra 3k for those extras tbh
I agree, not sure what Nathan is on about. $3k for all those features is very generous, other manufacturers will charge $5k minimum.
@@yblksama BMW would charge you 5k just for panoramic roof
Would you get a byd atto3 at 6k more? I think this is a good deal
we have the e5 here in Malaysia and the owners are reporting the car full of bugs that would randomly glitch out and wont be able to start, trust me the ATTO3 software is definitely better. worth it for that extra peace of mind
AFter 3 times stranded with my 2 BMWs in middle off nowhere waiting ages for tow truck i now dont care about equipment or "ride feel" ,i just want something that works
An EV with a full-size spare wheel, i knew they would wake up one day.
I am tossing up between Atto3 and this vehicle. I currently do 30,000 kms a year so the 7 year unlimited km warranty is attractive to me
For rear passengers dual zone ac necessary . So write for company .
A spare wheel is great, but given I’ve needed my spare wheel once in 29 years on the road, I’d much rather a car that didn’t surge and didn’t have shoddy steering and didn’t have a nonsensical computer system. The things you use constantly are much more important.
Does it have reach and tilt on the steering?
Thankyou
Rear ac dual zone necessary
I didn't think using the term firesale with EV pricing was appropriate, but here we are.
The Chinese are cutting prices for greater market share. Which is why USA and Canada have raised tariffs to protect their car assembly at home.
Have you bought into the BS about EV’s combusting all the time. I’d suggest you look at the actual statistics. It’s not a hybrid and it’s not an ICE, as they’re 1st & 2nd on the list for self combusting vehicles per 1000 sold.
@@jonathanfgh1Rhe positives are we no longer have a car industry in Australia to protect hence why we are getting more from China. The only tax/tariff left for the government to kill is the luxury car tax threshold which was designed to protect our high end models which again we no longer make. In my opinion, if the next government wants control then eliminating this would be a vote winner.
@@paulb1951 the average age of the EV fleet is MUCH younger than the ICE vehicle fleet.
@@rjbiker66 fully aware thanks 👍🏼
Not sold on the front charging port someone backs into you or a front prong & you’re stuffed
Good to see the enfant terrible of 1990s motoring journalism THE PONCH back on deck 💥🤘
honestly, the ex-trim is worth for extra 3k
If thats green i'm going colourblind
In indonesia omoda e5 full spec costs 48k aud😂
lol I love all these comments about how it should be much cheaper, purely because it’s a Chinese brand. How about European EV cars that uses the same battery technology? Times has changed, Chinese cars are improving extremely fast, even faster than South Korean cars back in the days, plus they really are the leaders in EV technology. Have to shake off the mindset that Chinese made equals cheap.
Not sure whether they are leader in EV tech. But they are still equal to cheap, considering their pricing strategies.
80 kw maximum dc charging speed isn’t fantastic.
European EV uses Chinese batteries
@@elzafir And Chinese batteries uses overseas materials, it never ends.
@@bananabear009 Exactly.
Chinese car Domination
Should be 36k ...43k is heading towards Tesla
I still cannot bring myself to consider an indigenous Chinese cars.
Chery on top?
In china it probably cost $23K ish ... Australia dealers mark up for all EV cars is to too much.
不，omdoa e5最多值10万人民币，因为比它好得多的icar 03才11万人民币起售
My 2005 Honda Civic drives better than this
Until you can fully charge an EV within 15 minutes I'm not interested.
You can. I did it tonight.
If it was under 40k driveaway it would be worth considering.
I’ll be calling property management if I see a Chinese EV parked in our basement garage.
To be fair, the most recently reported EV fires in basement garages were German (using Chinese battery) and Korean!
Nobody needs to know you live in a housing commission flat
It has LFP battery which should much safer
340 ks.....seriously! There's no point at all talking up cheap rubbish. 300 litre boot capacity for an SUV ....!!
Looking at it, that looks like way more than 300L. Different brands measure up to different heights which makes apple to apples comparisons very difficult. But ignoring the number, the floor space of that boot looks pretty good to me.
So ugly looking car .
Omoda's only transmission is a selector on the steering column as the so-called column shifter copied from Mazda Tribute V6 the old boring gas-guzzling SUV get real; Oh for the love of Nanny State kids go find a trolleybus🚎 or some public transportation...