► First details of new Jaecoo 5
► Next car from China brand
► An EV with 250-ish-mile range
Jaecoo, the new brand from China that’s recently launched in the UK, has just unveiled its next car at Auto Shanghai 2025. This is the 5, a new battery-electric crossover that’ll stand in a field of all the other battery-electric crossovers already on sale.
It’s designed to take on all sorts of rivals from around the world, including the likes of the Ford Puma Gen-E, Kia EV3 and even the new Suzuki eVitara.
So, what’s Jaecoo’s party piece? As it turns out, it’s seemingly making the 5 look like a Range Rover Evoque – albeit seen from a distance. Like the larger Jaecoo 7, the 5 shares some design details like shallow rectangular headlights, a large rectangular grille and relatively clean surfaces. But the shape is very like JLR’s baby Rangie, including the two-tone roof line and rear end.
Inside, it’s all relatively conventional. There are shades of Ford Explorer and BYD Atto 3 in the overall look, with a large central portrait screen that flows up from a high centre console. The singular image of the interior we have includes a car with white leather upholstery.
Performance specs? Er, well, besides a targeted range of around 250 miles… that’s about all the info we have. However, given Jaecoo is another brand within the Chery group that runs alongside Omoda, it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise if the Jaecoo 5 shares a lot in common under the bodywork with the Omoda E5. That means a single 201bhp e-motor, a circa-seven-second 0-62mph sprint time and a charging speed of around 80kW.
Jaecoo has, however, confirmed that the new 5 will come to the UK, with the first deliveries coming in August 2025.