Omoda 7 Review 2026

Omoda's rapid expansion continues in the UK with the 7, a family SUV that shares much in common with Jaecoo's car of the same name. But will it prove as popular? Time will tell, but for now, find out everything we know about it so far in our Omoda 7 preview. 

If there's any car that signals the arrival of the Chinese car industry as a force to be reckoned with in the UK, it's the Jaecoo 7. More than 26,000 were sold here in 2025, making it one of the most popular new cars on sale. It even outsold the Nissan Qashqai at points. So now that it has a corporate sibling in the form of the Omoda 7, rivals ought to be worried. 

The Omoda version of the 7 is much the same under the skin; it even has the same 1.6-litre petrol engine and a plug-in hybrid. It looks quite different from the outside, though, with a distinct interior design to set it apart from the Jaecoo. 

It also has a marginally less silly brand name. Jaecoo, if you're not aware, is supposed to be a combination of 'jaeger' (the German word for hunter) and 'cool', while Omoda is supposed to stand for 'oxygen' and 'moda' (the Italian word for fashion). The 7 is its third car to reach the UK, after the Omoda 5 and Omoda 9.

It probably makes sense, then, that the Omoda 7 is the sleeker of the two, while the Jaecoo is chunkier and looks like it's trying to imitate a Land Rover of some sort (it's earned the nickname 'Temu Range Rover' on social media). The Omoda is stylish on the inside, too, with a very minimalistic interior that's dominated by a massive central touchscreen.

Starting at just under £30,000, the Omoda 7 doesn't look like the high-value proposition you might expect from an emerging Chinese brand, but the devil's in the detail. Compared to entry-level versions of the 7's more established rivals, you're getting a lot more gear here. 

Speaking of alternatives, there are many. The aforementioned Nissan Qashqai, for example, which is one of Britain's most popular cars. There's also the Kia Sportage, the Hyundai Tucson, the Skoda Karoq and the Volkswagen Tiguan, to name a few more, and the 7 also has some domestically built rivals to worry about. 

Close to home, there is, of course, the Jaecoo 7, plus the Tiggo 7 from the Chery brand, which sits above Omoda and Jaecoo in a corporate family tree. The Geely Starray, meanwhile has a plug-in hybrid powertrain yet costs the same as the basic petrol Omoda 7. A low starting price on its own, in other words, is not enough – this car will have its work cut out for it. 

Omoda 7 SHS: range and charging

According to the official figure, you'll get up to 56 miles of electric-only running out of a plug-in hybrid Omoda 7. You can, should you wish, top the battery up at a rapid charger thanks to 40kW charging capability. That wouldn't be a very economical thing to do, though, with some rapid chargers now costing as much a 90p per kWh. If you must use one, Omoda quotes 20 minutes for a 30% to 80% top up. 

Ideally, you'll keep your Omoda 7 SHS charged at home. Using a 7.4kW domestic wallbox, this will take about two and a half hours. It'll be two or three times that if charging from a three-pin plug – something that generally isn't recommended, as your home electricity supply probably won't be designed for such a sustained, high output. 

There's a choice of two engines in the Omoda 7, and they're the same engines as what's found in the closely related Jaecoo 7. The first is a 1.6-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine producing 147PS and 275Nm, enough for a modest but perfectly acceptable 0-62mph time of 10.4 seconds. The top speed is 118mph, and it's exclusively combined with a seven-speed automatic gearbox, with no manual available.  

The second engine is what Omoda refers to as the Super Hybrid System (SHS). It's based around a 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, supported by an electric motor and an 18.3kWh battery pack. Power rises to 204PS while the torque goes up to 365Nm, trimming the 0-62mph time to 8.4 seconds despite the car being more than 300kg heavier thanks to its big battery. The top speed is a little lower, though, at 112mph. 

The Omoda 7 hasn't yet been assessed by independent safety organisation Euro NCAP, but the Jaecoo 7, which features the same structure as the Omoda, was awarded the full five stars when it was tested. Although this isn't a guarantee that the Omoda will get the same, it's reassuring in the meantime. 

All versions come with autonomous emergency braking, lane assistance, rear collision warning and a surround-view parking camera. Upgrading to Noble trim adds a driver knee airbag. 

The braked towing capacity is the same for both engine options at 1250kg. 

Boot volume is impressive at 639 litres with the rear seats in place. That's a good chunk better than the Kia Sportage's 581 litres, and a lot healthier than the slightly meagre 505 litres of space found in the boot of a Nissan Qashqai. 

The volume drops if you spec the plug-in SHS, due to the packaging of its high-voltage battery, but at 590 litres, the PHEV is still better than the Kia and Nissan. It's also worth pointing out that the Kia takes a boot space hit in PHEV form too, dropping to 540 litres. 

The rear seats fold in a 60:40 split, although we don't yet know how much boot space this opens up. The rear bench features three top-tether ISOFIX child seat mounting points. 

The cabin's centrepiece is a massive, landscape-oriented touchscreen measuring an impressive 15.4 inches. On some versions of the car, it's possible for the screen to electronically slide over to the passenger side, but it's not clear when or even if this functionality will be added to UK models. In any case, it feels like a bit of a gimmick, much like the rotating screens found in a lot of BYD's cars. 

Also, we'd happily take a bit of a smaller screen if it gave room for some physical climate controls. Like so many cars, the Omoda 7 requires you to use the screen for this, but there is at least a permanently displayed bar along the bottom with shortcuts for the temperature of each of the two climate zones. 

Wireless Android Auto and AppleCarPlay connectivity is included as standard. There's a wireless charging pad wide enough to accommodate two smartphones, with the right one featuring a cooling vent linked to the car's air conditioning circuit. 

To the side of the infotainment screen is a digital instrument cluster measuring 8.8 inches.

The range starts with the petrol-engined Omoda 7 in Knight trim for £29,915. The Omoda 7 SHS plug-in hybrid is £32,000 in the same trim, and there's also the option of Noble trim on the SHS for £35,000.

That starting price is ever-so-slightly more than a Jaecoo 7's, and a bit less than a Nissan Qashqai. You're only getting a basic Qashqai for just over £30,000, though, whereas the Omoda 7 is generously loaded up with kit even on the entry-level model. You might well end up spending less than that, with the Omoda brand known for offering chunky discounts on in-stock cars.

The SHS version enjoys a BiK (Benefit-in-Kind) tax rate of 9%, which will make for low monthly payments if running as a company car. 

VED car tax will be at the standard rate – currently £195 a year – and with all versions comfortably under the £40,000 threshold for the government's expensive car tax supplement, there'll be no additional stings in the tail.

Where you might find some financial pain is at the fuel pumps. WLTP fuel-economy figures for the Omoda 7 weren't available at the time of writing, but they're unlikely to be far off the Jaecoo 7's, given that they're the same engines powering a similar size of car.

With that in mind, we can expect around 37mpg from the entry-level petrol engine, which is underwhelming when competitors tend to be well into the 40s and in some cases nudging 50mpg. The SHS version will likely get a hilariously high MPG figure, because the WLTP regime is much too flattering for PHEVs. 

Mind you, with an electric-only range of 56 miles, you might rarely need to kick the engine into life on a lot of shorter journeys. Keep it charged at home and on an EV electricity tariff with cheaper off-peak periods, and it'll be a very cheap way to get around. A full charge on a more standard tariff still won't be too expensive, coming in at just under a fiver. 

It's too early to tell how the long-term reliability of a new car from a fresh brand like this might fare, but it's reassuring that the Omoda 7 comes with a much-better-than-average seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty. The high-voltage battery in the SHS comes with eight years and 100,000 miles of separate coverage, as is now mandatory. 

The Omoda 7 is offered in two trim levels called Knight and Noble (no, we're not sure why there's a medieval theme either), although the latter is only available on the SHS plug-in hybrid version. 

The Omoda 7 Knight comes with the following equipment as standard:

• 19-inch alloy wheels
• LED headlights
• Dark-tinted rear side windows
• Wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto
• Wireless phone charging pad
• Keyless entry and start
• Panoramic parking camera
• Heated leather steering wheel
• Six-way electrically adjustable front seats
• 8.88-inch digital instrument cluster
• 15.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system
• Two-zone climate control 

Upgrading to the Omoda 7 Noble upgrades the above specification with the following equipment:

• Electric driver seat lumbar support
• Heated and ventilated front seats
• Electric panoramic sunroof
• Fragrance system
• Auto-dimming rear-view mirror
• Powered tailgate