Chery is growing rapidly in Australia, and it’s adding another SUV nameplate to its local lineup.
The Chinese brand has confirmed it’ll launch the seven-seat Tiggo X by the end of this year, after it appeared in government approval documents this week.
Chery says it’ll confirm more information on this vehicle closer to its on-sale date.
Naming-wise, the Tiggo X is an odd departure for the brand which had been ditching suffixes from its Tiggo SUV nameplates – the Tiggo 4 Pro, for example, became the Tiggo 4 for model year 2026 (MY26).
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Above: Tiggo X images from government documents
Images in the certification documents show what appear to be a new, facelifted version of the Tiggo 8 Pro Max that’s sold in China as the Tiggo 8 Plus.
Chery has confirmed the Tiggo 8 will continue to be available in Australia alongside the Tiggo X, but hasn’t specified whether that will be just the recently launched Super Hybrid plug-in hybrid (PHEV) or the turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol-powered Tiggo 8 Pro Max as well.
The Tiggo X is listed as offering only a turbocharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engine offering 136kW of power, mated with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission (DCT). Drive is sent to the front wheels only.
The Chinese-market Tiggo 8 Plus also has a turbo 1.6-litre and a seven-speed DCT, though it has outputs of 145kW and 290Nm.
Above and below: Chinese-market Tiggo 8 Plus
The Australian-market Tiggo 8 Pro Max, in contrast, has a larger 2.0-litre turbo four with outputs of 180kW and 375Nm, mated with a seven-speed DCT, and is offered with either front- or all-wheel drive.
Unusually, the dimensions listed in the Australian certification filing are slightly different to the Tiggo 8 Plus sold in China.
It’s listed as being 4687mm long, 1862mm wide and 1715mm tall on a 2694mm wheelbase.
The Tiggo 8 Pro Max, in contrast, is 4720mm long, 1860mm wide, 1705mm tall and rides a 2710mm wheelbase. The Chinese-market Tiggo 8 Plus also has a 2710mm wheelbase, so it’s unclear if this is simply an input error.
While these approval documents don’t show interior images, the Tiggo 8 Plus has the newer interior design introduced in Australia with the Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid.
This features a larger, free-standing 15.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system, along with a 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster, instead of dual 12.3-inch screens in the same assembly like the Tiggo 8 Pro Max.
Chery Australia wouldn’t confirm exactly what its lineup will look like entering 2026.
Above: Tiggo 8 Pro Max and Tiggo 8 Super Hybrid
However, at this point it appears it’ll offer the Tiggo 4 small SUV in petrol and hybrid guises; the petrol-powered C5 small SUV and its electric-only E5 twin; the Tiggo 7 medium SUV in petrol and Super Hybrid guises; the Tiggo 8 and Tiggo X ‘large’ SUVs; and the flagship Tiggo 9 Super Hybrid.
If you thought Chery’s local lineup was confusing, consider the fact the brand has five vehicles within the Tiggo 8 family alone.
Four of these are essentially the same vehicle with either cosmetic or powertrain differences, but there’s also the Tiggo 8L which is sold overseas as the Tiggo 9.
The Chinese-market Tiggo 9, in contrast, is sold here as the Jaecoo J8 under the separate Omoda Jaecoo brand.