Motor Torque with David Berthon Radio 2GB

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Driving Chery’s Tiggo 7 Pro SUV – available in three 1.6-litre turbo seven-speeddual clutch automatics – I tested the mid-spec Elite front wheel drive at $39,990drive-away and the top grade Ultimate all-wheel-drive at $43,990 drive-away –both stacked with features a panoramic sunroof, power tailgate, 360 degreecamera, power front seats and 18 smart driver assistance systems – all in acomfortable roomy five seat cabin with good luggage capacity, better thanaverage build quality five star safety, a seven-year/unlimited km warranty and lowservice costs. But that’s where the good points stop. The drive experienceaverage at best with noticeable turbo lag, a hesitant transmission and anunderdone suspension tune with inadequate damping and above average fuelconsumption. Chinese cars as a rule simply lack driving finesse – yes, they havelots of features, in this case 18 smart driver assist elements but they are nottuned to our market requirements and some features like lane keep assist, driverattention alert and speed zone recognition simply drive you crazy. Also drivingconditions here are different to crowded Chinese cities – our traffic is fastermoving, and we require better driving dynamics and suspension tune. The CheryTiggo 7 Pro SUV offers good value but that’s where the buying equation stops.
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Driving the new Chery Tiggo 7 Pro SUV today. Chery’s initial arrival here underan importer was marred by an asbestos recall and poor safety scores and iteventually left our market. However, after an absence of eight years it relaunchedlate last year as a factory backed franchise with the small Chery Omoda 5 SUV.The Chery Tiggo 7 Pro, and goodness knows where they got that name from, ismarginally bigger to the Omoda 5. Three models – 1.6-litre turbo seven-speedautomatic - the Urban and Elite, both front drive, and in the Ultimate in all-wheel-drive. In a highly competitive SUV market, all three have already been discounted- the Urban by $3,000 to $36,990 drive-away, the Elite and Ultimate modelsreceiving a $2,000 factory bonus - $39,990 and $43,990 drive-away respectively.The Tiggo Pro 7 achieved a five-star ANCAP safety rating and comes with aseven-year/ unlimited km warranty, very well supported with low service costs of$840 over three years. And it’s stacked with 18 active drive assist features and aload of comfort and convenience equipment – I tested both the front drive Eliteand all-wheel drive Ultimate. Despite their outstanding value the drive experiencesimply disappointing. Details next segment.
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