2026 Chery Tiggo 7 price and specs: Power drop but no price change for refreshed SUV

The petrol-powered Chery Tiggo 7 is getting a fresh face and a new powertrain for model year 2026 (MY26), but it’s keeping a familiar price tag.

Chery’s updated mid-size SUV retains its base price of $29,990 drive-away, which was introduced earlier this year. The top-spec Ultimate also remains priced at $33,990 drive-away.

The updated Tiggo 7 is arriving at Chery’s Australian dealerships this month.

Cosmetic changes include new projector LED headlights, a new front bumper and grille treatment, and new tail-lights, aligning it visually with the Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid plug-in hybrid (PHEV) launched earlier this year.

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Under the bonnet, it swaps its turbocharged 1.6-litre four-cylinder petrol engine for a 1.5-litre turbo unit. Power is down by 29kW to 108kW, while torque is down by 65Nm to 210Nm.

The seven-speed dual-clutch auto has also been replaced with a six-speed dual-clutch unit.

The change has brought only a 0.1L/100km improvement in combined-cycle fuel economy, while CO2 emissions have been reduced by only 5g/km.

“The MY26 model is now mated with the 1.5L Turbo petrol, which is a more fuel-efficient engine whilst retaining solid performance,” said a Chery Australia spokesperson.

“Customers can now use Unleaded 91 RON which adds to the value equation.”

The old 1.6-litre required 95-octane premium unleaded at a minimum.

The petrol-powered Tiggo 7 also moves from torsion-beam rear suspension to a more sophisticated multi-link setup, but ditches its full-size spare wheel – a rarity in 2025 – for a space-saver. The 12V outlet in the top-spec Ultimate’s boot has also been deleted.

Chery has dropped the driver’s knee airbag, bringing the airbag count down to seven. When asked why this change was made and whether this would have any impact on the Tiggo 7’s five-star ANCAP rating from 2023, Chery had no comment other than to say the vehicle has a “raft of safety features”.

Other specification changes include the move from an 8-speaker Sony sound system to an unbranded six-speaker unit but the addition of puddle lights, illuminated scuff plates, and electronic child safety locks to the Ultimate.

All Tiggo 7s also now have hill descent control.

The base Tiggo 7 starts at $10,000 less than the cheapest Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid and is priced identically to the Chery C5 small SUV, formerly known as the Chery Omoda 5, with which it shares its powertrain.

Above: Outgoing Tiggo 7 Pro SE, new Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid

The C5 also achieves the same fuel consumption figure and produces almost exactly the same CO2 emissions, but is almost 200mm shorter.

Other than a power driver’s seat and ambient lighting, there’s not much the C5 offers over its larger but identically priced Tiggo 7 Urban counterpart.

The Tiggo 7 Pro, as it was known, was launched here late in 2023 with a choice of front- or all-wheel drive, but the latter option was axed when the mid-size SUV was rebranded as the Tiggo 7 Pro SE earlier this year. Simultaneously, its base price was slashed by $7000 to $29,990 drive-away.

That made it Australia’s most affordable mid-size SUV, though at 4513mm long overall it’s actually shorter than the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross ‘small’ SUV and features an identical 2670mm wheelbase.

Positioned above the Tiggo 7 in the Chery range is the Tiggo 8 Pro, which is marketed as a ‘large SUV’ but which is sized similarly to the mid-size Mitsubishi Outlander. It’s set to be joined later this year by an updated version called the Tiggo X.

Pricing

Drivetrains and Efficiency

Dimensions

Servicing and Warranty

The Chery Tiggo 7 is backed by a seven-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty. Chery will also offer it with seven years of capped-price servicing, though it has yet to detail costs.

Safety

The Chery Tiggo 7 has a five-star safety rating from ANCAP, based on testing conducted in 2023.

Standard safety equipment includes:

• Adaptive cruise control
• Autonomous emergency braking
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Driver monitoring system
• Lane-keep assist
• Emergency lane-keep assist
• Multi-collision brake
• Rear cross-traffic assist
• Safe exit warning
• Speed limit information
• Tyre pressure monitoring
• Rear parking sensors
• Reversing camera
• Manual child safety locks for rear doors
• Front, front-side, front-centre and curtain airbags (7 in total)

The Ultimate adds front parking sensors, surround-view camera, and electronic child safety locks for the rear doors. The latter is a new addition for MY26.

Standard Equipment

There are just two trim levels in the 2026 Tiggo 7 lineup.

The Urban comes standard with the following equipment:

• 18-inch gloss black alloy wheels in 225/60 R18 tyres
• Space-saver spare
• Automatic projector LED headlights
  • Manual height adjustment via touchscreen
  • Automatic high-beam
• Rain-sensing wipers
• Heated, power-adjustable exterior mirrors
• Electronic parking brake with auto hold
• Hill descent control
• Eco, Normal and Sport drive modes
• Proximity entry with push-button start and walk-away locking
• Power windows
  • Remote opening
  • Auto up/down for all windows
• Cloth upholstery
• ‘Premium’ steering wheel
• Tilt and telescopic steering wheel adjustment
• 60:40 split/fold rear seats
• 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster
• 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system
• Wired and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• Dual-zone climate control
• 6-speaker sound system
• 2 x USB-A outlets (1 x front, 1 x rear)
• 1 x USB-C outlet
• LED interior lighting

The Ultimate adds:

• 18-inch machine-finish alloy wheels
• Panoramic sunroof with power sunshade
• Power tailgate
• Gloss black B-pillar
• Puddle lights
• Power-folding exterior mirrors
• Leatherette upholstery
• Heated and ventilated front seats
• 6-way power driver’s seat
• 4-way power passenger seat
• 50W wireless phone charger
• Illuminated front sill plates
• Colour-adjustable ambient lighting (dashboard and front doors)
• Cargo blind

Colours

Mercurial Grey is the standard exterior finish, with Lunar White, Star Silver and Space Black available for an extra charge.

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