Chinese brand Omoda has released UK-specific details of its new premium SUV, the Omoda 9, the firm’s second model offering in the United Kingdom behind the Omoda 5 compact SUV, launched late in 2024. Here’s the latest news on the new car.
Update: Since this article was first published, we've driven the new Omoda 9. Read our full review of the Omoda 9 here.
2025 Omoda 9: Price, Specs and Release Date
- 2025 Omoda 9: styling and dimensions
- 2025 Omoda 9: interior design and practicality
- 2025 Omoda 9: engines, gearboxes and dynamics
- 2025 Omoda 9: price and release date
2025 Omoda 9: styling and dimensions
We haven’t seen official dimensions for the new Omoda 9 yet, and we haven’t yet clapped eyes on it in person, but we know that it’s a bigger car than the Nissan Qashqai-sized Omoda 5, so we’d estimate it to be around the size of a Kia Sorento, Hyundai Santa Fe or Skoda Kodiaq. Unlike those cars, though, the Omoda 9 will be offered with just five seats, rather than seven.
Those cars will likely be rivals then, as will other hybrid and plug-in hybrid SUV offerings such as the Toyota RAV4, and Ford Kuga. Given its size and luxury focus, it could also try to pinch sales from premium SUV contenders such as the BMW X3, Lexus NX and Volvo XC60.
Styling-wise, there’s a lot that’s recognisable from the smaller 5. The grille has a similar diamond-style motif, and the windscreen has a similar swept-back appearance. The front lighting signature is different, though, with a total of 134 LED daytime running lights that run in a line between the headlights, and continue down the sides of the front end and into the front wings. Apparently, these do a ten-second welcome dance when you unlock the car.
At the rear of the new car, you’ll notice a similar swoopy roofline to the one you find on Omoda’s smaller SUV offering, and another (seemingly-now-mandatory) light bar connecting the rear lights. The bulges in the rear wings give a pretty muscular look, too.
2025 Omoda 9: interior design and practicality
Omoda states that with the 9’s interior, the “focus is on space, sophistication and seamless integration”. The headline-grabber is the 24.6-inch curved display that sits behind the steering wheel and extends into the middle of that dashboard. The right-hand portion displays all the usual driving information, while the left-head portion serves as the car’s touchscreen infotainment interface.
Again, we’ve not encountered the car in person yet, but the pictures would suggest a very minimalist design with not much in the way of physical switchgear, and that could mean an over-reliance on the touchscreen tech to the detriment of usability. We’ve certainly observed that very thing in the smaller Omoda 5, but we’ll have to wait and see where the 9 is concerned.
The Omoda 9 certainly has a lot of the boxes ticked when it comes to creature comforts inside the cabin. The car is offered in a single high-end trim level with an ‘everything-as-standard’ philosophy. Four of the five seats are both heated and ventilated (the exception is the middle-rear seat) and the rear chairs also have an electronic reclining function.
Omoda is promising premium materials inside the 9, and the images we’ve seen would appear to support that, with plenty of stitched leather on the seats, dashboard and doors, plus metallic finishes and piano-black panelling aplenty. Ambient lighting is also on hand to lend some extra visual drama.
In terms of practicality, we’ve yet to see any figures for interior space or boot capacity, so we’ll have to reserve judgement on that until we get up-close-and-personal with the car. The images here suggest a decent amount of luggage space, along with 60/40 split-folding rear seats that look to leave a fairly flat and level load area.
2025 Omoda 9: engines, gearboxes and dynamics
The Omoda 9 features the same SHS (Super Hybrid System) technology that we experienced when we drove the Jaecoo 7 (another slightly smaller premium SUV from Omoda’s sister brand, also owned and operated by Chinese automotive parent company Chery) not so long ago. But while the combined power output from the 1.5-litre turbo petrol engine and electric motors in the Jaecoo car is 201bhp, the powertrain is much stronger in the Omoda 9, making a total of 443bhp. According to official figures, that makes it good for a 0-62mph sprint time of 4.9 seconds.
The powertrain is a plug-in hybrid one, with a very large M3P battery of 34.5kWh in capacity. According to official figures, this gives the Omoda 9 an electric-only range of 93 miles, and a combined range of over 700 miles. The company says that while there’s petrol in the tank, the battery is never allowed to fully deplete, so even when there’s not enough battery power to allow electric-only running, there’s still enough to enable the powertrain to work like a self-charging hybrid, improving fuel economy. We haven’t seen an official fuel consumption figure yet, but Omoda claims a CO2 output of 40g/km, which is pretty low, so fuel consumption should be correspondingly impressive.
The powertrain apparently has an intelligent four-wheel drive-system. We haven’t yet been told what that means, but the fact that the three-speed hybrid transmission has an Off-roading mode as one of its six driving modes (the others being Eco, Normal, Sport, Mud, and Snow) would suggest that at least some attention has been paid to off-road ability. The Omoda 9 also apparently comes with ‘electromagnetic suspension’, although again, we haven’t yet been told what that means.
We do know that the car has been developed with refinement in mind, and to that end, the car has acoustically optimised tyres, and double laminated glass.
2025 Omoda 9: price and release date
The Omoda 9 comes exclusively with the SHS plug-in hybrid powertrain, and in the single high-end, everything-as-standard trim level we mentioned earlier.
Expect equipment levels to be very impressive, then. Your money will get you the full infotainment system with a 14-speaker (some of them built into the headrests) Sony surround sound system, a 540-degree panoramic view camera system with transparent view (you can see underneath the car as well as all around it), heated and ventilated seats front and back, electronically reclining rear seats, a 1.3-metre sunroof, and a cooled wireless phone charging pad. Omoda also says that 20 ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) features are included, but has not specified precisely what these are.
And the money involved? The price of the car stands at £44,990. It comes with a seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty, which incidentally has no mileage limit for the first three years, plus an eight-year, 100,000-mile battery warranty. You also get RAC Home Start included as standard.
The order books for the Omoda 9 have now opened, and first deliveries are expected in June. You can place your order at one of the UK’s 73 Omoda/Jaecoo dealerships - the company hope to increase that figure to 100 by the end of 2025.