Discussions with regulators and future plans are good, but what’s the status of Chery’s return to Malaysia, we hear some asking. We’ve been hearing about this for some time now (since December 2021), and while we still can’t walk into a Chery showroom to buy one of their SUVs, yet, it appears that we’re now on the final straight before the brand relaunch is official.
In October 2022, Chery held a local media preview of its SUV range, comprising the Tiggo Pro family and the Omoda 5 (click on these links to learn more about the Tiggo 4 Pro, Tiggo 7 Pro, Tiggo 8 Pro and Omoda 5), and there have been recent reports saying that Chery is now in the final steps of contract assembly negotiations with Inokom for the latter to assemble its models in Kulim, Kedah.
The first two CKD Chery models are set to be the flagship Tiggo 8 Pro and the funky Omoda 5. The targeted timeline is for local production to start by end-June, with a market launch expected to happen a month later. Also, word is that Chery has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Malaysia, scheduled to be unveiled in Q2 2023. After a long gestation period, Chery’s return is really around the corner now – stay tuned.