Omoda 5 review

Here’s where Omoda plays its trump card. The petrol-powered 5 starts at just £24,040 for the entry-level Knight trim. That brings with it 18-inch alloy wheels, LED lighting, synthetic leather seats, wireless phone charging and those twin screens atop the dash. There’s also plenty of active safety tech, plus adaptive cruise control and a rear-view camera.

Spending an extra £3,500 gets you Noble trim, which gives you larger 19-inch wheels, a 360-degree surround view parking camera, a sunroof, an electronic tailgate and heated seats in both the front and rear.

It also takes you from a four to an eight-speaker audio system and adds a heated leather steering wheel, but at £27,540 it’s still over £3,000 less than the cheapest Nissan Qashqai. It’s also around £500 cheaper than the equivalent Jaecoo 5, although you can spend exactly that on a fancy metallic colour for your Omoda.

How much is the hybrid?

Opting for a little bit of electricity in your Omoda 5 should seriously help your fuel bills given the inefficiency of the four-pot petrol engine, and with a £25,755 starting price the hybrid does look like decent value. The step up to Noble trim with that powertrain also costs an extra £3,500 and brings with it similar upgrades.

What else do I need to know?

If you’re financing, Omoda will get you into a base spec petrol 5 for just £199.04 per month at the time of writing. That’s on a four-year deal with a £5,000 deposit and an annual mileage limit of 10,000.

All variants also come with a seven-year/100,000-mile warranty, and the electrified versions get eight years/100,000 miles for the battery.