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Jaecoo is a Chinese SUV brand owned by Chery, on UK sale since January 2025. Prices run from £24,555 for the Jaecoo 5 to £47,500 for the Jaecoo 8.
| Owner | Chery Automobile, China; sister brand to Omoda |
|---|---|
| Where built | China |
| UK dealers | 136 Omoda and Jaecoo sites (Jaecoo, May 2026); 146 (Carwow, August 2026) |
| Models on sale in the UK | Jaecoo 5, E5 (electric), 7 and 8 |
| Cheapest | Jaecoo 5 Pure petrol, £24,555; cheapest electric E5 Pure, £27,505 (November 2026) |
| Longest electric range | E5, 248 miles WLTP |
| Warranty | 7 years or 100,000 miles; battery 8 years or 100,000 miles |
| Electric Car Grant | No Jaecoo qualifies |
The Jaecoo E5 is a lot of electric SUV for the money, with 248 miles of WLTP range, a 480-litre boot and a seven-year warranty from £27,505. Buy one if you charge at home and want space and equipment on a budget; look elsewhere if you drive long motorway trips often or care how a car rides and handles.
The Jaecoo 7 plug-in hybrid suits drivers who can charge at home, whose daily trips fit inside its 56 miles of electric range, and who want a lot of equipment and a seven-year warranty for £35,170. Buyers who value a comfortable ride, sharp steering, proven reliability or a known resale value should look at its rivals first.
The Jaecoo 8 suits a family of four or five who can charge at home and want a big, quick, well-equipped plug-in hybrid for a fair price. It does not suit buyers who need seven adult-sized seats, want the Electric Car Grant, or plan to sell within three years, because the car has no UK resale history yet.
Jaecoo is a Chinese SUV brand owned by Chery Automobile, on UK sale since January 2025, and it sells the Jaecoo 5, the electric E5, the 7 and the seven-seat 8 from £24,555 to £47,500 in November 2026. It is a sound choice if you want a well-equipped SUV for the money with a seven-year warranty, but it is too new for anyone to know how the cars hold their value or how long they last.
The brand has grown fast. The Jaecoo 7 was the UK’s best-selling new car in September 2026, with 10,813 registrations according to The National, and Auto Express reported that month that Jaecoo now holds 3.4% of the whole market. Only one Jaecoo, the E5, is fully electric. The rest are petrol cars, self-charging hybrids or plug-in hybrids, so read the badge before you assume a Jaecoo is an electric car.
Jaecoo is made and owned by Chery Automobile of China. Auto Express reports that Chery created Jaecoo in April 2023, at the same time as its sister brand Omoda, and that the name joins the German word for hunter, Jäger, with the English word cool. In the UK both brands are sold through one importer, Omoda and Jaecoo UK, and from a shared dealer network.
Chery also sells cars under its own name here, and our guide to Chery’s own Tiggo range covers its Tiggo 7 and Tiggo 8 plug-in hybrids. Jaecoo’s hybrids use what Jaecoo describes as Chery International’s own Super Hybrid System, which is where the SHS in their names comes from.
Jaecoo cars are built in China; The National describes the Jaecoo 7 as made in China by Chery Automobile. No Jaecoo is built in the UK today. In June 2026 Nissan and Chery International UK signed a memorandum to study building Chery passenger cars at Sunderland from Nissan’s 2027 financial year. Nissan says the agreement is non-binding and talks are ongoing, and no model has been named. Our report on Chery’s plans for Sunderland production explains what that could change.
Jaecoo launched in the UK in January 2025 with the Jaecoo 7, so the brand has been here for 22 months. Jaecoo says it registered 28,232 cars in 2025, 26,048 of them the Jaecoo 7. The Jaecoo 5 followed in the last quarter of 2025 and the Jaecoo 8 in May 2026. By SMMT figures reported by Motoring Research, 42,885 Jaecoo 7s were registered in the first ten months of 2026, second only to the Ford Puma for the year.
Jaecoo sells four models in the UK, all SUVs. The table covers the electric and plug-in hybrid versions in our spec dataset; for the plug-in hybrids, range is the distance on battery power alone.
| Version | List price (Nov 2026) | Battery | WLTP electric range | Peak DC charging | Boot | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E5 Pure (electric) | £27,505 | 60.9 kWh | 248 miles | 80 kW | 480 litres | 5 |
| E5 Luxury (electric) | £30,505 | 60.9 kWh | 248 miles | 80 kW | 480 litres | 5 |
| 7 Luxury SHS-P (plug-in hybrid) | £35,170 | 18.3 kWh | 56 miles | 40 kW | 500 litres | 5 |
| 7 Black Luxury SHS-P (plug-in hybrid) | £36,505 | 18.3 kWh | 56 miles | 40 kW | 500 litres | 5 |
| 8 Luxury SHS-P (plug-in hybrid) | £45,500 | 34.46 kWh | 83 miles | 70 kW | 200 litres | 7 |
| 8 Executive SHS-P (plug-in hybrid) | £47,500 | 34.46 kWh | 83 miles | 70 kW | 200 litres | 6 |
The petrol and self-charging hybrid versions sit below these on price. On Jaecoo’s own price lists in November 2026, the Jaecoo 5 petrol costs £24,555 as the Pure and £28,050 as the Luxury. The Jaecoo 7 costs £29,210 as the Pure SHS-H self-charging hybrid, £32,810 as the Deluxe SHS-H, £30,165 as the front-wheel-drive Deluxe petrol and £34,025 as the four-wheel-drive Luxury petrol.
The 5 is Jaecoo’s compact SUV, 4,380 mm long, sold with a 1.6-litre turbo petrol engine or as the fully electric E5. The E5 has a 58.9 kWh usable battery, 155 kW, 248 miles of WLTP range and an 11 kW onboard charger, and it can tow 1,250 kg. Auto Express rated the range 3 out of 5 in October 2026, praising the price, space and warranty but finding it behind European rivals on refinement and efficiency, and named the E5 Pure the pick of the range. Our Jaecoo 5 and E5 review sets out every trim and our verdict.
The 7 is the family SUV that made the brand’s name, 4,500 mm long with a 500-litre boot. It comes as a petrol, a self-charging hybrid or a plug-in hybrid with 56 miles of electric range, and Jaecoo says the plug-in hybrid made up 85% of Jaecoo 7 sales in March 2026. There is no fully electric Jaecoo 7. The Jaecoo 7 plug-in hybrid review covers running costs and how it compares with rivals.
The 8 is the flagship, a 4,820 mm plug-in hybrid with 83 miles of electric range, four-wheel drive, 315 kW (428 PS) and 0 to 62mph in 5.8 seconds. The Luxury has seven seats and the Executive six. Its boot is listed at 200 litres. Read our Jaecoo 8 review for the full picture.
Charged at home on a 6.5p/kWh off-peak tariff, the E5 costs 1.5p a mile, or £3.83 for a full charge of its 58.9 kWh battery. That is our calculation: WLTP range divided by usable battery gives 4.21 miles per kWh, and we ignore charging losses, as set out in our methodology. At the October to December 2026 price cap of 26.32p/kWh the figure rises to 6.3p a mile, and on public rapid chargers at Zapmap’s October 2026 average of 82p/kWh it is 19.5p a mile.
Over 8,000 miles that is £124 charged at home off-peak, £500 at the price cap rate and £1,558 on rapid chargers. A full charge on a 7 kW home wallbox takes about 8.4 hours, so an overnight charge fills it. On list price, the E5 Pure costs £111 for each mile of WLTP range and the Luxury £123.
Private buyers of the E5 who order by 31 March 2027 can also choose between a free Octopus home charger and £1,000 of public charging credit; our report on the E5 Octopus charger offer works out which is worth more.
If you need help choosing or installing a wallbox, our partner site Best Chargers compares home chargers.
Two Jaecoos are plug-in hybrids: the Jaecoo 7 SHS-P, with 56 miles of WLTP electric range, and the Jaecoo 8 SHS-P, with 83 miles. The Jaecoo 7 plug-in hybrid pairs a 1.5-litre turbo petrol engine with an 18.3 kWh battery for 150 kW (204 PS), and charges at up to 6.6 kW on AC and 40 kW on DC. The Jaecoo 8 plug-in hybrid uses a 34.46 kWh battery, charges at up to 70 kW on DC and, Jaecoo says, covers more than 700 miles on a full tank and battery.
Neither plug-in hybrid qualifies for the Electric Car Grant, and nor does the electric E5: no Jaecoo appears on the government’s list of eligible cars.
Go fully electric if most of your driving fits within an electric car’s range and you can charge at home. A plug-in hybrid only saves money when you plug it in nearly every day; with a flat battery it is a heavy petrol SUV. The E5 gives you 248 miles of WLTP range for £7,665 less than the cheapest Jaecoo 7 plug-in hybrid, though it is a smaller car. The Jaecoo 7 plug-in hybrid, with 56 miles of electric range, suits drivers whose daily trips fit inside that figure but who regularly drive much further. Our guide to choosing a hybrid or a full electric car goes through the trade-offs.
Every Jaecoo comes with a seven-year or 100,000-mile warranty, whichever comes first, and the high-voltage battery in the E5 and the hybrids is covered for eight years or 100,000 miles. Jaecoo says the battery cover depends on the car being serviced within its network. Servicing is every year or 10,000 miles on every Jaecoo 7, according to Jaecoo’s price list.
| Brand | New car warranty | Electric battery warranty |
|---|---|---|
| Jaecoo | 7 years or 100,000 miles | 8 years or 100,000 miles |
| Kia | 7 years: unlimited miles for 3 years, then up to 100,000 miles | 7 years or 100,000 miles |
| Tesla | 4 years or 50,000 miles | 8 years or 100,000 miles (120,000 on Long Range) |
The dealer network is shared with Omoda and has grown quickly. Carwow reported in August 2026 that it launched with more than 70 showrooms and had reached 146. Jaecoo’s own figure was 136 sites in May 2026, up from 101 when it reported its 2025 sales in January 2026. A network that young is still filling gaps, so check the distance to your nearest site for servicing before you buy.
The Jaecoo 7 plug-in hybrid scored five stars from Euro NCAP in results published on 9 April 2025. It scored 81% for adult occupants, 80% for children, 80% for vulnerable road users and 80% for safety assist. Euro NCAP’s rating covers the plug-in hybrid versions in left and right-hand drive; it does not list the petrol or self-charging hybrid 7.
The Jaecoo 5 and E5 had not been assessed by Euro NCAP as of July 2026, and the Jaecoo 8 had not been assessed as of August 2026, according to The Car Expert. None of the three has a rating of its own.
The early evidence is weak. What Car?’s 2026 reliability survey placed the Jaecoo 7 sixth in its ten least reliable cars, with a score of 71.9%. Of the owners who responded, 30% reported a fault, and 65% of those cars were off the road for more than a week. Three quarters of repairs were free, but some owners paid between £51 and £1,000 even though every car surveyed was still under warranty.
In March 2026 Jaecoo recalled up to 7,500 petrol Jaecoo 7s built between April and December 2025, Auto Express reported, because a wiring clip on the engine control unit may not have been fitted properly and could cause the engine to stall. Plug-in hybrids were not included.
There is no published reliability data yet for the Jaecoo 5, E5 or 8, and the oldest Jaecoo 7s in the UK are under two years old. Resale values are not yet known either: there is no long run of used prices for any Jaecoo to judge them by.
Jaecoo plans a six-seat flagship SUV for the UK, due to be called the Jaecoo 9, Auto Express reported in May 2026. Which powertrain it will have in the UK, its price and its launch date have not been announced.
A Jaecoo suits buyers who want a lot of SUV and a lot of equipment for the money, with a warranty longer than many rivals offer. The E5 Pure is the one to look at if you want a fully electric car, at £27,505 for 248 miles of WLTP range and 1.5p a mile charged at home off-peak. The Jaecoo 7 plug-in hybrid, with 56 miles of electric range, suits drivers who can charge at home but are not ready to go fully electric.
It does not suit buyers who put proven reliability and resale value first. The brand has been here for less than two years, the first big owner survey placed the Jaecoo 7 near the bottom, and reviewers including Auto Express rate the driving and refinement below European rivals. EV Compared has not driven these cars; this verdict rests on published data and the reviews cited above. If you are weighing a Jaecoo against everything else, start with every electric car we cover.
Range figures are official WLTP combined values taken from manufacturer UK specification pages, with real-world estimates drawn from independent comparative testing. Prices are UK list prices at the time of the latest update. Tax, grant and charging-scheme figures come from GOV.UK and HMRC publications. We re-check every guide when pricing, specification or policy changes. Last checked 10 November 2026. How we work out our own figures.
Jaecoo cars are made by Chery Automobile, a Chinese car maker, which created the brand in April 2023. Chery also owns Omoda, and the two brands share a UK importer and dealer network. Every Jaecoo sold in the UK is built in China.
Jaecoo comes from China. It is a brand of Chery Automobile, and The National describes the Jaecoo 7 as made in China by Chery. Chery has signed a non-binding agreement with Nissan to study building cars at Sunderland from 2027, but no Jaecoo is built in the UK today.
The Jaecoo 7 costs from £29,210 for the Pure self-charging hybrid in November 2026. The petrol starts at £30,165, and the plug-in hybrid, with 56 miles of electric range, costs £35,170 as the Luxury and £36,505 as the Black Luxury.
The Jaecoo 5 costs from £24,555 for the Pure petrol and £28,050 for the Luxury petrol in November 2026. The fully electric E5 costs £27,505 as the Pure and £30,505 as the Luxury, both with 248 miles of WLTP range.
The Jaecoo 8 plug-in hybrid costs £45,500 as the seven-seat Luxury and £47,500 as the six-seat Executive. Both have 315 kW (428 PS), four-wheel drive and 83 miles of WLTP electric range from a 34.46 kWh battery.
It is too early to say with confidence, and the first survey data is weak. What Car?'s 2026 reliability survey scored the Jaecoo 7 at 71.9%, sixth from bottom, with 30% of owners reporting a fault and 65% of those cars off the road for more than a week. There is no reliability data yet for the 5, E5 or 8.
Buy one if price, equipment and a long warranty matter more to you than refinement and proven reliability. The plug-in hybrid has 56 miles of electric range and a five-star Euro NCAP rating, but reviewers rate the driving below European rivals, and resale values are not yet known.
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