2025 Chery Tiggo 7 facelift with CSH PHEV powertrain on display at Auto Shanghai – coming to Malaysia?

Here’s a live gallery of the facelifted Chery Tiggo 7 at this year’s Auto Shanghai. Revealed in April last year for the 2025 model year, the updated SUV not only gets updated looks but also the company’s latest plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain from the Chery Super Hybrid (CSH) series.

Compared to the current Tiggo 7 we have here, the new model receives a reshaped front grille and headlamps, the latter now with twin L-shaped graphics and revised LED projectors. You’ll also notice there’s no chrome trim to visually connect the headlamps to the grille, which is similar to what you’ll find on the Tiggo 8.

The SUV pictured here is the PHEV variant that is identified by the obvious ‘PLUG-IN HYBRID’ badge on the tailgate as well as the covered-off grille that is transparent to showcase the diamond pattern underneath. The facelift also introduces a new front bumper with large black sections spreading out from the round fog lamps.

Elesewhere, the taillights have been made thinner and feature clear lenses, with a light bar running across the tailgate continuing to link the left and right clusters. Other notable changes include repositioning the number plate recess higher up, and the reflectors are now oriented vertically along the edges.

Moving inside, the Tiggo 7 maintains the pre-facelift model’s Mercedes-Benz-like dashboard design that features a pair of screens. Physical controls below the central air vents are carried over too, as is the design of the centre console, although the short gear selector has been replaced with a taller unit that has a crystal knob.

Smaller tweaks involve the steering wheel which gets pad-like switches instead of regular switches on the outgoing model. The brushed aluminium trim of the past has also been swapped out for faux carbon-fibre pieces that remind us of AMG models.

The CSH system in the Tiggo 7 is based around a 1.5 litre turbocharged inline-four petrol engine making 154 hp and 220 Nm. It is paired with a three-speed Direct Hybrid Transmission (DHT) and two electric motors rated at 201 hp and 301 Nm, with power for the motors supplied by an 18.3-kWh battery. Chery claims a fuel consumption as low as 1.39 l/100 km and a hybrid range as high as 1,200 km. On electricity alone, the SUV can travel up to 95 km.

Aside from the PHEV system, the Tiggo 7 in its home market of China is also available with a non-electrified 1.5 litre turbocharged inline-four petrol unit making 154 hp and 230 Nm that is mated to either a six-speed manual or CVT with nine virtual speeds. There’s also a 1.6 litre turbo engine with 194 hp and 290 Nm, which is paired with either a seven-speed dual-clutch or eight-speed automatic.

The Tiggo 7 PHEV was supposed to go on sale in Malaysia last year but that didn’t happen. Perhaps we will be getting the facelift model instead?

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