Chery Tiggo 8

The Chery Tiggo 8 is the Chery that answered a simple question — how much car can this badge carry? — with Petrol engine from Petrol engine. It was built from 2017, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. The shape is credited to Charles Chen.

How it came about

The Chery Tiggo 8 (Chinese: 奇瑞瑞虎8; pinyin: Qíruì Ruìhǔ 8) is a series of mid-size crossover SUVs, predominantly sold as a three-row vehicle, produced by Chery under the Tiggo product series. First introduced in 2018, it is positioned between the smaller Tiggo 7 and the larger Tiggo 9. In China, a more upclass variant with an updated styling called the Chery Tiggo 8 Plus was launched in 2020. This version is marketed as the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro in overseas markets.

Another newer variant with an altered styling also called the Tiggo 8 Pro was introduced to the Chinese market in 2022. In 2024, Chery introduced the Chery Tiggo 8L, a larger model positioned between the Tiggo 8 and Tiggo 9. The model is exported as the Tiggo 9 for export markets, and was renamed to Tiggo 9X in September 2025 in China. In 2025, Chery introduced the new generation of the Tiggo 8, which is marketed overseas as the Lepas L8.

The hardware

The engine is Petrol engine; the output is Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 6-speed Manual transmission / manual / 6-speed Dual-clutch transmission / dual-clutch / 7-speed dual-clutch / 9-speed Continuously variable transmission / CVT / 3-speed DHT (PHEV). The wheelbase is 2710 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Family and rivals

In the Chery line-up the Chery Tiggo 8 has a clear place: it replaced the Rely X5 / Chery Arrizo M7; the factory was ubl | China: Wuhu, Anhui | Brazil: Anápolis (Caoa Chery) | Indonesia: Bekasi, West Java ( ) | Malaysia: Kulim, Kedah (Inokom) | Iran: Bam (MVM) | Pakistan: Karachi (Ghandhara Nissa. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Mazda CX-8, the BMW X2, the Hongqi H5. Its Chery stablemates include the Chery Arrizo 5 GT and the Chery A1.