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Chery Omoda E5 vs Lexus Rz

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Chery Omoda E5
Chery Omoda E5

$35,990 - $45,660

2024 price

Lexus Rz
Lexus Rz

2023 price

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2024 Chery Omoda E5
2023 Lexus Rz
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Dislikes
  • Ride compliance
  • Safety assist calibration
  • Relatively small boot

  • Feels artificial behind the wheel
  • Could have more real-world range
  • Missing things like V2L, one-pedal drive
2024 Chery Omoda E5 Summary

Okay, this is getting crazy. It feels like barely a week of 2024 is going by without another value-focused, pure-electric SUV hitting the Australian new-car market. 

And this is the latest, the Chery Omoda E5, a compact, five-seater with the performance and range to challenge some other relatively recent arrivals.

It joins the internal combustion Omoda 5, variations of which have proliferated in the roughly 18 months it’s been on sale here.

This is CarsGuide’s first look and we’ve assessed everything from value and practicality to safety and driving performance. So, stay with us to see if this EV could be your entree into the world of battery-electric SUVs.

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2023 Lexus Rz Summary

Far from just another mid-size SUV offering, the Lexus RZ bares the burden of much of the Japanese premium brand’s future.

While Lexus has been a trailblazer in the past, offering a wide range of hybrid luxury vehicles before every other brand, it’s a little late to the party with this car; it’s first ground-up electric vehicle.

The question is, has all this extra time given Lexus the luxury of perspective, or is it too little too late for the RZ to make a meaningful impact on the mid-size luxury SUV space? Stick with us as we find out.

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