Chery has opened sales of the Fengyun T9L in China, and the big five-seat hybrid SUV did the sort of launch automakers dream about: 15,658 orders in 3 hours. The Chery Fengyun T9L starts at 18,500 dollars, and it is aimed at buyers who want a lot of metal and technology for not much money, a formula Chinese brands keep using to squeeze older rivals from both ends of the market.
The Fengyun T9L is not trying to win on modesty. It stretches to 4870 mm, rides on a 2920 mm wheelbase, and loads the cabin with comfort gear that would have been premium-only not long ago. The interesting part is that Chery is pairing that value pitch with a spec sheet that looks much pricier on paper.
Chery Fengyun T9L interior and dimensions
Inside, Chery is leaning hard into comfort and gimmick-free practicality. The standard kit includes a digital instrument panel, a large center display, seat heating, ventilation, and massage, while higher trims add ”zero-gravity” seats with 16 adjustments, a 17.3-inch screen for the second row, a 2-square-meter panoramic roof, and a 23-speaker audio system rated at 1080 W.
The cabin also gets up to 38 storage compartments, a 1597-liter luggage area, and a layout that can fold into a ”double bed” setup. Rear passengers are not an afterthought either: legroom reaches 1037 mm, which is the sort of number that makes many midsize SUVs look suddenly cramped, even if Chery is only seating five.
Kunpeng Super Hybrid CDM6.0 power figures
Under the skin sits Chery’s Kunpeng Super Hybrid CDM6.0 system. The base version combines a 1.5-liter engine with an electric motor for 242 kW and up to 135 km of electric driving under the CLTC cycle.
- Base version: 1.5-liter engine, 242 kW, up to 135 km on electricity
- Higher-output versions: up to 375 kW, up to 230 km on electricity, up to 2000 km combined range
- Top AWD version: 435 kW, 862 hp, 0-100 km/h in 5 seconds, 240 km/h top speed
The fastest model gets dual electric motors and all-wheel drive, which is where Chery stops sounding budget and starts sounding a little cheeky. A 2000 km claimed range is the kind of headline that sells cars in China, where range anxiety, charging speed, and value still dominate buyer attention more than badge snobbery does.
Falcon driver-assistance systems
Driver assistance scales from Falcon 200 on the entry model to Falcon 700 on the upper trims. The stronger system adds lidar, 27 sensors and 560 TOPS of computing power, with support for NOA driving assistance and fully automated parking.
That puts the Fengyun T9L in a crowded but very active part of the Chinese market, where domestic brands are using aggressive pricing, bigger batteries, and increasingly flashy automation suites to outgun mainstream global rivals. The real question now is whether Chery can turn this launch-day stampede into sustained demand once the first wave of early adopters has already clicked ”buy”.