2026 Chery Tiggo rEV LE Review | The Luxury of a Plug-In
Cherry has done it again, underpricing and overd delivering on their latest togo product. This is the revd. It is the latest and greatest seven-seater to come from the brand here in the Philippines, and it could be the one to look out for coming into 2026. Now, right off the bat, I can tell you that this is most definitely the best Cherry that we’ve driven throughout their entire lineup thus far. So, join us today as we clue you in on how we came to that conclusion on this episode of Behind the Wheel. Impressive all around, including its price, which if you whip out the Autodal app, available on iOS and Android, then it’s absolutely free. It can tell you that the TGO REVCDM starts at just 1,588,000 Philippine pesos. But do check our app cuz you could possibly get this car for a better price. It starts there. But mind you, this is a plug-in hybrid. Inspired. We wanted to do even more than that. We took that same 500 pesos, put fuel in the car, but also accounted for the electricity that it needs to charge the batteries. And let me tell you, this car is a tough nut to crack because we’re still using the fuel and charge from yesterday’s shoot on today’s drive. And if you’d like to see the results on that video, well, of course, the links are found down below. And all that starts with a 1.5 L turbocharged gasoline engine that produces 201 horses and 310 new meters of torque which is paired with an electric motor. The electric motor is fed by an 18.66 kWh battery which on its own Cherry says that it can do up to 130 km just on pure electric power. Now, Cherry also states that this vehicle can go up to 1,400 km on a full tank of gas and a full battery charge if, of course, you don’t drive like a maniac, aka Earl. However, we did need said maniac because when we wanted to do our test with this vehicle, we asked Cherry for this to have no charge and zero fuel inside the tank. Unfortunately, Cherry being the gracious people that they are, gave this vehicle to us with a full charge and a full tank of gas, which meant we had to hand it to Earl to drive like said maniac around the city and god knows where else to use everything up for our future video. Even with him at the wheel and a heavy foot, he was still doing 15 km per liter inside the city and 20 km per liter outside, which was already crazy. However, with our testing, we were able to do 35 km per liter out on the highway. So, safe to say your fuel efficiency numbers will fall very well in between a maniac and what we did. So, who’s that? Jack, a normal person. LEDs and DRL lead the way with a large grill up front that is completely covered with a slight slit at the bottom to allow air in for the internal combustion engine. Up on top, you’ve got roof rails that guide the massive panoramic roof. And then just underneath that, you’ve got chrome accents that go around the window sills. Repeaters and cameras can be found on the side mirror which sit all above 200 mm of ground clearance thanks to 18in wheels wrapped in 2355s. Oh, and before I forget, door handles that automatically pop out like magic. Magic. On its rear, it’s got handsome set of lights. Uh, it’s got a light bar that stretches the entire width of the car and a pair of the most unique and largest third brake light I’ve ever seen in my life. Also, bit of a miss here. It has two fake exhausts, which is strange because it has two real exhausts underneath. Kind of a miss, I think. Open the third row. Now, while we don’t have exact figures, as you can see, this is our hand carried luggage. This is the charging bag, early warning device, uh, fix the flat kind of a thing. So, there is a decent amount of space here. When you fold the third row, yes, because it is a seven-seater, you can just about squeeze in a pair of Bik Bayan boxes in there, which is already a lot. Then, if you need even more space, fold the second row and then you can fit yet another pair of Bik Bayan boxes in there. Can get inh. Thigh support is Yeah. just as like your average SUV. Kind of tight actually here. It’s a bit tight. Okay. Uh elbow room is bit tight and also toys include just cup holders on this side and on that side. So if I were to pull the chair back, well, there’s a lot of room so long as the people up front are actually very generous. There you go. So that’s a bit tight. So really, it’s a much like any other seven-seater SUV that we have out there. While the TGO is a crossover, the third row is more like that of a PPV in the Philippines where it’s kind of a bit on the tight side. Better for smaller passengers because the thigh support and the headroom is not all that great and there’s not a lot of uh toys back there. But the main view obviously will be this, the second row. Plenty of room to go all around. That’s my normal driving position. Knee room is actually pretty darn good. I can put my feet, stretch my feet a little bit more. Head room is quite good. Look at that. Even though you have a share of the beautiful panoramic roof. If a third person were here, also no issues because there is barely a center tunnel. It’s like mij. And uh you have two air vents directly in front of you as part of your toys. Other toys in here include two charging points found directly underneath a type A and a type C ball holders in either door. speakers on either door as well. And of course, a center armrest with two cup holders that surrounds it with piano black. Now, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the car isn’t decked out in leather. Yes, there are leather strips that can be found ever so slightly around the car, but it’s predominantly this this suede material, which is actually pretty cool, meaning it keeps you cooler than leather seats. And when Earl is driving around a maniac, like a maniac, it kind of keeps you in your chair. As does the headrest because it’s got this conformity to your head so that even if Earl’s going ape, you won’t go ape. Also, I’d like to point out that the current rival of this vehicle would be the Sea Lion 6 because that too is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. However, this I would say has a bit more space in the fact that it has seven seats. And as a seven-seater owner myself, although I don’t necessarily use it all the time, I like the fact that it’s there just in case I need it. And in turn, it also provides me with a bit more cargo space. Know what I mean? Up front, you’re greeted by two pretty large screens. Your infotainment is what I’m assuming to be about 8 or 9 in. It’s uh fully colored and you all the information that you need is obviously directly in front of you. You have buttons on your steering wheel for your audio and your cruise control, which is adaptive, by the way, cuz this has a suite of advanced driver assist systems. Your uh rear view mirror uh tints on its own, which is actually pretty cool. And of course, you’ve got your controls for your not just your panoramic roof, but this is actually also a sunroof. I have to start the engine or start the motor to open that. Now, in the center, you have more than 15 in of a screen. It’s really large. It’s bright. It’s funny, too, cuz there’s a fire in there. It’s like Early and I like to keep our hands warm for some silly reason. All the controls that you will want for the vehicle are inside this screen. So, in that aspect, it’s much like a Tesla where everything’s in there, except it’s better on that in that sense because you can control the air vents manually and your wiper controls are found directly here on the stock. Other things that you have in here, you’ve got a 50watt wireless charger with a vent to boot so that it doesn’t uh heat up your phone. You’ve got two cup holders. You’ve got your drive functions here. You have a cool box in here, which Jack kept his Red Bull pretty cold in there. And then I also wanted to show you that the key is actually pretty nice. It’s snazzy. There’s also more space that can be had found underneath the next your next to your charging points. And of course, a glove box found right there. Now, Earl wanted me to add this because it was very important with him and I understood why. Because on the driver and passenger, you actually have mirrors, but more than that, they change color from day to night. So, basically, Earl is looking at himself in the daytime. He is an executive. At night, he’s an exotic dancer. Now, before we move on to driving this vehicle, I’d like to ask you all to please subscribe to our channel because we need to get Earl a new G-string. He lost the other one last night. Don’t forget my pole dancing lessons. Oh, yeah, that too. That’s Boy, that’s really expensive. And just to clarify, Earl is not an executive. What is he? He’s just a dancer. Yeah. However hard it was to run the range down, which by the way is a great thing, the car is exceptionally easy to drive. Whether it’s the smooth motor, the the quick acceleration, the comfort for the for the driver and the seat. It’s just it’s really just a very very easy car to drive. There’s also a ton of driving modes that you have inside this car whether it’s to drain the battery or uh in eco mode or there’s a manner that you can which that you can extend your battery life as best as possible. Then there’s also the fact that it has drive modes in the form of eco, sport and normal. So, there’s a lot you can do to to basically change it in the manner of how it is that you’re going to be driving that particular day. If you’re feeling sporty, sure. If you’re feeling cheap like me, beat the pit. Yeah, Eco Plus is the way to go. There’s even uh a braking pitch control, which is to say that when you activate it, it makes sure that when you need to break the car as quickly as possible, it doesn’t exactly dive forward. And you can really feel it working because when you turn it off, you do kind of lift a little bit. Brakes are pretty strong here. Now, as for road manners, it’s a bit on the firm side, which is good and bad. It’s good because you know that the car really won’t bottom out and um you can feel it a bit tight when you’re taking twists and turns. It’s bad because it can get a little bouncy for some. Now, you don’t feel it as much when you’re in the front seats, but the passengers may have something to complain about if you’re feeling a little bit racy. I’d also like to say that when you do get racy on these twists and turns, this is not a sports car. It’s obviously a sevenseater crossover, right? So, don’t drive it like a madman. Just drive it normally. As for road manners, it’s a bit on the firm side. Um, as a driver, you don’t really feel it much, but as a passenger, it might surprise them a little bit because it’s not something that you would expect from a seven-seater crossover. You’re expecting something a little bit more comfortable, right? This leans a bit more towards the stiffer side, but it does make up for it in spades because of just exactly how quiet this is. Um, it is a plug-in hybrid, so you’ve got an electric motor there. But even the gasoline engine itself, it doesn’t seem like it roars at all. Or if it does, you’re very, very well insulated from it, which I can believe because even the road noise doesn’t seem to creep in that much. Now, handling wise, the car feels very planted, even at speed, which is really great. The steering is quite light. You have the option to make it as heavy or heavier than you want it to be. So, it’s really tailor suit tailor suited for the driver. Uh, with that said, this does have 200 mm of ground clearance, so it’s a bit high off the ground, so body roll will be apparent if you get a little too racy around twists and turns. Power comes through almost immediately, even in eco mode. I mean, this is, after all, a electrically biased automobile, and when you punch it, it really does go. Uh if however if you’re not used to it and I noticed this when I was in traffic, it does tend to like move forward a little more than you expect it to. So you kind of just pop on the brakes a little bit. But once you get used to that, it’s no not an issue. I mean really, when is it ever an issue when you have too much power? Never. Cherry has really stepped it up. This particular model is one of the best that has come from the Chinese brand. And we’re not cherry-picking here, okay? Because you’ve got the smoothness of the engine and the motor, the feel of the interior, the quietness of the cabin, and then you’ve got all of that paired with the latest features and tech. It really culminates well inside the Tigo REV. And again, there’s the price. 1,588,000 Philippine pesos. You know, I’m starting to wonder if Cherry’s actually even making money off of this because that’s really a good price.
The 2026 Chery Tiggo rEV LE or “Luxury Edition” starts at just P1,588,000 Philippine Pesos at the time of this video’s publishing. However, whereas other rivals charge around the same for only five seats, the Tiggo rEV LE does it with seven (7). This plug-in hybrid seven-seater has pleasantly shocked us with its value and its features. Join us to find out if this is indeed the best Chery we’ve tested so far on this episode of Behind the Wheel.
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