Chery rolls out charged-up Tiggo 8

PLUG-IN HYBRID: CSH SPORTS SAME SETUP AS SISTER BRAND JAECOO'S J7 SHS

- Charl Bosch

Chery has officially completed the roll-out of its CSH or Chery Super Hybrid models in South Africa with the arrival of the Tiggo 8 CSH.

Joining the Tiggo Cross and Tiggo 7, the Tiggo 8 adopts the same plug-in hybrid configuration as the latter, but restricted to a single unbadged derivative which, surprisingly, isn't the local line-up's new flagship.

Positioned between the two-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive versions of the Tiggo 8 Pro Max, the Tiggo 8 CSH doesn't adopt the "Pro" suffix and as such, will be marketed as Tiggo 8 CSH.

Similar to the newly facelifted Tiggo 7, which takes leave of the "Pro" and "Pro Max" names, the Tiggo 8 CSH differs aesthetically from the combustion models by featuring a new grille with black surrounds, a restyled front bumper, standard Auto High Beam Assist LED headlights and new 19-inch alloy wheels.