Chery Goes Electric with iCaur

To make its official debut at the Kyalami Festival of Motoring.

- Charl Bosch

Chery confirmed that its electric off-road-focused iCar brand will be debuting locally in 2026, but under a different name. Because of copyright ownership, the brand will be known as iCaur. Still pronounced "i-car," sales will commence in the first quarter of 2026 and the marque will function independently from other Chery brands Omoda and Jaecoo, Jetour and Lepas.

With operations taking place from a projected 15 dealers by the time of its market arrival, the initial iCaur line-up will seemingly consist of three models.

iCaur 03

Of these, the 03 will formally debut as an iCaur after initial plans had been for it to debut as the Jaecoo J6.

As such, the 03 will take leave of the Jaecoo specific front-end and revert to its iCar frontal appearance, still with the inverted L-shaped headlights and a lower case "i" on the faux spare wheel cover that houses a storage area instead of the charging equipment.

Dimensionally, the 03 is 4,406mm long, 1,910mm wide and 1,715mm tall with its wheelbase stretching 2,715mm. The claimed ground clearance is 195mm.