Lepas 2027 lineup: L2 to L9 models, PHEV and EV, Europe launch

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Chery is speeding up its European expansion not with a single model but with a whole scattering of brands and indices. Lepas is only just entering the market with the L8 crossover, but by the end of 2027 the brand’s line-up should grow to five models — from the compact L2 to the flagship L9.

The whole point of Lepas is to slot into a niche above the mainstream Omoda and Jaecoo, closer to a “semi-premium” segment that in Europe could overlap with Mazda, Volkswagen and the pricier versions of Korean SUVs. The engineering, though, isn’t developed in isolation: as with Omoda, Jaecoo and Ebro, it rests on Chery and the Tiggo family.

First to arrive in Europe will be the Lepas L8 with a plug-in hybrid. Then come the L6 and L4 — and for the L4 both PHEV and BEV versions are already confirmed, with a conventional HEV added around October 2027. The L4 will be about 4.44 m long, making it a C-SUV positioned below the L6 and L8. That version isn’t there for image but for sales volume: in Spain, hybrids already account for more than 40% of registrations.

Above the L8 will sit the Lepas L9 — a large D-segment plug-in hybrid, expected from around September 2027. It should stretch beyond 4.7 m and probably close in on 4.8 m, keeping the L9 and L8 apart within the same range. At the bottom of the line-up comes the Lepas L2: a compact B-SUV with a conventional hybrid and a fully electric version, similar in size to the Omoda 4 and Jaecoo 5.

But Lepas is only part of the plan. Chery is also bringing iCaur to Europe: first the V27 with a range extender, then the electric V25 and V23 S. In parallel, Chery itself is readying the Tiggo 3 BEV and the Tiggo 7 HEV/PHEV, and by 2028 the Tiggo 2 and Tiggo 4 with hybrid and electric powertrains.

For the buyer, that means looking not just at the price and the screen on the dashboard, but at where the platform comes from, the warranty, the spare-parts supply and whether the next new badge turns out to be a short-lived project with no clear service network behind it.

Chery is building not one line-up but a whole grid of brands; it is easy to get lost in it, and that is already becoming a separate risk for the customer.