Jetour's new Traveller 7 looks like a baby Land Rover Defender and starts at $18,800 with trade-in

Jetour officially launched the new Traveller 7 tonight in eight trims with gas and C-DM plug-in hybrid power, with gas versions listed at 139,900 to 179,900 yuan (about $20,890 to $26,860) and a super renewal price of 125,900 to 165,900 yuan (about $18,800 to $24,770), while the C-DM plug-in hybrid is listed at 152,900 to 172,900 yuan (about $22,830 to $25,820) with a renewal price of 143,900 to 163,900 yuan (about $21,490 to $24,470).

The new Traveller 7 keeps the family's boxy shape, swapping in retro round ring headlights and adding a full-width light bar up front, while the hood is raised by 5 cm (about 2 inches) for a taller stance that gives it a distinct baby Land Rover Defender vibe.

Body-colored wheel arches, blacked-out mirrors and new wheel designs pair with blacked-out A to D pillars for a floating roof, while the tail keeps the side-opening door and the little backpack box along with factory towing certification. The car measures 4,827 mm long, 2,006 mm wide and 1,875 mm tall on a 2,800 mm wheelbase, positioning it as a mid-size SUV.

Inside there are three themes in Danxia red, moon shadow apricot and dark night black with generous soft-touch trim, a 15.6-inch 2.5K center screen and a 10.25-inch digital cluster running a Qualcomm 8255 chip with 24 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, plus the TOUR OS 3.3 cabin system hooked up to iFlytek's Spark AI model. An electronic column shifter, piano-style physical buttons and a crystal rotary knob blend tech with usability.

On intelligence, the gas version carries the Falcon 500 advanced driver assist based on a Horizon Journey 6M chip with 128 TOPS of compute and an end-to-end model supporting highway NOA and full-scenario parking, while the plug-in hybrid will later add Huawei's Qiankun ADS 5 system.

The car gets 12-layer cloud seats with front ventilation, heating, eight-point pneumatic massage and 10-way power adjustment, a queen passenger seat that folds flat with one touch, a 23-speaker Boya panoramic audio system, 256-color ambient lighting, double-layer laminated glass and a hot-and-cold armrest box. Folding the second row with one touch turns the cabin into a two-meter bed room, saving campers the trouble of bringing a tent.

For chassis and off-road capability, the car uses a unibody with an integrated embedded ladder frame, 81 percent high-strength steel and 32,000 Nm per degree of torsional rigidity on the gas version. The XWD automatic intelligent all-wheel drive combines BorgWarner's sixth-generation intelligent torque manager with an intelligent limited-slip differential, identifying road conditions and distributing torque in 0.1 seconds, so drivers can get unstuck without stopping to switch modes, with support for a 7+X one-touch off-road mode, smart crawl and tank turn. Approach angle is 27 degrees, departure angle 30 degrees, minimum ground clearance is 220 mm (about 8.7 inches) and wading depth is 700 mm (about 27.6 inches).

For power, the gas version offers 1.5T and 2.0T engines making 135 kW (about 181 hp) and 187 kW (about 251 hp), with 290 Nm (about 214 lb-ft) and 390 Nm (about 288 lb-ft) of peak torque, paired with a 7DCT or 8AT gearbox.

The C-DM plug-in hybrid pairs a 1.5TD engine with three electric motors for a combined 575 kW (about 771 hp) and 835 Nm (about 616 lb-ft), using a 45.12 kWh CATL battery for 251 km (about 156 miles) of CLTC electric range and 1,400 km (about 870 miles) of combined range, with combined fuel consumption as low as 1.08 L/100km (about 218 MPG), and all-wheel drive available whether the battery is charged or depleted.