Tempered by the Taklimakan Rally to Race-Grade Quality, the Tiggo 8 Extraordinary Champions Officially Launch
On June 2, the 2026 Taklimakan (International) Rally concluded in Aksu, Xinjiang. Chery took the opportunity to hold a "Race-Grade for Civilian Use, Intelligent for Both Gasoline and Electric" new product launch conference. The Tiggo 8 PLUS Extraordinary Champion and Tiggo 8 PRO Extraordinary Champion were officially launched, and the fifth-generation Tiggo 8 simultaneously introduced limited-time Taklimakan Rally car purchase benefits, empowering the family SUV market with track champion technology.
This year's Taklimakan Rally had a total course length of 7,500 kilometers, with more than 60% of the route consisting of desert and Gobi sections, and the event completion rate was less than 40%. The Tiggo 8 team, equipped with the factory Kunpeng 2.0T powertrain, competed in the T1.1 professional modified group, facing off directly against tens-of-millions-yuan V8 modified race cars. In the end, it secured second and third place in the group team competition and swept 6 stage victories. Relying on the championship asset of winning the Taklimakan Rally four times in four years and accumulating 41 event championships, Chery practices the race-grade-for-civilian-use R&D philosophy, fully transferring power, chassis, and safety technologies verified in extreme track conditions to mass-production new vehicles.
In terms of pricing, the official guide price of the fifth-generation Tiggo is 99,900-129,900 yuan, with a limited-time Taklimakan Rally price starting at 92,900 yuan; the Tiggo 8 PRO Extraordinary Champion Luxury Edition is limited-time priced at 101,900 yuan; the Tiggo 8 PLUS Extraordinary Champion is offered in Luxury Edition and Falcon 500 Smart Driving Edition, with limited-time prices of 106,900-121,900 yuan. The entire lineup is stacked with eight Taklimakan Rally purchase perks, including a high-value car purchase fund, up to 12,000 yuan trade-in subsidy, lifetime whole-vehicle warranty for the first owner, lifetime free basic data traffic, and multiple other benefits, greatly lowering the threshold for owning a high-quality gasoline SUV.
At the product level, all three models come standard across the lineup with the Kunpeng 1.6TGDI engine of the same origin as the Taklimakan Rally, with a maximum power of 147kW and peak torque of 310N·m, with performance benchmarked against luxury brand 2.0T models, paired with a hydraulic vibration-isolation chassis of the same origin as luxury cars and aluminum alloy steering knuckles, delivering a driving and riding quality comparable to 300,000-yuan-class models.
Among them, the Tiggo 8 PLUS Extraordinary Champion is positioned as a small blue light pilot family SUV, equipped with the Falcon 500 smart driving system and Qualcomm 8620 smart driving chip, enabling high-level NOA highway piloting and APA full-scenario automatic parking for gasoline vehicles. Lighting up the small blue light unlocks intelligent travel; the cabin is equipped with an 8255 chip + 15.6-inch 2.5K large screen and AI large model, achieving intelligence parity between gasoline and electric; it comes standard with 9 airbags and a 540° panoramic camera, with a flexible 5+2 seat layout and a maximum trunk volume of 1,930L.
The Tiggo 8 PRO Extraordinary Champion focuses on a 5+2 true seven-seat family layout, with a third row suitable for regular use. Relying on the 8155 intelligent cockpit, 24.6-inch wraparound screen, and C-PURE healthy cockpit, it balances full-scenario travel needs for multi-member families, with comprehensive fuel consumption as low as 7.2L per 100 kilometers, balancing power and economy.
As the first electric-feel experience model among China's new gasoline vehicles, the fifth-generation Tiggo 8 uses a 2825mm ultra-long wheelbase to create an ultra-large five-seat space, comes standard across the lineup with the 8155 chip + 8 airbags, and relies on an 80% high-strength steel body to meet five-star safety standards in seven major global markets, achieving triple leapfrogging in electric-feel intelligent cockpit, large space, and high safety.
From the devilish Taklimakan Rally track to the daily commute of thousands of households, the Tiggo 8 champion family feeds race technology back into civilian use, breaking the intelligence and comfort ceilings of gasoline vehicles and redefining the new value standard for 100,000-yuan-class family SUVs.
