Should you buy one?

The Omoda E5 wouldn’t be our first choice if we were shopping for an electric SUV – family buyers will be better served by the Renault Scenic E-Tech, Skoda Enyaq or the Hyundai Ioniq 5. However, for the price, we can totally see why it might be tempting to cash buyers on a budget. In the context of what it costs, you’re getting a perfectly acceptable car for the money.

After all, the E5 is spacious, comes with a seven-year warranty, five Euro NCAP stars, and appears to have good real-world efficiency. It’s a shame you can’t charge it faster, though, and that the infotainment and dashboard design isn’t massively user-friendly. The small boot may be a problem for some families, too.

If you’re planning to buy using some form of finance, don’t automatically assume that the Omoda’s low list price will mean it has the most competitive monthly figures. The stronger secondhand values of the established brands as well as the need to sell more and more electric cars is likely to make mainstream rivals very attractive to lease or finance as well.