The 2024 South African Car of the Year (COTY) competition has selected the brand, which has not yet celebrated its first birthday on local soil, as a finalist. The OMODA C5 will compete in the Compact Family category.
“We are thrilled with the announcement that the OMODA C5 is a Car of the Year finalist. It gives us as a very young brand the opportunity to show South Africans what many journalists and customers have already found out: that the OMODA brand offers a full house of features, performance and design at a very competitive price.”
Shannon Gahagan, National Brand and Marketing Manager OMODA & JAECOO
The SA Guild of Mobility Journalists’ decision to pick the OMODA C5 in the Compact Family category supports Gahagan’s statement.
A Clean Slate Approach
The OMODA C5 is available from R447 900 and offers significantly more performance from its 115-kW turbo-petrol engine than other contenders in the category. It is also unique in its offer of a full digital cabin with dual 10.25” screens, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and Intelligent Voice Commands across the range.
“The OMODA brand was created from a clean sheet, giving the designers and engineers free reign to create a vehicle with no comparison. This is not only true for its unique design – created from our design language of Art in Motion – but also in our decision to include a host of luxury and safety features across the entire range, regardless of the price.
Shannon Gahagan, National Brand and Marketing Manager OMODA & JAECOO.
This decision by OMODA to start from a clean slate and offer unmatched luxuries, performance and design features have surely informed the SA Guild’s decision to pick the OMODA C5 for the SA COTY competition.
For instance, every OMODA, regardless of price, has six airbags, ABS, electronic stability control (ESP) and standard features such as dual-zone climate control, sport seats, wireless charging and passive-entry-passive-start (PEPS).
Safety and Performance
The clean slate approach also applies to the mechanical structure and engine of the OMODA C5. The OMODA T1X platform uses ultra-high tensile steel to create a rigid platform and safety cell. It also boasts a full five-star safety rating in Europe (Euro NCAP) and Asia (ASIAN and Australian NCAP), delivering unmatched surefooted on-road performance within the Compact Family category.
The OMODA C5 is no stranger to competitions such as the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists Car of the Year competition. The model won the 2022 Most Technologically Advanced SUV in Qatar and also won Mexico’s Car of the Year and Best Midsized Crossover, as selected by the Auto Show.
While the OMODA C5 is a finalist for the prestigious SA Guild of Motoring Journalists Car of the Year competition, it’s just the beginning for OMODA South Africa. The brand recently added the high-performance OMODA C5 GT to its lineup, and they’ve confirmed plans to introduce the luxurious OMODA C9 flagship and the all-electric OMODA E5 in 2024.
South Africans have warmly received the OMODA vehicles, despite the brand being less than a year old in the country.
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