Jaecoo E5 SUV

155kW Pure 61kWh 5dr Auto [2025]

If you’re not a keen observer of the automotive market, then you may not have heard of Jaecoo. It’s a Chinese-owned brand that only launched in the UK at the start of 2025, but it has immediately found success. Its first car, the Jaecoo 7, has positively flown off the showroom floors (it was Scotland’s second best-selling car in August 2025, fact-fans), and now there’s a sequel.

This is the Jaecoo E5, an electric sibling to the petrol-powered Jaecoo 5. Both versions aim to continue the success story of the Jaecoo 7 by offering a stylish and classy family car, with a lengthy list of standard features, but at a rock-bottom price. This battery-powered small SUV starts at just £27,505, which dramatically undercuts its similarly-sized electric rivals.

In fact, the Jaecoo’s pricing makes it more affordable even than apparently-cheap smaller cars, like the MGS5 EV and the Jeep Avenger Electric.

With space for five, a decent-sized boot and an official range of up to 248 miles on a single charge, the E5 is, on paper, a heck of a lot of car for the cash before you even factor in a generous standard spec list – Jaecoo says that the entry-level Pure trim has “everything you need” while the top-spec Luxury model has “everything you want”. Well, we’ll be the judge of that. Read on to see if the reality matches the pitch.