AION UT Cross

Auto Express confirms the UT Cross uses the same trim, equipment and cabin as the UT hatchback, which means the documented UT software ergonomics — mirror adjustment buried in menus, cruise set through the gear selector, the shortcut sidebar vanishing during phone mirroring and over-eager driver aids — arrive with the Cross unless Aion revises them before 2027 deliveries. As at October 2026 there are no UK Cross cars on the road, so this entry is a deliberate carry-over warning rather than an observed Cross fault: check the running software at handover.

The Cross adds 20mm of ride height and wider 225mm tyres to the UT's underpinnings, per AION Auto UK's official preview and Auto Express's Paris report. Nothing is wrong yet — UK deliveries start in 2027 — but the brand's own history says this matters: the V needed suspension retuning after Australian testers found a crashy, under-damped rear, and UT steering calibration split the UK press. Buyers should watch for unsettled riding on tall, salted back roads and cladding rattle after the first winter, and price slightly chunkier tyres than the hatch's when they arrive.

The UT Cross shares the UT hatchback's trim, equipment and underpinnings - Auto Express confirms the same 60kWh battery and 204hp front motor - so the hatch's wheelspin trait carries straight across. Parkers found wheelspin 'easy to come by from a standstill' in the UT, and Carwow said it is 'all too easy to spin a wheel up away from a junction'. The Cross rides 20mm higher on wider 225mm tyres with the same instant torque, so on damp, salted UK junctions the front wheels break traction, the traction control cuts in, and the driven front tyres wear faster than the rears. It is a calibration and tyre-sizing trait rather than a component fault: there is no hardware fix, but the tyre bill is a real running-cost factor once UK demonstrators appear.