Omoda 9

The Omoda 9's adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist and driver-attention monitoring react aggressively: the cruise brakes sharply for vehicles in adjacent lanes, the lane assistant forcefully corrects the steering instead of advising, and the driver-monitoring camera warns when the driver looks at the central display. UK long-term testers found the system fights the driver to hold the lane and eventually stopped trusting it. Lane-centring can be disabled, leaving conventional adaptive cruise, but the intrusive calibration remains a safety and comfort concern on motorways and B-roads.

The Omoda 9's tile-based infotainment has no fixed home button, and everyday functions are buried several menu layers deep - turning on the heated seats takes multiple presses unless you use voice control. Reviewers found the system laggy from a cold start, and wireless Apple CarPlay does not reconnect automatically when you return to the car. Over-the-air updates can improve responsiveness, but the menu structure itself remains awkward for everyday UK use.

The Omoda 9's ride is soft but choppy: it patters over pockmarked urban surfaces and jiggles around town on its 20-inch wheels, and on British B-roads the suspension bounces over lumps and ridges without settling. Sport mode firms the adaptive dampers, but the 2.2-tonne kerb weight still produces obvious body roll into corners. The model-year 2026 retuned Continuous Damping Control suspension improves composure, but early cars remain fidgety at low speed.