Changan CS75 Plus

Cabin

The cabin actually feels decent for the segment and feel of comfort and premium. There is leather seating covering the front and rear on the Sport trim. A 12-inch infotainment screen and a fully digital instrument cluster ahead of the driver.

One common feature is the head-up display that projects speed and navigation prompts onto the windscreen, a feature many rivals still reserve for a pricier trim.

Ambient interior lighting runs through the dashboard and door panels, adjustable enough to suit a driver's mood without becoming distracting after dark. Push-button start replaces a traditional key, and sport seats with additional bolstering reflect the trim's positioning.

An eight-speaker Sony sound system with an amplifier handles audio duties, delivering clearer output at higher volumes than a standard four-speaker setup manages.

The dashboard layout keeps a handful of physical buttons below the touchscreen for climate and drive mode changes, useful when a quick adjustment is needed without hunting through on-screen menus while driving.

Front Seat

• 6-way power adjustment with ventilation and memory for the driver
• 4-way power adjustment with ventilation for the passenger
• Sport seats fitted as standard, not an optional upgrade
• Leather upholstery across the range

Memory function on the driver's seat is a real convenience for households sharing one car between two drivers of different heights, restoring a saved position at the press of a button instead of readjusting everything by hand each time.

Rear Seat

• 60:40 split-folding second row
• Leather upholstery matching the front seats
• Rear air conditioning vents built into the centre console
• Adequate legroom for adults on regional trips

The split-folding second row is more useful in daily life than it sounds. It allows a family to carry three passengers and a long item like a surfboard or flat-pack furniture at the same time.

Climate Control

• Two-zone automatic climate control with rear vents
• Independent temperature settings for driver and front passenger
• Cool box built into the front console for chilled drinks
• Rear passengers get their own dedicated air vents rather than relying on airflow from the front

The cool box is an unusual inclusion at this price point, but quite useful for keeping drinks cold on a long desert drive without relying on the cabin's own air conditioning to do it. The two-zone system recovers cabin temperature quickly after the CS75 Plus has been sitting under direct sun in a mall car park, which matters more in the UAE than almost anywhere else.

Storage

• Front console cool box doubling as extra storage
• Door pockets sized for bottles on both rows
• Centre console bin beneath the armrest
• Glovebox sized for the owner's manual and documents

Storage stays practical rather than showy, with the cool box doing double duty as the one distinctly different touch compared with a typical compact SUV. Everyday items like sunglasses, a wallet, and a phone all have an obvious home within reach of the driver's seat.

Charging

• USB ports: front and rear, one front and two rear
• 58-litre fuel tank supporting longer regional trips
• Ambient lighting circuit routing separates from the main charging ports

Charging provision is sufficient rather than generous, covering phones for both rows without a wireless pad included on the Sport trim. Generally, families running multiple devices on a long drive will want to bring a car adapter for the cigarette-lighter-style outlet, since the USB count alone can run short with two or three phones charging at once.

Boot Space

The CS75 Plus offers 620 litres of boot space with the rear seats up, a notably large figure for a compact SUV and enough for a family's luggage on a trip to Fujairah or the Hajar Mountains.

If you fold the 60:40 split rear seats flat, they expand to roughly 1,450 litres, opening up enough room for furniture or camping gear. The powered tailgate makes loading heavier items easier, since there's no manual lifting involved to get the boot open in the first place.

The CS75 Plus carries a full safety suite as standard on its single trim, built around an ABS, EBD, brake assist, traction control, hill hold, hill descent, and dynamic brake force distribution combination. All included without needing to step up to a pricier trim that doesn't exist here.

• Driver, passenger, side, and curtain airbags across all seating positions
• Front and rear parking sensors paired with a 360-degree camera with recording
• Integrated Adaptive Cruise Control holds a steady following distance on the highway
• Front collision warning and autonomous emergency brake work together
• Lane departure warning and lane change auxiliary assistance
• Blind spot indicator system and rear approaching alarm for busy parking areas
• Reverse auxiliary alarm backing up the parking sensors at low speed

That list covers most of what buyers would expect from a far pricier SUV, standard rather than optional on the only trim sold here. Pairing the adaptive cruise system with the lane-keeping features makes longer highway stretches noticeably less tiring, cutting down on the small steering corrections that add up to fatigue over a two-hour drive.

Front

A tall, vertical-slat grille dominates the front end, flanked by slim LED headlights that run a sharp daytime signature. The bumper has a wide lower intake finished in gloss black, with the Sport trim's red badge placed just below the grille as the one splash of colour on an otherwise dark front end. LED daytime running lights run as a thin strip above the main headlight cluster, giving the face a layered look rather than a single light source. The bonnet carries a light crease running toward the windscreen, adding some visual muscle without turning into an overdone power bulge.

Side Profile

A rising beltline and a roofline that tapers gently toward the rear give the CS75 Plus a more athletic stance than its dimensions suggest. Electric folding door mirrors carry LED turn indicators and heating, while a roof rack comes standard, useful for a roof box on a longer trip rather than serving purely as a styling addition.

The chrome trim around the windows is kept minimal, letting the bodywork's own creases do the visual work instead. At 4,700 mm long on a 2,710 mm wheelbase, the CS75 Plus falls comfortably within the compact SUV bracket without feeling cramped for a family of four on a road trip. A subtle character line runs from behind the front wheel arch through to the taillight, catching the light differently depending on the angle it's viewed from.

Alloy Wheels

The CS75 Plus gets 19-inch alloy wheels wrapped in 225/55 tyres across the single Sport trim, a size chosen to fill the wheel arches without pushing the ride into overly firm territory. The multi-spoke design carries a two-tone finish that catches light differently depending on the exterior colour paired with it, and tyre sizing stays consistent regardless of which of the four exterior colours a buyer picks.

Rear

The full-width LED tail lights connects across the tailgate, a design language shared with newer Changan models sold in the UAE. A powered tailgate opens and closes without a manual push, and dual exhaust tips are finished in chrome rather than hidden behind the bumper. A rear spoiler integrated into the roofline adds a sportier edge without looking like an aftermarket addition. Also, the rear fog lights are set low in the bumper alongside a faux skid plate finished in the same gloss black as the front intake, basically tying the two ends of the car together visually.

Colors

• White
• Black
• Putty Grey
• Andes Grey

Four exterior colours are offered on the single Sport trim. It covers the practical white and greys alongside a proper black for buyers who want the CS75 Plus's sportier styling to read a little more serious.

City Performance

• Squeezed for space at a packed Al Qusais car market on a Friday, the auto park lines the CS75 Plus into a gap most drivers would drive past, though it takes its own unhurried time getting there.
• The 390 Nm of torque means overtaking a slow-moving truck on Hessa Street rarely needs a downshift, the Aisin gearbox already holding the right gear more often than not.
• Without Apple CarPlay to lean on, the built-in navigation ends up doing more work than it would in a rival, and it handles Deira's older, poorly signed junctions capably enough on its own.
• The cool box proves genuinely useful on a school run stuck at a Sharjah signal in July, keeping a bottle of water cold long before the cabin air conditioning has caught up.

Highway Performance

• Pushing past 140 km/h briefly to pass on the E611 toward Sharjah, the 2.0T's response feels stronger than the on-paper 233 horsepower figure suggests it should.
• The head-up display keeps speed and cruise settings in view on the long, featureless run to Al Ain, meaning fewer glances down at the instrument cluster over a two-hour drive.
• Wind noise around the roof rack becomes noticeable above 130 km/h, the one highway trait that gives away the SUV body underneath the sportier styling.
• A full 58-litre tank stretches comfortably from Dubai to Ras Al Khaimah and back without needing a splash of fuel along the way.

Ride and Handling

• Speed bumps inside a Jumeirah villa compound get absorbed with a soft thud rather than a jolt, the suspension doing its job before it reaches anyone in the second row.
• Tight, sandy roundabouts near Al Ain's older neighbourhoods reveal a bit more body lean than the Sport badge on the boot might promise, physics winning out over styling.
• The steering stays light enough for squeezing past parked cars on Ajman's narrower streets, then firms up convincingly once speeds climb on the way back to the highway.
• Braking bite is strong from the first press of the pedal, useful the moment someone cuts across three lanes without warning near a Ras Al Khor interchange.

While the SUV is overall well-equipped, it looks great in its interior and exterior. At this price, the CS75 sounds like a bargain. However, skipping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is a real omission in 2026. And most buyers who mirror their phone daily should test the MirrorLink alternative before deciding it's a dealbreaker.

Everything else about the CS75 Plus argues for looking past that one gap: a strong 233 hp turbo engine, a features list that reads like a pricier SUV's brochure, and a single trim that removes the guesswork of comparing versions against each other. Another positive is the 620-litre boot and the 60:40 split rear seats add up to real practicality rather than just numbers on a spec sheet.

Most Emirati buyers in this segment look for mainstream compact SUVs on power and equipment rather than smartphone integration alone; the CS75 Plus holds its own convincingly.

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