Geely’s Galaxy brand opened Chinese sales of the Cruiser 700 on Saturday 10 October 2026. English-language reports also call it the Zhanjian 700 or the Battleship 700. Those are translations of one nameplate, not three separate SUVs. The Cruiser 700 is a plug-in hybrid, with a petrol engine plus electric motors. It is not a battery-electric car.
The sticker price and the launch offer are easy to mix up, because the two trade reports emphasise different layers of the same deal. CnEVPost puts the official list price at 189,800 yuan, about $28,190 at the exchange rate it used that day, which is 10,000 yuan below the pre-sale figure Geely quoted in September. Regular versions run up to 259,800 yuan, and a Land Ark special edition is listed at 379,800 yuan. After a 6,000 yuan cash subsidy toward purchase tax and a 4,000 yuan insurance subsidy, introductory prices run from 179,800 to 369,800 yuan. Buyers who also qualify for a 10,000 yuan trade-in subsidy can see limited-time prices from 169,800 to 359,800 yuan. CarNewsChina’s “from 179,800 yuan” line matches that post-subsidy band, not the 189,800 yuan list.
Geely Galaxy said on Weibo that firm orders passed 10,000 within 12 minutes of the launch event. CnEVPost and CarNewsChina both report that claim. It is a different number from the 43,900 reservations CnEVPost says the company counted in the first hour of September pre-sales. Those earlier reservations were not completed purchases.
The Cruiser 700 is built for China’s rugged plug-in SUV contest, the same space as BYD’s Fangchengbao models and Great Wall’s Tank. CnEVPost describes a five-seat body on Geely’s GTA off-road architecture, with a boxy shape, a side-hinged tailgate and an externally mounted spare wheel. Both outlets agree on a length of 5,085 mm, a width of 1,999 mm and a wheelbase of 2,900 mm. CarNewsChina adds a height of 1,912 mm, 233 mm of ground clearance, and approach and departure angles of 30 and 31 degrees. None of this is a UK, US, or UAE price.
Readers comparing Geely models that GetEVCar already lists should start with the Starray EM-i, the plug-in hybrid in the catalogue, and the EX5, the battery-electric SUV. Both sit on the Geely brand page, with the wider plug-in hybrid catalogue and other SUVs alongside them. The China launch does not change those pages.
Three plug-in hybrid powertrains are on the Chinese price list. CnEVPost’s variant split lines up with the power and acceleration table in CarNewsChina. The two-wheel-drive versions pair a 1.5-litre turbo with a single motor for 350 kW (469 hp), 0–100 km/h in 6.4 seconds, a CLTC electric range of 305 km and a combined CLTC range of 1,770 km. The 1.5-litre triple-motor four-wheel-drive versions rise to 690 kW (925 hp) and 4.2 seconds, with 280 km of electric range and 1,520 km combined, again on the CLTC cycle. The Dingfeng version uses a 2.0-litre turbo and three motors for 830 kW (1,113 hp), 3.95 seconds to 100 km/h, and 270 km of CLTC electric range. CLTC is China’s own laboratory cycle and usually reads longer than WLTP. Neither report cites an official WLTP figure for this SUV, so a converted “WLTP” number in a shorter write-up should not be treated as a Geely rating.
Charging is the point where the two reports stop agreeing. CnEVPost says the four 1.5-litre versions use a 47.14 kWh CATL lithium-iron-phosphate pack rated for a 6C peak. CarNewsChina quotes a 10–80 percent charge in 10 minutes and applies a 305 km electric range more broadly than CnEVPost’s table. A 6C peak and a ten-minute 10–80 percent stop are not the same claim. Until Geely publishes a charge curve, the minute figure is the less secure of the two.
The launch lands in a Galaxy brand that CnEVPost says sold 130,479 vehicles in September, its highest month of 2026 and just under 8 percent above a year earlier. A day before the Cruiser went on sale, Geely also said its main brand will begin Canadian sales in 2027. CnEVPost reports that Canadian models, powertrains and prices are still unannounced, so the Cruiser’s yuan sticker is not a Canadian price. The same account puts Geely Auto exports at 797,670 vehicles in the first nine months, up 169 percent, while sales inside China fell. That export surge explains why a China-only off-road plug-in hybrid is being watched abroad. It is not an on-sale date for Britain, the United States, or the Gulf.
