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JetourT2 / Traveller

Boxy off-road styling and a plug-in hybrid, aimed at China's overlanding boom.

Photo: Ethan Llamas · CC BY-SA 4.0

The story

A defining chapter in Jetour history.

Explore the ideas, engineering and context that shaped the Jetour T2 / Traveller, then continue into its specifications and place in the marque's lineage.

Origins

China's domestic tourism and camping boom in the early 2020s created demand for vehicles that looked capable, and Jetour built a sub-line around it. The T2, sold in some markets as the Traveller, is the model that defines it: an upright mid-size SUV with a squared-off body, an exposed rear-mounted spare wheel and a side-hinged tailgate, developed under design lead Hakan Saracoğlu.

Jetour T2 interior · Milhouse35 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Design and engineering

Underneath it is less traditional than it looks — a monocoque with transverse engines, front-wheel drive as standard and an on-demand four-wheel-drive system on higher versions, plus a plug-in hybrid using a dedicated hybrid transmission. That combination gives it far better on-road manners and efficiency than the ladder-frame vehicles it visually references.

Jetour Traveller 009 · Zotyefan · CC0

In production

It has become one of Jetour's most successful exports, assembled in Indonesia and Malaysia and sold widely in the Middle East, where the styling and the equipment levels have found a ready audience.

Jetour Traveller 008 · Zotyefan · CC0

At a glance

The facts that define it.

Produced

2023–present

Engine

Petrol engine

Body

5-door SUV

Technical specification

The T2 / Traveller, in detail.

Production: September 2023 – present
Class: Mid-size SUV
Body style: 5-door SUV
Layout: ICE: ; Transverse engine; Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive ; Transverse engine; Transverse front-engine, four-wheel drive (XWD) ; PHEV: ; Front-engine, front-wheel drive layout; Front-engine, dual-motor, front-
Engine: Petrol engine; Petrol: ; 1.5 L SQRG4J15 turbo Straight-four engine; I4 ; 2.0 L SQRF4J20 turbo I4 ; Petrol engine; Petrol plug-in hybrid: ; 1.5 L SQRH4J15 turbo I4
Transmission: 7-speed Dual-clutch transmission; dual-clutch ; 8-speed Automatic transmission; automatic (Only 2.0 L) ; 3-speed Hybrid vehicle drivetrain; DHT (Dedicated Hybrid Transmission) (i-DM)
Designer: Under the lead of Hakan Saracoğlu
Assembly: China: Fuzhou, Fujian ; Indonesia: Bekasi, West Java (abbr; HIM; Handal Indonesia Motor) ; Malaysia: Johor Bahru (Berjaya Assembly)
Manufacturer: Jetour