Omoda in Ireland: the UK import guide to the E5 (and the 5, 7 and 9)
Last reviewed 10 September 2026. Listing counts and prices are live figures from our own catalogue of UK cars and change daily.
Omoda is sold in the UK but has not launched in Ireland. There is no Irish distributor, no Irish dealer, no Irish website that answers, and the brand does not appear in Irish new-car registration reporting - so every Omoda on an Irish road today is an import. The UK took the Chinese brands early and in volume: Omoda has been on sale there since 2023, with a dealer network of well over a hundred sites, and the used market that follows a launch like that is now arriving. Importing is realistically the only way to buy one here.
What we can source right now. Our live catalogue currently holds around 45 Omoda at UK garages, and today every one of them is the electric E5, from 2024 to 2026, with fully landed prices from about €27,700 and an average around €32,000. That figure includes VRT, VAT, customs, transport and Irish registration - it is the price to have the car here on Irish plates in your name. The petrol Omoda 5, the 7 and the plug-in hybrid 9 exist in the UK and pass through our catalogue as their used supply builds; if you want one of those, tell us the spec and we will watch for it.
Why the E5 lands so cheaply. Revenue charges VRT on a battery-electric car at 7% of its Irish open market value and then gives relief of up to €5,000 on cars valued at €40,000 or less, reduced between €40,000 and €50,000 and nothing above. At the E5's prices the 7% comes to less than the relief, so the VRT is €0 - which is why the electric E5 undercuts the petrol 5 in our list despite being the newer technology. The relief applies to cars registered before 31 December 2026, so a car landed this year gets it and one landed next year may not. Whatever applies is already inside the price you see; nothing is added at the port.
Why the UK route suits these cars. A nearly-new Omoda bought in the UK has already taken its steepest first-year depreciation there, in a market ten times the size of ours. Because every car we list is priced fully landed, you can compare our screen price directly against any Irish forecourt sticker - there is nothing to add at the port, and there is no Irish forecourt with an Omoda on it anyway.
Warranty - please read this before you buy. Omoda cars sold in the UK carry a seven-year, 100,000-mile manufacturer warranty, and the high-voltage battery in the E5 is covered for eight years or 100,000 miles to 70% of its capacity. But the cover is granted by the UK importer, OMODA & JAECOO UK Limited, and its own policy extends it to EU countries only, in its words, when "travelling within the European Union Member States (non-permanent with return to the UK expected)" - a car permanently re-registered in Ireland is outside that sentence. There is no authorised Omoda dealer anywhere on the island of Ireland, none in the Republic and none in Northern Ireland, so the nearest place to service the car to the schedule or lodge a claim is in Britain, at your own travel cost, and the bundled roadside assistance is scoped to the UK and Channel Islands. The warranty does transfer to each new owner, so it is not cancelled by the move; the problem is redeeming it, not holding it. Our honest advice is to price an Omoda as though the manufacturer warranty is worth nothing here, and to treat any goodwill from the importer as a bonus. Our optional extended warranty cover is available on eligible cars. The full position, re-checked monthly against the policy document, is in our manufacturer warranty guide.
How the import works. You choose the car and pay the deposit. We handle the purchase, an independent mechanical inspection, transport, customs, VRT and registration - typically about two weeks from deposit to handover on Irish plates, collected in Dublin or delivered to your door. The price on the screen is the price you pay.
Browse every Omoda we can land in Ireland → Or tell us the exact spec you want and we will source it: car sourcing.