Geely Okavango

Okavango Overview

For those who are looking after the versatility of a seven-seater MPV with the stance and desirability of an SUV, the Geely Okavango has been brought to the Philippines shores as a more premium offering over the Coolray and Azkarra SUVs. The Geely Okavango has been made available in the Philippines car market in a total of two different variants – Comfort and Urban, both of which get the same petrol-powered powertrain and front-wheel-drive layout.

Geely Okavango Interior & Features

The interior cabin of the Geely Okavango has a very charming appeal, with a number of modern and cool looking bits which do try to make the all-black cabin look funky. The major highlights of the cabin of the Geely Okavango which do make it look youthful on the inside are the rectangular full TFT instrument console with multiple colored displays, free-standing rectangular touchscreen infotainment system, butterfly wing themed AC vents in the middle of the center console and an almost horizontal center tunnel, which accommodates transmission lever and drive mode selector.

The Geely Okavango might not have a too large footprint for a full-fledged seven-seater SUV. However, the cabin feels spacious and comfortable for all the three rows, and even after with all the three rows of seats intact, it has a respectable boot capacity of 257 liters.

Okavango Exterior

For a seven-seater compact SUV, the Geely Okavango has got a good and proportionate stance, with the styling being neither so outright aggressive nor so modest in its appearance. 

The front fascia of the Geely Okavango makes it look aggressive, with the main front grille having a layered theme with three chrome garnished panels being one into another. Just adjacent to the outer edges of the front grille is placed the angular headlamp, which has almost rectangular layouts with full LED lighting pattern.

This entire combination of grille and headlamps are encased within one large housing, making the front profile of the Geely Okavango look extremely wide. Another fancy element of the Geely Okavango’s front look is the trapezoidal housing for the fog lamps, which look nice with the triple LED bulbs for it.

The major highlight of the side profile of the Geely Okavango is the sharp trapezoidal creases over the rounded wheel arches, which go well in sync with the bulges on the front and rear fenders. The large roof rails, as well as the adequate cladding job executed over the wheel arches as well as lower portion of the doors, give it the SUV character.

The rear profile of the Geely Okavango looks very sober in comparison to the rest of its design, with the SUV having a clean layout for the rear boot. The tail lamps, with curved outer edges and tapered inner edges, have a sleek chrome garnish running in the middle of them

Geely Okavango Ride & Handling

The Geely Okavango has a suspension combination of Macpherson struts with coil springs at the front and multi-link setup at the rear. And given its seven-seater layout which is oriented more towards comfort, the vehicle impresses with its supple ride quality. To engage some amount of driving appeal, the Geely Azkarra has three different modes for its steering wheel.

Okavango Engine & Fuel Consumption

The Geely Okavango shares its 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with the smaller Azkarra, which is assisted with 48V mild-hybrid technology as standard. This engine, which is offered with a 6-speed manual gearbox in Comfort variant and 7-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox in Urban variant, pumps out 190 PS of power and 300 Nm of torque.

Geely Okavango Braking & Safety

The presence of premium safety features like front, side and curtain airbags, ABS with EBD, electronic stability control, traction control, hill descent control, hill start assist, electronic parking brake, front and rear parking sensors, tire pressure monitoring system and a 360-degree around-view camera make the Geely Okavango a feature-rich in terms of safety too.

Okavango Verdict

With a good mix of sophistication and funkiness in its overall styling in and out, the Geely Okavango tries to please the audience of all the age groups. With the presence of cool and premium features as well as good space on the inside, the Geely Okavango comes across as a worthy new age compact seven-seater SUV option.