OMODA 7: The SUV That Parks Better Than Most Malaysians on a Sunday Afternoon

Let’s be honest — parking in Malaysia can feel like a national sport. Whether it’s squeezing into that one spot at Mid Valley on a weekend, attempting a heroic parallel park outside your favourite kopitiam, or doing the slow crawl around Publika hoping someone will reverse out — we’ve all been there. But the OMODA 7? It’s not just playing the game. It’s here to win, collect the medals, and wave at us smugly while doing it.

Armed with APA (Automatic Parking Assistance) and RPA (Remote Parking Assistance), this SUV parks with more confidence than the average Malaysian who’s been driving for 20 years. Vertical, parallel, slanted, tiny like-your-neighbour’s-condo-lot, or hilariously irregular — OMODA 7 handles them all with the grace of a seasoned parking valet. With the ability to support over 1,000 parking scenarios, it’s practically the encyclopedia of parking. If it could talk, it would probably say, “Boss, I got this.”

APA is like having a super-smart co-driver who never complains. Approaching a parking space? OMODA 7 scans the situation, assesses the angles, calculates the turns, and glides in — all while you sit there pretending you knew how to do that manually. It handles entry and exit maneuvers, picks the best parking spot, and even memorises your reverse paths. Yes, it remembers. If only your partner did that when you mention where you want to makan.

In tight residential lanes or old shoplot back alleys where space is quite a squeeze, APA can retrace your steps with precision, making traced reversing feel like a magic trick. Now here’s where things get downright futuristic. With RPA, you don’t even have to be inside the car. Just step out, whip out the key remote, and watch your OMODA 7 do the work. It slides in and out of tight spaces like it has years of yoga experience. No more squeezing your body like kuih lapis just to exit your car when someone parks too close. No more fear of scratching your doors on concrete pillars in multi-storey car parks. Just pure, blissful convenience. 

This feature alone should earn it a Datukship.

The OMODA 7 boasts the fewest maneuvers and the fastest parking speed in its segment. Translation? When everyone else is stillawkwardly turning the steering wheel left-right-left, you’ll already be walking away confidently, pretending the car didn’t just park itself. 

OMODA 7’s parking system is calibrated using global data, from the EU to China, meaning it’s battle-tested across some of the world’s most chaotic car parks — which, frankly, sounds perfect for Malaysia. If it can survive European cobblestone streets and Beijing’s tight residential zones, it can handle KLCC on a sale day.

With its intelligent systems, broad adaptability, and uncanny ability to park better than most of us, the OMODA 7 sets a new gold standard for parking convenience. It saves time, reduces stress, and gives you peace of mind — especially in those “I definitely cannot fit there, lah” moments. 

So yes, the OMODA 7 might be the most thoughtful parking partner you’ll ever have. And unlike your friends, it’ll never judge your parking skills — mostly because it doesn’t need you to park at all.