Picture Post: Chery A3 – Best looking car of 08
The Chery A3, in all its glory:
Chery have excelled themselves.
The Chery A3, in all its glory:
Chery have excelled themselves.
Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.
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super look!
Love the way it looks. Asia generic to these eyes, with all the praise that connotes. Interior seems to be homage to Toyota. Hope it comes to the US before long, in hatch form!
That interior is absurdly cheap and ill-fitting.
Kevin W
I beg to differ, the interior looks good enough for a chinese car and a 10 years old company.
I agree; the interior is decent, I would say the panels and materials (at least from the photos) looks to be on par with a Mazda Protege circa late 90s or early 2000s. Not something I’d personally buy, but it’s rather acceptable for this budding industry.
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The plastic looks surprisingly “soft”, even around the lighter. Still, I’d have to say it’s probably close to 10 years behind the Japanese firms…
It’s a bit bland but thats a start
what is the price of this car?
I like, plastic looks real?
what is the price fo this A3?
Saw one at Shenzhen exhibition 2 days back..nothing fantastic tho improved model priced CNY17,000 so I heard frm potential Chinese customer seating inside it & feeling displayed car.
Exhibitor’s rep. says it comes with tested local designed/researched eng. with main inputs from Chinese engineers & 2 employed foreign consultants. I wud buy one if I lived in China all things considered.
Back looks dodge intepid with kia rio lights!
Take a close look at passeger side dash. Looks like the air Back cover was added after the car was made.
It’s not the same color as the dash.
The car looks great! It is a pride to all Chinese!
C-NCAP test center announced the result of Chery A3
Front impact:11.22 points
side impact:16 points
40% offset front impact:15.03 points
plus the addtional 3 points for safety equipments, the total score is 45.3
So A3 has become the first 5-star model from Chinese home-grown brands along with the SAIC Roewe 550
other results in this new test
Mercedes C class : 47.8
Roewe 550 : 45.5
VW Bora : 47.2
mememe, story is due tomorrow!
This news was out about 4 days ago.
the crash test pictures were out over 10 days ago
Yes, I totally agree that the Chery A3 is the best looking car of 2008 and even beyond!
Judging from the looks and specs, the Chery A3 is arguably value for money for would-be buyers. They won’t regret it with this choice!