Chery Riich G5 nails the Nürburgring!
Chery took their soon to be launched Riich G5 premium sedan to the Nürburgring in Germany for some serious testing of its credentials, and obtained itself a great score considering the previous contenders.
The G5 is the first mid size sedan from Chery, and will carry a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine, and also a 2.0T engine. The 2.0T model was the one put through its paces at the ‘Ring yesterday.
Chery obtained a fantastic result of 8:56, which puts it in the Nürburgring hall of fame:
- Cadillac CTS-V – 7:59
- BMW M3 (E92) – 8:05
- Audi RS4 Sedan – 8:09
- BMW M5 (E60) – 8:13
- Mercedes C63 AMG – 8:13
- Renault Laguna RS R26.R – 8:16
- BMW M3(E46) – 8:22
- BMW M Coupe(E36/8) – 8:22
- Audi S5 – 8:26
- BMW 335i Coupe（E92）- 8:26
- Mazda3 MPS – 8:39
- Honda Civic Type-R – 8:47
- VW Golf
- Ford Focus ST – 8:51
- Vauxhall Corsa VXR – 8:54
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Riich G5 – 8:56
- Ford Focus RS – 9:05
- Jaguar S-Type Diesel – 9:12
Obviously the Riich G5 is not quite upto CTS-V standard, but it has proved its worth on the ‘Ring, and overcome many early prejudices from people that believed that the G5 would fail miserably against rival vehicles, especially cars that have been in development and production for close to a decade, such as the Ford Focus. Readers would also be wise to remember that the Riich G5 is not being pushed as a sports model, it is being pushed as a premium vehicle, where as other rivals from the ‘Ring, barring the S-Type diesel are performance models in their respective niches, which only goes to prove that the G5 really does have it what it takes to be a premium car, its relative luxury and performance.
According to Chinese media reports, even the designated driver, Mr. Dirk Schoysman, was shocked by the G5′s performance and overall timing on the day.
Of course the G5 was not a production standard car, but it was fairly close. The tyres on the day had been changed to 225/40ZR18 Yokohama tyres to counter the extreme G-forces that the car would under go in tight corners, the braking system also under went upgrades. A roll cage weighing a mere 20kg was added to keep the car stable and to protect the driver should the G5 flip or crash during the race, a lot of equipment was removed from the car such as the DVD-GPS system, air conditioner and obviously rear seats, this also saved a lot weight, even the door inserts and window opening mechanisms were removed to shed those vital grams.
The end result of 8:56 is a great step in showing that Chery have made enormous advances in their ability to design, engineer, and produce a car. Previously Brilliance were struck down in Europe due to the shabby actions of ADAC, this is obviously a mistake that Chery do not want to follow and are carrying out their own different way of proving that the G5 has got what it takes to take on Europe, and then the world. The next step for Chery would be for them to obtain a 5 star or better crash test rating from N-CAP, here we mean a crash test performed by N-CAP and not to N-CAP standards.
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Also remember this wasn’t a stock Riich G5 and almost any car could be modded to get their time up there with enough money. The second everything is stripped out for a roll cage you are talking a different car. I believe the other cars listed were run stock other than tires.
I noticed that many sports cars were missing from that list so I had to look it up. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap_times#Production_vehicles
Still, 8:56 is not a bad result.
Best to remember that as already stated all the cars in the list its up against are stock cars, complete with there full interiors and own luxury features, not stripped out and Lotus tuned machines. Though the Renault is probably the closest in terms of actual performance when it went around the track, since it is the only other fwd saloon car in that list.
FAIL
a completely stripped car with upgraded brakes, tires, and a rollcage is nowhere near a stock car.
I bet Chery is going to advertise it like it was done by the real car, making such a big deal about it and not showing the real facts.
I don’t get why is CCT making so much fuzz about this…
hasn’t it occured that, if all the tested vehicles were stripped and upgraded, the Riich G5 would fall down this rank pretty roughly…??
>>>I don’t get why is CCT making so much fuzz about this…
Chery are the first Chinese company that dare to throw their car around the ‘ring. Other car companies haven’t been quite so innovative yet, plus they gained a decent time.
@ CCT
> Chery are the first Chinese company that dare to throw their car around the ‘ring.
For a publicity stunt. Auto companies put their prototypes on the ring for testing and tuning purpose of their production models.
What Chery did on this stripped down G5 had nothing to do with Chery’s production models in sitting in the dealership.
As stupid as it seems, you’re dead right about Chery advertising their car as a fast one around the Nurburgring. They’re obviously gonna use the lie as a marketing strategy to bring in more customers for their company. I know this because, being half Chinese, the objective is to get the task done and done with a good result. I completely agree with you. Chery should play with their stock cars a little more. It’s already obvious that they’re not coming to America any time soon, so we really shouldn’t be worried. But it was obviously a stupid decision to come forth with a ‘stock’ car.
wow! This is a great result!! WAY TO GO CHERY!! You people need to realize Chery doesn’t have the decades and decades of experience other automakers do. And the G5 isn’t a sports/performance vehicle, so to be able to get this result is simply amazing.
It’s easy to catch up quickly when industrial espionage is the norm in your country.For example the article in this link.
http://wot.motortrend.com/6580019/technology/ex-ford-employee-arrested-by-feds-for-stealing-sensitive-information/index.html
It doesn’t seem that amazing. Turn any car over to a good tuner and they will get that kind of performance out of it. Not difficlt to start changing the stock parts to make a car drive great. It doesn’t mean the Riich G5 will be a nice driving car at all.
i bet he was shocked!!
Were there any modifications to the drivetrain? If not, I would consider this an impressive result, other modifications notwithstanding. You can see that it is outpowered by the other cars on the list.
Chery Riich G5 = Garbage of Luxury
Better than this Chinese garbage of luxury it is the Hyundai Genesis that I gain many careers and is better than this shit of chery riich Hyundai Genesis is better….