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Chery To Reassign Focus on Own Range

Chery are set to refocus their attention on a core range of products after a disastrous expansion into a range of sub brands which did not resonate well with consumers in China. The new plan will see Chery focus on four core brands within its range: Arrizo, Fulwin, Tiggo and QQ.

Jun 18, 2013 Posted by administrator In Industry News Tagged Arrizo, Chery, Chery Automobile, Chery Concept, Fulwin, tiggo, Tiggo3, Tiggo5 Comments 2

Chinese Auto Brands Bet Big on Malaysia

Chery recently announced that they are to expand their plans for Malaysia by establishing a production center to gain greater market share and also further expand into the South East Asian market.

Chery’s plans come after SAIC and Great Wall’s own plans for South East Asia were revealed. GWM have attached great impetus to expanding in developing…

Jun 3, 2013 Posted by administrator In Industry News Tagged Chery, Great Wall, GWM, Malaysia, MG, SAIC Comments 1

Chery Planning New Factory in Malaysia

Chery announced yesterday a new factory with a Malaysian partner that will see two work together on developing Malaysia as an export hub for other South East Asia countries. Malaysia has long been positioning itself as an up and coming export base due to its own expanding auto market, Chery has become the latest addition to the Malaysian market with…

May 27, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chery Automobile, Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged Chery, Chery Automobile, Chery investment, Chery Malaysia, China overseas investment, CKD, industry news Comments 2

Chery Denies Redundancies Rumor After 190 Million RMB Loss In First Quarter

Chery denied rumors earlier today that it is planning to cut 9000 from its workforce would undergo a series of redundancies after a 190 million RMB loss in the first quarter of 2013.

At the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show Chery announced its ‘One Chery Strategy’ which included the ending of Riich, Reely and Karry brands which would be pushed back…

May 15, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chery Automobile, Industry News Tagged Chery, Financial News, industry news Comments 2

Chery A4 Road Testing, Readying for Full Production

The Chery A4 has already aired at the Shanghai Auto Show as as the Alpha concept car but it seems the car is well underway and doesn’t seem overly far from full production judging from these road testing pictures…

May 3, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, chery a4, Chery spy shots, china car, China spy shots Comments 0

Chery’s New Logo Defines New Brand Philosophy

Chery has had a branding disaster over the past few years, in 2009 they unveiled their new sub brands Riich and Reely. Riich was aimed at the upper end of the market and Reely was to focus on MPV’s and SUV’s, on paper it sounded like a fantastic idea – a third brand, Karry, was also introduced to sell low end high volume MPV’s and commercial vehicles….

Apr 27, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chery Automobile, Industry News Tagged Chery, Chery Automobile, Chery Brands, Shanghai Auto Show, Yin Tongyao Comments 4

Chery QQ is Cute and Cool at the Shanghai Auto Show

The Chery QQ is the quint essential car of the Chinese auto market, when it first aired in 2003 it became the scapegoat of all Chinese copying to date, it quickly disappeared from the global public eye but it became a bread and butter car for Chery who continued producing around 10,000 units per month right up until 2013. In 2013 the New QQ arrived,…

Apr 25, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chery Automobile, Shanghai Auto Show Tagged 2013, 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, Chery, Chery QQ, Shanghai Comments 0

Chery Beta 5 concept unveiled in Shanghai

Chery unveiled their Beta 5 concept, a compact SUV expect to be positioned above the current Tiggo. According to the official statement, the Beta 5 will ride on Chery’s new iAUTO platform when it sees production. From the looks of the concept, this might happen fairly soon.

The interior appears to be an upgraded version of the interior seen in the…

Apr 20, 2013 Posted by Nathan Y In Chery Automobile, Shanghai Auto Show Tagged beta5, Chery, chery beta 5, Concept Comments 0

Chery unveils new logo and new brand strategy

To stop the bleed in the balance sheets, Wuhu-based Chery needed a major reorganization following several years of stagnation, sub-branding disasters, and cannibalization within its own brand.

The plan to restructure the company was unveiled today in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province. Accompanying the new plan is Chery’s new logo. The new logo…

Apr 17, 2013 Posted by Nathan Y In Chery Automobile, Industry News, Karry, Riich Autos Tagged Chery Comments 0

Chery A4 unveiled, now named Chery Alpha 7

Chery revealed yet another concept ahead of the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, the Chery Alpha 7. This is the sedan previously known by its internal designation M16 or also as the Chery A4.

According to the official statement, the Alpha 7 will be the first car built on Chery’s new platform, the iAUTO. The car’s dimensions are as follows: 4650x1820x1480mm…

Apr 17, 2013 Posted by Nathan Y In Chery Automobile, Shanghai Auto Show Tagged Chery, chery a4, chery alpha7, chery m16 Comments 0

Chery reveals new SUV concept, the Beta 5

Chery revealed today, along with their new brand strategy, a new SUV concept dubbed the Chery Beta 5. This SUV is also known by its internal designation, Chery T21.

When it makes to production, the Beta 5 is expected to be positioned higher than the Tiggo. The official pictures revealed by Chery show a clean but aggressive design, with LEDs aplenty…

Apr 17, 2013 Posted by Nathan Y In Chery Automobile, Shanghai Auto Show Tagged Chery, chery beta5, chery t21, chery tiggo5, t21, Tiggo5 Comments 0

Brilliance H120 Pops Up in Shenyang

Over the past few years we have seen a change in direction with Chinese manufacturers, for a time it seemed that they were in a continual race to the bottom with ever cheaper cars, see the BYD F0 and Cherry QQ series for strong examples. Cheap cars don’t provide too much in terms of profit, but they do provide volume. If BYD and Chery didn’t have vehicles…

Feb 5, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Brilliance Auto, Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged a change in direction, car, cars, cheaper cars, Cherry QQ, Chery, Chinese manufacturers, design language, F0, H120, H120 Pops, QQ, race to the bottom, Shenyang Comments 0

Freelander To Be Made in China, Use Chery 2.0T Engine and Have 7 Seats

The Chinese media are pushing around various stories regarding the forthcoming third generation of Land Rover Freelander. The Freelander is expected to be one of the first vehicles to be made in China under the new joint venture arangement between Chery and JLR, the two companies are expected to carry out considerable amounts of R&D together to…

Jan 29, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Tagged Chery, China, engines, Freelander, JLR, joint venture, Land Rover Freelander, Seats The Chinese media, vehicles Comments 0

Qoros’s – The Difficult Sell

Qoros launches in the next few months at the Geneva Motor Show, for those that are not in the know, Qoros is the latest and greatest automotive brand. Qoros is a joint venture between Chery and Israeli Corp, the plan is to create a Chinese brand capable of taking over the world. On one hand you have Israeli venture capital and on the other hand you…

Jan 22, 2013 Posted by Ash In Commentary Tagged Chery, China, Chinese Brand, Chinese cars, Israeli Corp, Sell Qoros, VW Comments 2

Foton and Great Wall Reportedly Planning Indian Attack

According to Chinese media reports both Foton and Great Wall Motors are planning to enter the Indian market in the near future. Foton has reportedly acquired a patch of land on which to develop a production facility for commercial vehicles due to the large demand for efficient CV’s in the Indian market.

Great Wall Motors are also reportedly planning…

Dec 11, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged announcement, Chery, Chinese, commercial vehicles, company, diesel, displacement, entry, era, Focus, foton, Gasoline, Great Wall, Great Wall Motors, Growth, India, Indian, Indian market, Market, market entry, part, pick, Society of Indian Auto Manufacturers, suv, turbo, Wall Street Journal Comments 1

We’re at the Guangzhou Auto Show

Expect major updates from tomorrow onwards.

What we’ve seen so far:

Very sweaty people – Why did the organizers choose not to turn on the AC on the first day? So many sweaty executives, PR people and journalists.
Taxi drivers complaining its cold – It’s 25 degrees in Guangzhou. Hot for the swarms of media that came in from…
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Nov 23, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged attendance, Audi, auto, bmw, Bora, brand, business, Chery, China JV, Club, Consumer, cool, couple, Day, executives, Fall, Fiat, floor, friend, ghost, grass, guangzhou, Guangzhou auto show, hairline, Hot, introduction, Japanese brands, JLR, Joint, Lavida, money, month, option, part, partner, Reely, Riich, run, Santana, Seriously, show, slide, stand, stride, sub, Subaru, sweaty executives, taxi, Thankfully, time, tomorrow, Toyota, tree, venture, Viaggio, Volvo, VW Santana Comments 6

Chery Running Short of Cash, Plans to Kill The Kids.

Reuters automotive reports Fang Yan and Kazunori Takada have dished out the dirt on Chery and their loss making ways. The two reporters discovered that Chery is essentially being kept…

Nov 20, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile, Commentary, Industry News Tagged ATECO, auto, Beijing-based, brand, bread, building, butter, car, cash, Chairman, Chery, Chevy, China Lianhe Credit Rating Co, company, competition, confidence, copy, cost, Cowin, Credit, dealership, diesel, differentiation, dirt, displacement, duel, emgrand, energy, engine, example, Fang Yan, fuel, Fulwin, Geely, General, generation, government, government subsidies, hatchback, hit, Huang, Huaqiong, incentive, Investment, Ipsos, Kazunori, Kids, Lianhe, loss, Market, model, models, moment, money, month, mpv, nbsp, need, October, performance, product, production, profit, QQ, range, Rating, Red, Reely, Rely, report, research, Reuters, right, Riich, RMB, runner, sedan, September, series, situation, something, Spark, Spokesman, state, strategy, sub, suv, Takada, tax, TDI, technology, tiggo, time, turbo, visit, year, yuan Comments 9

Chery + Landrover to Produce Evoque and Freelander in China at New Factory

Nov 18, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged amp, automotive, carbon, center, ceremony, Chery, China, city, company, creation, engine, Evoque, experience, Factory, Freelander, ground, heritage, innovation, Investment, Jaguar, Jaguar & Land Rover, Jaguar-Landrover, JLR, job, joint venture, knowledge, Land, Land Rover Freelander, LandRover, Ltd, Luxury, manufacturer, Market, name, New, New Factory Chery, part, partnership, Premium, product, production, production center, range, Range Rover Evoque, RMB, Rover, technology, today, understanding, vehicle, venture, West Comments 0

Top Selling Brands in China in October, Japanese Brands Drop Like Lead Rocks

For the majority of this year the top selling brands have been VW, followed by Nissan. In the wake of the Anti-Japan protests in China, Nissan has dropped from the top spot like a lead balloon.

VW – 182,353
Hyundai – 63,946
Chevrolet – 58,917
Buick – 54,284
Ford – 43,42
Chery – 33,652
Kia…
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Nov 12, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Industry News Tagged anti, balloon, brand, brands, Buick, BYD, Chang, Chery, chevrolet, China, company, comparison, drop, emgrand, Ford, Geely, honda, Hyundai, Japanese, Japanese brands, Kia, lead balloon, majority, nissan, October, Protests, Rocks, selling, Skoda, spot, target, Top Selling Brands, Toyota, VW, wake, year Comments 5

JAC Eagle II Details Surface: 2.0T and a Nice Design

JAC have…

Oct 30, 2012 Posted by In JAC Motors, Spy Shots Tagged auto, bhp, body, business, car, Chery, Chinese, company, December, Design, Details, Eagle, engine, foothold, frame, Geely, generation, ground, Hyundai, jac, JAC Eagle II Details Surface, Market, model, monopoly, Nice, Nice Design JAC, Passenger, pricing, production, Rei Feng MPV, RMB, Sante, self, structure, surface, time, torque, whilst Comments 2

Guangzhou Auto and Chery to Partner, Official Announcement Due on November 3rd

The Chinese auto market is made up entirely of individual auto makers, there are the larger state owned companies that have several of their own brands, such as SAIC that owns Roewe and MG and Maxus, and First Automobile Works that owns Xiali, Besturn and Hong Qi, but these companies are shouldering the burden of design and development entirely by themselves,…

Oct 26, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged agreement, Alfa, amp, announcement, auto, automobile, Besturn, burden, car, catch, Chery, class, connection, Corp, crowd, death, decade, Design, development, Fall, Fiat, field, Guangzhou Auto, honda, Hong, Hong Qi, income, Information, Israeli, Jaguar, Land, line, loss, Management, Market, Maxus, merger, Mitsubishi, nbsp, November, number, official, Official Announcement, partner, partnership, product, production, profit, project, Qoros, Roewe, Rover, SAIC, September, situation, space, state, technology, term, Toyota, vehicle, venture, Week, whilst, Works, world, Xiali Comments 0

JAC’s New Compact Sedan Sighted

Whilst other manufacturers such as Geely and Chery have been on the warpath with a multitude of models, JAC seems to have got the recipie right from the get go, they did not start making cheap vehicles, they started making good vehicles which have slowly morphed into good vehicles. The aesthetic demands from Chinese consumers is greater than ever, whilst…

Oct 17, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, JAC Motors, Spy Shots Tagged bhp, Chery, compact, company, CVT, date, Demand, Design, engine, gallery, Geely, jac, launch, multitude, New, option, Power, recipie, right, sedan, Sighted, speed, Tong Rui, torque, use, vehicles, warpath, wheelbase, whilst, year Comments 0

Qoros Still Road Testing, Still Set For March Launch

Qoros are still on with their plans to become a major player in the auto industry, the Israeli-Chinese JV are still on track with their plans to launch their first model in March next year. The company has set up its HQ in downtown Shanghai and also has a joint production facility in Changshu, 100km from Shanghai, in partnership with Chery.

The…

Oct 17, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Qoros, Spy Shots Tagged anyone, auto, auto industry, BYD, Changshu, Chery, Chinese, company, downtown, engine, facility, gallery, Industry, Israeli, launch, Luxgen, March, Market, model, partnership, pitch, player, point, press, product, production, Qoros, sedan, self, selling, set, Shanghai, Shanghai Auto Show, show, Still Road Testing, tech, testing, Track, weather, Weibo, world, year Comments 1

Next Generation Land Rover DC100 Pops Up Via the Chinese Patent Office

Jaguar Land Rover have big plans for China thanks to their new JV with Chery, the Indian owned British company has had a fantastic record in the past four years of making cars that consumers actually want rather than making cars that it thinks the consumer wants, we only have to look at the success of the Jaguar XF, XJ and Range Rover Evoque in the…

Oct 10, 2012 Posted by In Jaguar-Landrover China, Spy Shots Tagged auto, car, Changshu, Chery, China, Chinese, Chinese Patent Office Jaguar Land Rover, circa, com, company, Consumer, consumption, Defender, due, Evoque, February, fuel, gallery, generation, home, info, Information, internet, Jaguar XF, JLR, Land, Land Rover Defender, Luxury, Market, model, Next, office, patent, perculiar, Pops, price, production, project, range, Range Rover Evoque, reason, record, Rover, site, Sohu, story, success, Via, way, West, wheelbase, XJ, year Comments 0

The 2013 QQ gets Naked

The QQ is China’s answer to the original mini, to the Beetle and all those other cult classic cars. The QQ ushered in the Chinese automotive era and all that it stood for in the early days, which was mostly cloned cars, the QQ kick started the cloning days with the introduction of a car that looked exactly like the Daewoo Matiz/Chevrolet Spark but cost…

Sep 25, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged 2013 Chery QQ, Chery, QQ, Spy Shots Comments 0

Chery has its GM Moment

In 2009 Chery and Geely both launched a multitude of new…

Sep 17, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Commentary Tagged Branding Exercise, Chery, Commentary, Frank F, gm Comments 1

Chery To Abandon Multi Brand Strategy, to Revert to Chery Nameplate

In 2008 Chery shocked the Chinese automotive market with the introduction of Riich, Reely and Karry. Riich was to be Chery’s high end sedan range, Reely would carry SUV and MPV’s, and Karry would become the companies commercial vehicle arm. To date it seems that only Karry seems to have had any noticeable effect on the automotive industry whilst Riich…

Aug 28, 2012 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Industry News Tagged branding, Chery, industry news, Marketing Comments 6

Chery Says Exports Up In First Half Of Year

Chery is once again leading the Chinese automotive export pack with exports in the first half of the year increasing by 26.1% according to reports in the China Daily. Chery’s Mr. Jin Yi Bo reported last week that Chery exported over 112,000 cars from January to July, compared with 88,835 vehicles in the same period in 2011, an increase of 26.1%.

Chery…

Aug 20, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Industry News Tagged Chery, chery exports, Sales Up Comments 0

“Quality Fade” To Blame for Chinese Automotive Asbestos Issues In Australia

Old time CCT Favorite Michael Dunne has put forward his reasons as to why Great Wall vehicles are suddenly becoming filled with asbestos parts via the Wall Street Journal. Michael is no stranger to the Chinese automotive industry, so his theory potentially holds some water. Both Chery and GWM have invested a great deal in their automotive build quality,…

Aug 20, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged asbestos cars china, Chery, Chinese cars, Great Wall, GWM, industry news Comments 15

Chery’s First Pick Up Truck Channels Inner Chevrolet

Chery’s first pick up truck has been revealed, and it looks a lot like a Chevrolet Colorado. Chery have been quietly entering the light and heavy truck industry for a while now, the big interest for a car maker entering the truck game is volume, whilst sales prices on Chinese trucks are not high they make it up in the million unit per year volume.

The…

Aug 9, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged Chery, China, Clone, karry truck, Spy Shots, truck Comments 8

Chery Tiggo 5 Struts its Stuff Ahead of Launch

The Chery Tiggo5 has been coming for a long time, it was first thought that the Reely X5 would be the next edition to the Tiggo range but that went off to be a full size SUV that saw little sales. The Tiggo3 has been a stronger sales machine for Chery to date, even though it was one of Chery’s first cars it has continued to be updated. The next model…

Aug 9, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile, Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, FrankF, Spy Shots, Tiggo5 Comments 3

Another Small Car From Chery – The Chery E2

Chery thinks it needs a small car, despite having six small cars under the Chery name and a further two under the Riich name the Anhui based Chery has plans for another new car, apparently named ‘E2′ and will sit under the Chery logo. The E2 has been spotted out testing in the vicinity of Wuhu and looks to be a smaller version of the Chery A3 hatchback…

Jul 3, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Chery, E2, Spy Shots Comments 1

JLR-Chery JV Clears the First Hurdle

When putting forward a plan for a joint venture one of the first departments that you need to clear is the Ministry of Environment. China in 2012 is far from being the poster boy for environmental concern, but that is changing quite rapidly, simply put if your business plans are not lean and green, then you do not get the rubber stamp from the Environment…

Jun 22, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Chery, Chery JLR JV, industry news, JLR, JV Comments 2

Chinese automotive exports up 24%

From Informante

China exported a total of 278 940 vehicles in from January to April this year, 24% more than exports over the first four months of 2011, chinanews.com reports, citing figures from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Year-on-year growth rates for passenger and commercial automobile exports over the four month…
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Jun 8, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Association, automobile exports, Chery, Chery Automobile, China, China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Chinese, com, commercial automobile, January, Jin, Jin Yibo, March, Plant, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce?s Department of Mechanic, total, Trade, vehicle exports, Year-on-year Comments 2

Small, Relatively Cute, Electric and Good For 100km – this is the QQ3 EV

The cute QQ was destined for an electric power train, the mini car has been a Chery production for the past ten years or so and has always been powered by small displacement 1.0L or 800cc engines, the biggest ever offered was an 1100cc – enough to send the car north of 100kph with relative ease.

May 30, 2012 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, EV, green, spyshots Comments 2

Chery’s Brand Strategy to be Revealed Next Month

Chery’s entirely new brand strategy is going to be revealed in June 2012 according to Chery’s Chairman, Mr. Yin Tong Yue. Yin revealed in a recent interview with auto.sohu.com that the company are reorganizing their brand structure and will possibly shuffle some brands around and also create new ones.

Chery introduced the Riich and Reely brands…

May 22, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Industry News Tagged branding, Chery, industry news Comments 1

New QQ3 becomes the QQ5

The QQ3 is getting old. The Chery QQ3 was introduced in 2005 and quickly became the car that put Chinese consumers on the road, the cheap 30,000RMB car became a major seller for Chery, but over the past decade the car has hardly been changed, a new model is expected to be introduced in late 2012 or early 2013 to carry the QQ3 on into the future, but…

May 22, 2012 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, QQ5, Spy Shots Comments 0

Chery-JLR marriage going ahead, to see production of 130,000 units per year

The awaited union between China’s Chery and the UK’s Jaguar-Landrover is likely to go ahead later this year if the joint venture receives approval.

Various government ministerys have to approve the joint venture, the JV is expected to land in Changshu city, close to Shanghai, and will use the same facilities as Qoros, another Chery joint venture…

May 18, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Chairman, Changshu, Chery, China, city, Investment, Jaguar, Jaguar-Landrover, JLR, press, production, range, sub, the joint venture Comments 0

Chery A3 getting mystery facelift

Chery’s A3 has been a rallying point for the company, the Italian designed hatch and sedan showed that Chery was moving away from odd designed vehicles and trying its best to keep up with the automotive world’s latest design trends. When the A3 aired it was arguably the best looking Chinese hatchback on the road, but that was 2009 and no major updates…

May 14, 2012 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged A3, Chery, facelift, Spy Shots Comments 1

Chery Ants Take to the Stage

With the Chinese traffic situation getting worse and worse, along with the emissions situation the Chinese government is giving some serious thought to Smart Networks that will allow cars to interact with their surroundings. The majority of Chinese traffic jams are due to driver error, people being too eager to jump lanes as soon as one lane starts…

Apr 26, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Show, Chery Automobile Tagged ant, Chery, chery ant, Concept Comments 0

Chery TX SUV Takes the Limelight

Cheryâ€™s TX Concept SUV was one of the stars of the auto show, the new SUV seems to incorporate what might be a new design style for the Anhui based company. Cheryâ€™s current design theory is very mish mash owing to their frequent hiring of multiple international design houses but leaving lower end models design work to internal design teams…

Apr 25, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Show, Chery Automobile Tagged Chery, chery tx Comments 0

Riich G2 spotted upon arrival

Riich’s new hatchback, the G2 was seen arriving at Beijing for the Auto Show for its official debut. The car is based on Chery’s A3 and will be listed on the market in July.

Apr 23, 2012 Posted by Nathan Y In Beijing Auto Show, Chery Automobile, Riich Autos Tagged Chery, g2, Riich, riich g2 Comments 0

Chery TX concept, seen live from all angles

Chery revealed their TX SUV concept today, a few days ahead of its official debut in the Beijing Auto Show. With its water-inspired, aggressive but smooth lines, the TX could shape Chery’s future designs.

Arguably one of the best looking designs made in-house by Chery, it captured the attention of Chinese journalist who took pictures from every…

Apr 20, 2012 Posted by Nathan Y In Beijing Auto Show, Chery Automobile, Chinese Car News Tagged Chery, chery tx, tx, tx concept Comments 2

Chery releases official renderings of the TX concept

The TX SUV concept we previously reported on just had official renderings released by Chery, but not much else. The concept will debut next week at the Beijing Auto Show.

Apr 17, 2012 Posted by Nathan Y In Beijing Auto Show, Chery Automobile Tagged Chery, chery tx, tiggo, tx concept Comments 3

Chery Abandons Plans to Set Up CKD Operation in South Africa

Chery are gaining serious momentum with their export plans, the company has already exported over 100,000 units in 2011 and are aiming to expand on 2011′s sales this year. Developing markets are Chery’s major export goals, the Wuhu based company has already established several overseas factories in key markets, however it seems that the threshold for…

Apr 11, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Chery, CKD, industry news, Production plans, South Africa Comments 1

BAK and Chery Ink Battery Deal

China’s BAK Battery, the NASDAQ listed battery company that was founded just over 10 years ago has found a new partner in Chery. The Chinese auto company plans to buy 1000 lithium batteries from BAK over the course of 2012 to power its new Riich M1 small car. The Riich M1 is a compact city car that retails for around 40,000RMB, the cars small size makes…

Apr 11, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Battery, Chery, EV, indsutry news Comments 0

Chery’s TX SUV concept set to splash into Beijing: next-gen Tiggo?

Chery is bringing a new SUV concept to Beijing called the TX concept. Not much is known at this time, but Chinese media speculates this will become the next Chery Tiggo.

Apr 11, 2012 Posted by Nathan Y In Beijing Auto Show, Chery Automobile Tagged 2012 beijing, Chery, chery tx, Concept, tiggo Comments 0

Subaru says undecided on China plans

Subaru’s plans for a joint venture in the Chinese market are on a knife edge according to a report from Bloomberg who are quoting Japanese media outlet Kyodo News. The Japanese company initially hoped to set up a JV with China’s Chery in Dalian, but the deal was dashed by China’s National Development and Reform Council (NDRC) who claimed that Toyota’s…

Apr 10, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Chery, China, industry news, joint venture, Subaru Comments 3

QQ3 becomes the QQ5

QQ3 (or 5) spy shot

Apr 5, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, QQ3, QQ5, Spy Shots Comments 4

Jaguar Land Rover and Chery finally sign a deal

The UK’s Jaguar-Land Rover has been in talks with multiple different partners over the past 12 months, initially it was the fellows at Great Wall that were looking like the leading company to develop a Jaguar Land Rover joint venture in China, however Chery have managed to cinch the deal. Our earlier reports indicated that Chery and JLR were ready to…

Mar 21, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Chery, industry news, JLR, JV Comments 2

Next Generation QQ3 Naked

The QQ3 was the car that got China motoring way back in 2003 and since then the QQ has become the bread and butter car for Chery, despite the car getting on in age and after nearly 10 years on the market the QQ can still rake in some 10,000+ sales every month. The Riich M1 was initially set to be the next generation QQ3 but the M1 was requisitioned…

Mar 12, 2012 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, next generation, QQ3, Spy Shots Comments 0

At 30,900RMB the Chery QQ is still China’s Cheapest Car

Alright, we’re open to discussion on the…

Jan 10, 2012 Posted by In Chery Automobile Tagged Chery, QQ Comments 1

Chinese Turbo Days Are Here

Looking back six years ago, there were hardly any non VAG turbo vehicles out there, it seemed as if VW and its portfolio of brands had a death grip on that side of technology, but fast forward to 2012 and we have a myriad of companies offering gasoline turbo engines in the Chinese market, including Chinese companies.

Turbo powered engines are becoming…

Jan 5, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged BYD, changan, Chery, industry news, turbo Comments 0

National brands: the horn to win back

Chery Boss - Yin Tong Yue

Dec 20, 2011 Posted by Pierce Geng In Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged Chery, industry news, Yin Tong Yue Comments 0

JLR: no time to hesitate

When Jaguar Land Rover and Chery joint venture submitted an application to the National Development and Reform Commision earlier this year, informed sources were able to reveal to reporters that Chery and JLR are going to build a luxury car based on the Jaguar platform and possibly put the Chery, or the Jaguar logo on the front end.

According to…

Dec 9, 2011 Posted by Robert Leitch In Chinese Car News, Commentary, Industry News Tagged Chery, Chery Automobile, Jaguar & Land Rover, joint venture Comments 0

Jaguar possibly planning sub brand with Chery

If you want to make cars in China you have to give a little both ways, it is not as straight forward as ten years ago when you could announce that you had a local partner and begin making cars, now the government wants to see some hard up investment in China to secure long term investment by foreign companies. Chery and Subaru’s proposed joint venture…

Dec 7, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Chery, China, Jaguar, joint venture Comments 2

Riich X3 sighted yet again

The Riich X3 compact SUV may share a name with a more famous American made, Bavarian branded SUV, but the rest of the design is relatively unique when compared to other Chinese designed and developed SUV’s. The X3 has been codenamed T21 in the Chery internal naming system and should be launched in 2012 at the Beijing Auto Show where it will be packing…

Dec 1, 2011 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, Riich, suv, X3 Comments 0

Chery M16 compact sedan to make 2013 appearence

Chery are getting serious about their brand positioning for the Chery brand, of course they have Riich and Reely but they have failed to make a major dent in the market so far, Chery want to make the M16 into a compact sedan that is capable of taking on the likes of Hyundai, Kia and also other Chinese products such as the Roewe 350. The spy pictures…

Dec 1, 2011 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile Tagged brand positioning, Chery, engine, gallery, link, looker, M16, platform, Riich, Roewe, spy, vehicle Comments 1

Qoros – the new international brand that you’ve never heard of

The Japanese Three…

Nov 29, 2011 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile, Industry News, Qoros Tagged Chery, industry news, Qoros, Shanghai Comments 7

Subarus to be sold in China as Chery’s under new proposals

The Chery and Subaru Joint Venture was thrown out by the overseeing body The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) earlier this year owing to the fact that Fujitsu Heavy Industries was partially owned by Toyota. Toyota’s 16% stake in the company became a major issue for the Chinese government as under government rules a foreign automotive…

Nov 25, 2011 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Industry News Tagged Chery, joint venture, Subaru Comments 4

The 2012 QQ live at the GZ Auto Show

The QQ maybe a common car in China, but its outing at the 2011 Guangzhou…

Nov 22, 2011 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Guangzhou Auto Show Tagged Chery, Guangzhou auto show, GZ Auto Show, newcar, QQ3 Comments 3

An inside look at the Chery G6 Limo,

The Chery G6 was born with government ministers in mind, the government have been told to put down their Audi’s and pick up Chinese branded cars as part of a cost cutting exercise that also benefits the local car industry and also boost the Civil Service in terms of PR. Chery have decided that their already plentiful long G6 is not long enough, so they…

Oct 28, 2011 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Riich Autos, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, G6, limo, turbo Comments 4

Chery Riich X3 spotted out testing – looking like a semi desirable car

When Chery introduced the Riich brand, I personally thought that their thinking was right, but the execution a bit off. It’s hard to shake off the economy brand moniker, especially if you want to make high end cars so the only way to do it is to start with a high end car under a high end brand, hence the introduction of the Riich brand – presumably…

Oct 28, 2011 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Riich Autos, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, Rich, Spyshot, X3 Comments 0

Jaguar & Land Rover will launch joint brand; First locally-made model could be totally new

Insiders reveal that the partnership talks between Chery and Jaguar & Land Rover has achieved substantial progress after Cheryâ€™s partnership plan with Subaru was rejected. The two sides have reached agreements on many key aspects, and now they are waiting for the approval from the government authorities who are key to getting the plan approved….

Oct 27, 2011 Posted by SusanZhao In Industry News Tagged approval, Chery, Jaguar, Jaguar & Land Rover, JLR, joint brand, Land, Land Rover, model, partnership plan, Plant, production, progress, sub, Subaru Comments 0

Chery QQ testing in India, possibly working with Tata

Can an alliance…

Oct 18, 2011 Posted by FrankF In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, diesel, India, JLR, QQ, TATA Comments 11

Chery to export to Europe in 2015

At the Global Auto Forum in Chengdu yesterday Chery’s deputy top man, Mr. Lu Jian Hui,Â revealed that Chery will aim to export cars to Europe in 2015, the announcement will no doubt stop rumors of ‘When are the Chinese coming?’ but will also give traditional European manufacturers a good opportunity to prepare for the Chinese.

Mr. Lu was quoted…

Oct 12, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged announcement, Chery, Chinese, Europe, Export, Forum, Global Auto Forum, goal, LLC, opportunity, Qoros, Yesterday Comments 5

JLR to build cars with Chery – or maybe not

JLR themselves mentioned a while ago that they were looking to produce cars locally in the Chinese market to combat their Germanic luxury rivals, of course this fired up the rumor mill with many people pointing to local manufacturers…

Oct 11, 2011 Posted by In Commentary, Industry News Tagged amount, car, Chery, Chery Auto, Chery Automobile, China, China Business News, course, Germanic, Jaguar, JLR, joint venture, Land, Land Rover, PSA, technology, the Chinese market, while Comments 2

This is the next generation of Chery QQ

The Chery QQ set the Chinese automotive world alight, and to some extent it burned the fringes of the traditional auto makers in the West and the East, the QQ was the start of the clone wars which would hit the Chinese market until…. well, the clones haven’t yet entirely stopped with some smaller auto makers continuing to make cars that seem oddly…

Oct 10, 2011 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, Chery QQ, Chinese cars, East, extent, fame, Matiz, model, production, QQ, Style, the next generation, way, West, Wikipedia Comments 0

Chery flounders in Australian crash test

Chery Australia may have to kick its crisis communications plan in to action later this week owing to the two star award that the Tiggo (aka the J11 in Australia) received in the recent ANCAP testing:

The latest Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) crash test gave the Chinese Chery J11 compact SUV a two-star rating – but a zero…
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Oct 7, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged aka, ANCAP, Assessment, Australasian, Australia, award, Chery, Chery Australia, Chinese, crash test, crash tests, Daniel Cotterill, impact, result, suv, test, the Chinese Chery, tiggo Comments 6

Subaru-Chery JV hits a snag because China doesn’t want any more joint ventures

Subaru may not get the rubber stamp it desires to enter the Chinese market with Chery according to the below Reuters report, Reuters are citing Toyota’s 16% ownership in Subaru as the main reason why China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) are mulling killing the JV before it hits the ground. The real reason is more than obvious, China’s…

Sep 15, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged car, Chery, Chery Automobile, China, development, face, ground, Guangzhou Auto, issue, National Development and Reform Commission, NDRC, path, reason, report, Reuters, snag, Subaru, Toyota Comments 0