Archive for the ‘Chery’ Category
Jaguar Land Rover and Chery might announce JV at Beijing Auto Show
Published on February 3, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Reuters cites “two people with direct knowledge of the matter” who are saying that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Chery Auto are working out the final details of a deal to start a joint venture for making JLR-cars in China. Read more »
Extreme Tuning from China: Chery Fengyun
Published on January 30, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have a nicely modified Chery Fengyun sedan. The Fengyun, aka Windcloud, was Chery’s very first car and based on the Seat Toledo. Legally, that was, because Chery bought the production line and when production ended in Spain in 1998, shipped everything to China and restarted production in Anhui Province.
The standard Fengyun was a rather cheap, reliable and very boring car. This great extremely tuned machine shows how things could have been, had there been vision!
(recent) History: the Chery Eastar Limousine
Published on January 26, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Back now to the April 2009 Shanghai auto Show. Chery surprised friend and foe with this massive Chery Eastar Limousine based on the cheap and no-nonsense Chery Eastar sedan. According to Chery it was ‘the first China made western-style limousine’, and that was likely truth indeed.
Spy Shots: Chery Riich G2 sedan testing in China
Published on January 16, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New spy shots of the upcoming Chery Riich G2 sedan. Both the G2 sedan and the G2 hatchback will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April. The G2′s are based on the Chery A3 but will be positioned slightly higher; as in more luxurious.
New Chery QQ3 Sport listed & priced in China
Published on January 11, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The new Chery QQ Sport debuted at the Guangzhou Auto Show last month. price starts at 30.900 yuan and ends at 50.900 yuan. The QQ3 Sport is basically a facelift from the old QQ3, Chery is at the same time working on an all new QQ that will be positioned above the QQ3 Sport and priced from around 50.000 yuan.
Chinese car makers New Zealand sales are up
Published on January 9, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
China’s Chery and Great Wall automakers made significant inroads into New Zealand’s new car market last year, but they are still a long way from catching up with the traditional market leaders, the Motor Industry Association of New Zealand said Monday.
Sales of new vehicles last year at 84,640 units were up 5.2 percent from 2010, with passenger car sales up 3.2 percent to 64,019 units and commercial sales up 11.9 percent to 20,621.
New Chery Eastar to be listed in China in Q1
Published on January 4, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The new Chery Eastar sedan (aka Oriental Sun) will be listed on the China car market in Q1, likely in early March. The good old Eastar was a perfect vehicle for those who wanted a big, cheap and reliable A to B car. The new Eastar loox more up-class than the old one but it is still very cheap, price will start around 110.000 yuan.
The Chery Eastar parade car from China
Published on December 30, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
Hongqi is the most famous brand in Chine when it comes to parade cars. In 2008 however Chery tried to change that with help from the army and some astronauts. The Eastar parade car debuted in April 2008 and was used for a very special military parade.
First Official Pics (?): new Chery QQ for China
Published on December 27, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
Two pictures of the new Chery QQ that seem to be the real thing. The new QQ will likely and finally debut at the April 2012 Beijing Auto Show. It is not a replacement for the current QQ3 which was recently relaunched as Chery QQ3 Sport.
The new QQ has grown up and will be positioned slightly higher than the QQ3. Price will start around 50.000 yuan while the QQ3 Sport starts at 30.900 yuan. See below for one more ‘real’ pic and a load of new spy shots:
Chery partners with SK Telecom to develop smart cars
Published on December 27, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
China’s private carmaker Chery Automobile Co said it is cooperating with the Republic of Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom to develop smart vehicles that will enable mobile phone-controlled driving.
