Chery A5, the first chinese hybrid car

Its called the Chery A5 ISG and its the first chinese hybrid car. At the Pekin Auto Show that takes place these days, Chery seems very busy. To be more concrete, Chery is launching two new prototypes, a coupe and an SUV, the new Chery A3 compact and a new version of the Chery A5, called the ISG. The new Chery A5 ISG is the first chinese hybrid car produced as a series model.
The Chery A5 is a model already present on the chinese market and one of the best sold from the Chery company. Now Chery gave it a hybrid propulsion system composed of a 1.3L petrol and an electrical engine.
At speeds under 40km/h, Chery A5 is an electric car, while at speeds over 40km/h or when accelerating, the Chery A5 uses the petrol engine.

Chery V2, made in China

Chery will launch at the Beijing Auto Show, the Chery V2.
The new Chery V2 is a eight passenger car, with a ... distinct look. The look of the Chery V2 might not be appealing to many, but I'm waiting to see how it drives before I pass any judgement.
The Chery V2 will have only one engine available, a 1.3L petrol. The Chery V2 will enter production after the launch at the Beijing Auto Show. Next to the Chery V2 model, they will also launch a crossover.
Chery won its celebrity in 2001, when they became the first chinese auto exporter. On the other hand, Chery was sued by GM for copying the Daewoo Matiz in the QQ model.

Chery will make Alfa cars

Chery, the chinese auto manufacturer, has signed an agreement with Alfa Romeo to produce the models that will be sold in China. This agreement with Chery will begin three years from now. More details on this when they will become available.

I'm hearing more and more about Chery going global and that can only make me happy. Right now Chery is expanding on the eastern-europe market, with intentions to launch five Chery models in Turkey.

Chery expanding in Europe

The chinese auto manufacturer, Chery Automobile wants to export its models on the european market. Starting from 2007, Chery wants to also make some production centers in Europe, one trying to make it in Romania. Automotive News Europe says that Chery is analysing multiple possible locations, including Romania, Poland and other eastern-european countries with lower salaries. As far as the export goes, Chery already sent a delegation in Europe and is looking for an important partner to import the Chery cars.

Chery buys engines from Fiat

Fiat announced ten days ago that they signed a partnership with Chery in which the italian company will produce 1.6 and 1.8 petrol engines for Chery. The contract says that Chery will get 100,000 engines.

The agreement with Chery gives us the oportunity to improve the activity and productivity of Fiat on the international markets. Chery is a young company with a solid technical background and I'm sure this is a step forward. Our agreement with Chery has the potential to be more on the level of engines and auto components.

Chery History part 2

As I said in the previous post, Chery was founded in 1997, but their first cars only started to be made in 1999, on a licence taken from Seat for the Toledo chassis. Another problem Chery had was that they lacked a licence to sell cars in China. Chery got their license from SAIC eventually, when SAIC bought 20% of Chery. The equipment used by Chery was bought from Ford Europe, a total worth of equipment of around 25 million dollars. The first export market for the Chery cars was Syria, and so Chery became the first chinese company to export cars.

Chery Automobile Foundation

Chery Automobile is a chinese auto manufacturer, from the city of Wuhu, located in the province Anhui.The owner of Chery Automobile is the chinese state, through the government of Wuhu. Chery Automobile has more then 13,000 employees and is a producer of automobiles and auto components.
As a difference from other chinese manufacturers, Chery Automobile has its own complete production lines, and its not just putting together auto kits. Chery Automobile has its own researched department and they developed their own engines, gearboxes and cars.
Chery Automobile currently has six models launched on the market: Chery Eastar, Chery Tiggo, Chery A5, Chery Cowin, Chery V5 and Chery QQ.
Chery Automobile is considered to be among the Big Five of the chinese auto manufacters (fifth place for Chery Automobile right now with plans to get to the second place in the next few years).