Chery J11 recalled due to fuel fire risk

Chery J11 recalled due to fuel fire risk

4 Dec 2015 by Richard Berry

Fuel pump fire risk prompts Chery J11 recall Read more
Chinese car sales hit the wall

Chinese car sales hit the wall

23 Jan 2015 by Chris Riley

China's automotive invasion appears to have faltered after a strong start. Read more
Great fall of China cars

Great fall of China cars

26 Jun 2014 by Joshua Dowling

Cars from China were poised to be the Next Big Thing but sales have tanked. It may go down in automotive history as the Great Fall of China. Despite promising to challenge the big brands when they ...Read more
Ateco to carry rival Chinese ute lines

Ateco to carry rival Chinese ute lines

10 Apr 2014 by James Stanford

Ateco Automotive, which also imports Chery and Lotus cars, last week announced it had taken over the Australian distribution of Foton Tunland utes from Queensland-based FAA Automotive.Ateco last year ...Read more
Classic Moke returns

Classic Moke returns

3 Mar 2014 by Malcolm Flynn

Surviving examples of the classic Leyland Moke may be worth serious money these days, but a new Australian firm is offering a brand new recreation of the model without the perils associated with ...Read more
Goodbye and good riddance, Chery J1

Goodbye and good riddance, Chery J1

7 Nov 2013 by Paul Gover

Good riddance, we say. It's been outed by the latest regulations on compulsory electronic stability control, which have also netted and rejected the Great Wall X240 and Suzuki Jimny.The bottom line ...Read more
New laws kill off Chinese vehicles

New laws kill off Chinese vehicles

1 Nov 2013 by Karla Pincott

New safety regulations brought into force from today herald the end of the Chinese-built Chery J1 city car and the Great Wall X240 SUV. The new laws require all new vehicles sold to have ...Read more
Great fall of China car sales

Great fall of China car sales

20 Jun 2013 by Joshua Dowling

Chinese cars were tipped to dominate the budget-car class and challenge established brands in half the time it took Japanese and South Korean companies - but the bubble has burst before it's properly ...Read more
Look to the stars

Look to the stars

12 Mar 2013 by Paul Pottinger

You might have seen the TV ad for a budget brand ute, the one in which the dopey looking bloke goes “d'oh” because he bought a far more expensive brand.Sure, he's down a few thousand bucks but he, ...Read more
Former Porsche designer moves to Chery

Former Porsche designer moves to Chery

27 Feb 2013 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

After designing Porsches in Germany for the past 15 years, 47-year-old Hakan Saracoglu will head to Shanghai, China to lead a new design studio for state-owned automaker Chery. Read more
New car sales price Chery J3

New car sales price Chery J3

4 Feb 2013 by CarsGuide team

While the focus has been on Chery's J1 at $9,990 drive-away, moving a little further up the Chery scale you get the larger Chery J3, now priced at $12,990 drive-away. The Chery J3 Focus-sized 1.6 ...Read more
The car as a dog

The car as a dog

12 Jan 2013 by Paul Gover

The original Holden Camira fell to bits during my preview drive in outback Queensland and, much more recently, the Chery J1 set a howling new personal low in motoring. I'm not surprised the Chery ...Read more
Chinese Chery J1 drops below $10,000

Chinese Chery J1 drops below $10,000

8 Jan 2013 by Joshua Dowling

Chinese car maker Chery has been forced to drop the price of its J1 hatchback by $2000 to $9990 driveaway because of heavy discounting from well known mainstream brands such as Suzuki and Nissan, ...Read more
Today's cars much better than the old days.

Today's cars much better than the old days.

6 Dec 2012 by Paul Gover

Some have something simple, like squeaky brakes or weird tyre wear, but there are others with major dramas.Just this week I've had a Volkswagen owner who needed a new engine and a Range-Rover tragic ...Read more
Cheap Chinese cars could flood us

Cheap Chinese cars could flood us

14 Jun 2012 by Paul Gover

There are more than 150 carmakers in China, although most are tiny firms producing for local customers. But three of the larger Chinese brands are already established in the passenger-vehicle ranks ...Read more
Asia car industry expanding

Asia car industry expanding

15 May 2012 by Alistair Kennedy

In the course of our recent trip to Thailand and China we were able to visit three different factories, the General Motors plant at Rayong in the south-east of Thailand, the Cummins engine facility ...Read more
2011 Year in Review

2011 Year in Review

22 Dec 2011 by Paul Gover

But it's been a year of highlights for me. Monday, June 27 is my best working day of 2011.In fact, it hardly qualifies as work, since I am cracking around the Top Gear test track in Britain with a ...Read more
Chery J11 SUV poor in crash tests

Chery J11 SUV poor in crash tests

6 Oct 2011 by Stuart Martin

The Chery J11 also scored zero in ANCAP's pedestrian tests due to a front-end that "is not friendly to pedestrians and other vulnerable road users." At the other end of the spectrum, the incoming ...Read more
Chery moves to improve J1 safety

Chery moves to improve J1 safety

11 Aug 2011 by Paul Gover

The Chery J1 only managed three stars and was criticised for a "considerable injury risk" in the latest test, which follows a previous two-star effort by the Great Wall ute at the end of 2009. ...Read more
Chery J1 recalled

Chery J1 recalled

3 Aug 2011 by CarsGuide team

A POOR crash test result for the Chery J1 in Australia has quickly prompted a recall to fix a defect in the front seats – and raised the prospect of the little Chinese car earning a fourth star in ...Read more