Chery News

EVs we miss out on!: 12 electric cars, utes and SUVs denied to Aussie buyers. CarsGuide Podcast #235

17 Jun 2022 by CarsGuide team

Episode 235 - EVs we miss out on! Read more

Faster, better, stronger than Toyota? Chery Exceed registered for Australia with the RAV4 Hybrid in its sights

29 Apr 2022 by Andrew Chesterton

Chinese brand Chery has trademarked its first model for Australia, and it's anything but a cut-price offering.Instead, the brand has registered the Exceed nameplate, reserved for its premium-feeling ...Read more

How to get a cut-price Ford Bronco in Australia (kind of): Chinese brand Chery could use tough-looking Jetour TX as launch halo model in Oz

12 Jan 2022 by Andrew Chesterton

Chinese brand Chery could use the just-revealed Jetour TX as a launch halo vehicle in Australia, with the Ford Bronco-aping off-road SUV just revealed in China.The bite-sized but tough-as-nails SUV ...Read more

The cheapest electric car yet? China's new Chery QQ Ice Cream EV comes in three flavours, from a price that's more affordable than any 2022 Kia Picanto!

20 Dec 2021 by Justin Hilliard

Chinese brand Chery has detailed a new all-electric model that could be the cheapest new EV yet Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Chery News

EVs we miss out on!: 12 electric cars, utes and SUVs denied to Aussie buyers. CarsGuide Podcast #235

Faster, better, stronger than Toyota? Chery Exceed registered for Australia with the RAV4 Hybrid in its sights

How to get a cut-price Ford Bronco in Australia (kind of): Chinese brand Chery could use tough-looking Jetour TX as launch halo model in Oz