Chery sets up assembly base in Thailand
Chinese automaker Chery Automobile Co Ltd signed an agreement with Thai company Thai Chery Yarnyon last Friday to assemble SKD (semi-knocked down) packs of Chery vehicles in Thailand. An initial planned capacity is 5000 vehicles annually and will include vehicles such as the Chery QQ compact car and the Chery Tiggo SUV. The output is aimed at both domestic and South East Asian regional markets.
It looks like Chery is taking a multiple-base approach for its ASEAN production centers. It also partnered up with Malaysian company Chery Alado Holdings Sdn Bhd to set up an assembly line at the Oriental Assembler Sdn Bhd’s assembly plant in Johor.
The Malaysian assembly line will also have a capacity of 5,000 units a year and will also produce the Chery Tiggo SUV together with the Chery V5 MPV (known as the Chery Eastar in Malaysia).
Chery is currently the number 1 exporter of passenger vehicles in China, with vehicles from the company making up nearly 50% of China’s vehicle exports in the first 9 months of 2008. It has exported 115,500 vehicles this year so far, and exported 119,800 units during the whole of 2007.
November 17, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
what for ????? people wont buy your product la china !!!! Everything also got problem…. quality also zero !!!!!
November 17, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
yeah right, you are the voice for the people, huh? go and enjoy your ferrari instead (if you really have one) instead of making some stupid comment here which is purely dumbass….
November 17, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
i doubt that you do not possess anything that is ‘made in china’, so don’t kid yourself tifosi….
November 17, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
drgn86 said,
November 17, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
yeah right, you are the voice for the people, huh? go and enjoy your ferrari instead (if you really have one) instead of making some stupid comment here which is purely dumbass….
i doubt that you do not possess anything that is ‘made in china’, so don’t kid yourself tifosi….
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if thats the case, go and buy milk product from China and give it to your kids today !!!! i even wonder u hav the guts to do that or not !!!! and i also dont get the point of u relating this matter to my car !!!! And u noe wad, im commenting on the products made in china, not about china !!!! Get it !!!
November 17, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
sorry i don’t have kids yet, yes i agree with the milk powder scare right now, but you need not say that other products are zero on quality, that’s stereotypical thinking at its worst (most ridiculous), claiming everything also have problems, then if you are so sensitive about your car, why show it in the first place? as a whole, you are critical about china, don’t kid yourself again…
November 17, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
even china setup a plant outside its country…
what are their ppl perception on their own car eh? on the quality and all?
November 17, 2008 @ 5:33 pm
In very near future, the korean and Asian local brand car will be eaten by company like this one.
November 17, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
i have used the new Chery MPV 2.4 made in China and have nothing but praises for the MPV.
also the price paid for the Chery Eastar at RM 80,000 is so cheap.
November 17, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
Paul
can we compare this Chery statistics with both Proton and Perodua ?
Chery is currently the number 1 exporter of passenger vehicles in China, with vehicles from the company making up nearly 50% of China’s vehicle exports in the first 9 months of 2008. It has exported 115,500 vehicles this year so far, and exported 119,800 units during the whole of 2007.
how about Proton and Perodua
November 17, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
btwn this and proton…i’ll take proton pls..
such an insult to proton to be comparing it with chery……hv anyone seen chery build quality…i have..their a180 sedan or sumthin…god..hd nvr seen such terrible build quality in my life b4…for nw,,,i will stick away from chery or any chinese cars…n their milk, n their vegetables, and their meat n their food products, n for my pet, it is made in malaysia or indonesia pet food…
November 17, 2008 @ 10:16 pm
Designwise…looks dumpy. Btw, China’s car has one strength.. the unbeatable price at the moment. Others like reliability, quality, performance, handling..questionable. One of my neighbour own a sedan Cherry once complain about the rough ride, engine noise and built quality after a year.
November 18, 2008 @ 12:38 am
whats the diff between skd and ckd.
i did own a china car before. it’s an LMG.
and good god, assembly is pretty bad. gaps in between exterior panels is pretty darn obvious. but look from far far, like 1km away, it will look nice.
November 18, 2008 @ 12:57 am
Please remember the time when they flood our market with ‘comel’, ‘nitro’ and JRD bike & scooters. Yeah, rm2.5k EX5-like seems very affordable huh.
Later we have all sorts of problem with their bike. Hard to start, scooter belt snap in the middle of nowhere, all lights and lenses turn to yellow after few months.
Its the material where they cut the most. They also tried that on their milk recently but they failed.
There’s no room for dishonest businessman here.
November 18, 2008 @ 5:51 am
this SUV is selling well in singapore, called T11,have 1.6 and 2.0, can be seen quite often on the road, received plenty positive comments from users, though personally feel that the design is plagarised from previous generation toyota rav4
November 18, 2008 @ 11:59 am
Everyone & everything goes to Thai!
Hey G! wake up now.. pity Malaysia, poor Malaysian!
Er, is there at Thai-land have cheeky – cheeky one business eh?
Shoot 2 birds at 1 stone ah?
November 19, 2008 @ 10:09 am
china cars? eew……..
November 21, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG said,
November 19, 2008 @ 10:09 am
china cars? eew……..
lol..im with ya man..although theyre cars are pwerty from far..but i you touch the interior everything will come tumbling down. Atleast they tried?
November 21, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
I think Malaysian should wake up to the fact that China is a country who worships science and technology. Their product quality is improving very fast. The car manufacturer, BYD, is only five years in car industry, it F3 model is the best seller for the October 2008, and it is launching the world first dual mode car F3DM at the end of November 2008.
For the Chery Tiggo, it has been in the China market for more than two years. The car is quite proven and it is value for money when it is locally assembled.