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.
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what for ????? people wont buy your product la china !!!! Everything also got problem…. quality also zero !!!!!
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….
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 !!!
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…
even china setup a plant outside its country…
what are their ppl perception on their own car eh? on the quality and all?
In very near future, the korean and Asian local brand car will be eaten by company like this one.
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.
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
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…
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.
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.
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.
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
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?
china cars? eew……..
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?
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.
I just bought a car Chery Tiggo 1.6M , received on 23th Jan 2010, from Indah Utara Enterprise Sdn.Bhd.(557802-H), no22, jln cempaka1/1, bdr amanjaya, 08000 sungai petani, kedah, tel:04-4481111, fax:4481112. The first minute when I got the car, the engine was running poorly.Obviously, the car had lost power for the pick-up from the first-gear to second-gear to third-gear and so on. After that, the sales person Mr. Selvam and his manager Mr. Toh admitted on this faulty, which the “EPC” light up on the dashboard. They had sent the car for repairing on the second day 24th Jan 2010. But, still car with the same problem, and they had asked me to drive the car to their service center in Padang Temusu,Sungai Petani,Kedah. After the technician checked, he said was the EPC problem (ECU), and the cartain part of the car needed to be changed. Again, the car was repaired for second time. Now, and the car still maintain with the problem. Mr. Toh said he feedback to Chery Alado center in KL, and action will be taken after Chinese New Year.
Questions :
What I suppose to have is a brand new ready car and NOT the repaired car.
Is the new car being checked by Puspakom/Internal Quality Controller before being registered in JPJ for the plate nombor ?
Why this kind of defect can be happened ?
I really disappointed and no confidence with Chery Product (car) and service, and I want a car refund from Chery Company, OK!
100% need a help/advice from anyone, pls!!
*besides, other defects : oil mark, seats loose, adjustable lamp, windows locks problem, front mirror scratched
i'm need some info, in malaysia johor have any cherry car service ctr ???
Good Day all,
I’ve been searching and studying about Chinese Chery Car, especially the MPV with the name of Eastar. I’ve booked the car and from the forum from the car owners, the problems that the faced are only minor not major, meaning the problems happened to the accessories like the dashboard, window, smell came in from outside etc etc… But most of them never faced major problems such as engine brake down etc etc…
So, here I need honest advice about this car, not emotional advice from anybody who have owned the car or know somebody who have the car and experienced the problems.
Thank you.
In Thailand (2010) :
QQ – built in China
Tiggo – built in China
B14 Cross – built in Malaysia
Nothing from Ch*ry are built in Thailand
As old said: Every coin has two sides, as Chery Automobile, when we see its shortcomings , we should also see its advantages.
I have an Eastar B14 with 2.0L engine. It has been in my family for nearly 3 years. Recently the gear indicator on the dash, lights on gear position panel on the middle console, and the speedometer broke down. Despite these failings, I don’t blame Chery. These kinds if electrical problems could happen easily if ants were the culprit. At least my water pump broke down twice because of ants getting burned in the wiring. Why can’t a car? I do admit material is a bit cheap (plastic is hard), and a smoother shifting transmission would be nice, but definitely not fatal or a significant diifference. Over I accept my Eastar as satisfactory. I wish Chery the best in speeding up quality designs and build quslity. Then maybe Chery would’t have to sell at a discount any more.