Chery Malaysia building own CKD plant in Shah Alam, ready Q3 2024 – Inokom Kulim assembly to continue

Chery Malaysia building own CKD plant in Shah Alam, ready Q3 2024 – Inokom Kulim assembly to continue

Chery, the fastest growing auto brand in Malaysia, is building its own factory in the country. Located in Shah Alam, Selangor, the greenfield development is set to be ready in Q3 2024.

This was revealed by Chery Malaysia to paultan.org at the brand’s headquarters in Wuhu, which is hosting the 2024 Chery International Business Conference event for dealers and the media.

Currently, Chery’s CKD local assembly happens at Inokom in Kulim. The two models that roll out from the Kedah factory are the Omoda 5 and Tiggo 8 Pro. That facility is shared with other brands and extra capacity is being negotiated, but will take some time to realise.

Chery Malaysia tells us that due to good demand for its models, production is currently at full capacity in Kulim and the upcoming Shah Alam plant will complement, not replace, production at Kulim.

Chery Shah Alam will also roll out upcoming models for the Malaysian market, possibly including the ‘My first Chery’ entry level model. Chery’s Jaecoo brand is also readying a CKD J7 SUV. Chery says that its plan is to eventually have R&D work at Shah Alam.

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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • Sohai on Apr 27, 2024 at 1:51 pm

    This gives further confidence for people who are looking into owning this brand of cars. It shows Cherry is here for the long term, not some brands that just appoint dealerships that can pull out anytime.

    This is proper competition for our jaguh kampung and the japense brands.

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  • CHERRY Auto is here for long term on Apr 27, 2024 at 2:19 pm

    Build own Factory, instead contract assembly

    No amount of Brakes can stop Cherry CHINA from gaining Market shares

    Like or Dislike: Thumb up 14 Thumb down 4
  • Angry Voters on Apr 27, 2024 at 4:38 pm

    Kudos setinggi2 congrats kepada our beloved PH BN madani Govt. Im no longer angry.. :))

    Like or Dislike: Thumb up 14 Thumb down 3
  • DonaldT on Apr 28, 2024 at 6:27 am

    This comment section sounds so PROC agenda page, when the matter of fact we all know that china product is crap sorry to say.

    Like or Dislike: Thumb up 8 Thumb down 2
    • China cytro on Apr 28, 2024 at 1:47 pm

      Kalo tak suka, duk diam2 kat USA & jangan masuk blog mesia

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  • Pro-Palestine on Apr 28, 2024 at 9:17 am

    Chery is selling like crazy all over South east asia, middle east, Africa and certain part of Europe. Its movbing so fact that traditional car maker has no time to react or improve. Love it. Kudos to Chery. 1 million KM warranty. Syarikat mana yang berani?

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  • TempeKeras on Apr 28, 2024 at 9:16 pm

    Kilang Topu Otomasi

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  • Curious on Apr 29, 2024 at 11:58 am

    Where exactly is the site? since you mentioned it is a greenfield in Shah Alam.

    Like or Dislike: Thumb up 1 Thumb down 1
  • Now hiring: Welders

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