CHERY
16 entries
China’s leading car exporter: a young company that sold its first car in 1999 and reaches millions of buyers today.
- Founded
- 1997, Wuhu
- Headquarters
- Wuhu, Anhui, China
- First car
- Fengyun, 1999
- Sold in 2025
- 2,806,393 vehicles
Chery was founded by officials of the city of Wuhu, with Yin Tongyue as its first technical director. In the early years it relied on licensed and acquired technology; since 2006 it builds its own ACTECO engines and sells them to other makers too.
It began exporting in 2001 and has been the top exporter of Chinese-brand passenger cars since 2003. In 2023 it exported 937,148 vehicles, 52 percent of its sales.
- 1997Founded by the Wuhu city government
- 1999First car, the Fengyun
- 2001Starts exporting
- 2006Own ACTECO engines
- 2025Fifth-largest Chinese carmaker; goes public
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CHERY Chery Tiggo 3X (2016-2017)
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CHERY Chery Arrizo 5 (2016)
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CHERY Chery Tiggo 5 FL (2016)
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CHERY Riich: the upmarket Chery brand that lasted four years
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CHERY Chery X1: the Riich M1 and its crossover brother
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CHERY Chery A1: the supermini that became the J1, the Kimo and the DR2
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CHERY Chery Fulwin: the Toledo clone that started the company
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CHERY Chery A5: the Lacetti-based sedan sold as the Fora and the Vortex Estina
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CHERY Chery QQme: the three-door oddity of the QQ family
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CHERY Chery QQ6: the little saloon of the QQ family
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CHERY Chery QQ3: China’s cheapest car and the Matiz dispute
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CHERY Chery Amulet: the SEAT Toledo copy that became the Cowin
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CHERY Chery A13: the Fulwin 2 that became the Bonus, the Very and the ZAZ Forza
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CHERY Chery A3: the Pininfarina compact that carried a dozen names
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CHERY Chery Eastar: the mid-size Chery with a limousine in the range
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CHERY Chery Tiggo: the first Chinese crossover and its many facelifts