Chery QQ3
Chery QQ3
The Chery QQ3 (codename S11) is a city car produced by the Chinese manufacturer Chery Automobile since 2003. Until 2006, the car was known as the Chery QQ, it was renamed when Chery launched their fresh supermini, the Chery QQ6. It is sometimes difficult to discern if a mention of the Chery QQ refers to the entire QQ-branded product line, which comprises four models, or solely the QQ3, the original QQ mini car.
Chery Sweet (Russia)
Miles ZX50S (United States)
A slightly redesigned model was exposed at the two thousand eleven Guangzhou Auto Demonstrate, [Three] and a fresh generation was introduced at the two thousand thirteen Shanghai Auto Showcase. [Four]
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Its cheap price (in two thousand eight it may have been the cheapest production car in the world [Five] ) has made the car popular in China. In the 2000s, the QQ was often Chery’s most sold model, [6] and the company itself calls the car “a legend in the Chinese history of the automobile. a mini model with the highest cumulative sales in China”. [7] It may no longer be popular; the QQ was dropped from a list of top ten bestsellers compiled by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers c. 2010. [8] Even if its popularity is flagging, it remains cheap. The lowest cost QQ is about US$Four,000 as of 2012. [9]
It was at the center of an intellectual property dispute inbetween Chery and GM in the late 2000s.
The QQ is available with three gasoline-powered engines (both EURO III compliant):
- 0.8 L SQR372 DOHC 12V I3 — thirty eight kW (51 hp) at 6,000 rpm, seventy N·m (52 lb·ft) at Trio,500 rpm
- 1.1 L DA465Q-1A2/D SOHC 16V I4 — 38.Five kW (52 hp) at Five,300 rpm, eighty three N·m (61 lb·ft) at Three,000 rpm
- 1.1 L SQR472F DOHC 16V I4 — fifty kW (67 hp) at 6,000 rpm, ninety N·m (66 lb·ft) at Three,500 rpm
General Motors claimed the car was a copy of the Daewoo Matiz (which is marketed outside South Korea as the Chevrolet Spark) and sued Chery in a Chinese court. The Detroit News reported that “the dispute reflects the confusion, risks and ambitions in China’s fresh auto industry, where global carmakers are battling pugnacious upstarts for a chunk of what may become the world’s largest auto market.” [Ten]
GM China Group indicated the two vehicles “collective remarkably identical figure structure, exterior design, interior design and key components” [11] MotorAuthority.com [12] and GM executives demonstrated the extent of the design duplication, noting for example that the doors of the QQ and those of the Spark are interchangeable. [11]
Tho’ the Chery QQ and the Daewoo Matiz are superficially similar cars, their safety ratings differ dramatically. A Euro NCAP front offset crash test showcased that the driver’s injuries in the QQ are worse than those sustained in the Matiz. Upon influence, the QQ driver will most likely suffer severe (possibly fatal) head trauma, and trauma to the neck and chest areas. The very first generation Daewoo Matiz achieved a three/two starlet driver/passenger EuroNCAP rating. [13]
An all-electric version, the Chery QQ3 EV, began deliveries to retail customers in Wuhu, Anhui province in March 2010. The electrical city car has a range of one hundred km (62 mi). [14] The QQ3 EV was the lowest priced unspoiled electrified car in China, at CN¥40,000 (
The QQ3 EV was the top selling fresh energy car in China inbetween two thousand eleven and 2013, with Two,167 units sold in 2011, Three,129 in 2012, and Five,727 in 2013. [15] The QQ3 EV was surpassed in two thousand fourteen by the BYD Qin plug-in hybrid as the top selling fresh energy car in the country. [16] Cumulative sales inbetween January two thousand eleven and June two thousand fifteen reached 22,097 units. [15] [17] [Eighteen]
A fresh model based on the Chery QQ3 Sport with a sixteen hp (12 kW) electrified motor was expected to be launched by the end of 2012. [Nineteen] In the United States, Miles Electrified Vehicles was planning to release the rebadged version of the QQ3 EV called the Miles ZX50S AD in 2012. [20]
The Chery eQ, a full-electric minicar based on the fresh generation QQ, was launched in the Chinese car market in November 2014. Pricing starts at CN¥59.800 (
US$9,600 ) after all government incentives for fresh energy vehicles, making the eQ one of the cheapest electrified cars available in country. [21] [22] The electrical motor produces fifty seven hp and one hundred fifty nm powered by a lithium-ion battery. The eQ has a range of two hundred km (120 mi), and charging takes 8–10 hours for a total charge on 220V. [22] A total of five hundred forty two units were sold in the country in 2014, [16] and cumulative sales totaled Two,671 units through June 2015. [16] [Legitimate]
The QQ is available in a number of export markets including Pakistan, Philippines (called QQ3), Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa (QQ3), [23] Thailand and Vietnam.
Iran Edit
Kerman Khodro reached an agreement to produce the Chery QQ domestically in 2006, [24] and it is marketed there as the MVM 110. [25] It is suggested with two engine options, a 3-cylinder 0.8 liter and a 4-cylinder 1.1 liter. [26]
In Iran, production of the QQ followed a two thousand two decision from GM to stop supplying Kerman Khodro with Daewoo Matiz knock-down kits. [ citation needed ] Daewoo cars had been assembled by the company since 1997, but this Korean automaker stopped exporting to Iran after being acquired by GM in 2002. [27] Quest Motor Corporation is also assembling the Chery QQ since some time in the year 2011.
Malaysia Edit
As of 2006, the QQ is being sold in Malaysia, [28] with the 0.8 L (812 cc) engine producing fifty two hp at 6,000 rpm and a max torque of 75.Five Nm inbetween Trio,500 and Four,000rpm.