Chinese Autos coming to U.S. - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

LaughingGravy · #1 01-03-2005, 02:02 PM

If you do a google search for Chinese Chery, it suggests...
Chinese Cherry....hmmmm I thought.

What could that be?
So I clicked. This is what I got. Whew! That was close.

Chinese cars headed for U.S.
Visionary, China's Chery plan to import cars priced 30% less than comparable models.
January 3, 2005: 12:12 PM EST

NEW YORK (CNN) - A U.S.-based company plans to sell cars manufactured in China at American dealerships beginning in 2007.

Visionary Vehicles has partnered with Chinese automobile company Chery in efforts to create and import high-quality, stylish cars priced 30 percent lower than comparable models currently on sale in the United States

Carleton Hughes · #2 01-03-2005, 02:09 PM

Well, just so long as they use sesame oil. AND I want a choice of wonton or egg drop soup no less, these places are getting cheap.

Old300D · #3 01-03-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes

Well, just so long as they use sesame oil. AND I want a choice of wonton or egg drop soup no less, these places are getting cheap.

I hear that. If there is no diesel engine option, no sale!

TX76513 · #4 01-03-2005, 03:00 PM

I smell a Yugo

boneheaddoctor · #5 01-03-2005, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by LaughingGravy

If you do a google search for Chinese Chery, it suggests...
Chinese Cherry....hmmmm I thought.

What could that be?
So I clicked. This is what I got. Whew! That was close.

Chinese cars headed for U.S.
Visionary, China's Chery plan to import cars priced 30% less than comparable models.
January 3, 2005: 12:12 PM EST

NEW YORK (CNN) - A U.S.-based company plans to sell cars manufactured in China at American dealerships beginning in 2007.

Visionary Vehicles has partnered with Chinese automobile company Chery in efforts to create and import high-quality, stylish cars priced 30 percent lower than comparable models currently on sale in the United States

I like chinese cherry.........

Oh you mean car...not women.....

elau · #6 01-03-2005, 03:30 PM

They did mention the Chinese is going to export their cars to the US in The World's Greatest Auto Shows Bejing edition on Speed Channel recently. They intend to fill the gap where the Koreans left off in the low end car market, now that the Koreans are making inroads to compete with the Japanese.

I would think the built quality will pretty much like when the Koreans first started. If the Chinese learn from the Koreans and Japanese mistakes, they may not repeat the Yugo episode.

boneheaddoctor · #7 01-03-2005, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by elau

They did mention the Chinese is going to export their cars to the US in The World's Greatest Auto Shows Bejing edition on Speed Channel recently. They intend to fill the gap where the Koreans left off in the low end car market, now that the Koreans are making inroads to compete with the Japanese.

I would think the built quality will pretty much like when the Koreans first started. If the Chinese learn from the Koreans and Japanese mistakes, they may not repeat the Yugo episode.

They Yugo was a disater becasue they tried to build a Fiat ( think it was a 127) that was junk when Fiat built them. Only took a piece of junk and built it with a substandard workforce with substandard materials.

That thing was an early term miscarriage somebody tried to bring to term in their back pocket.

R Leo · #8 01-03-2005, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TX76513

I smell a Yugo

Truer than you'd think.

The Chery is being imported by none other than Malcolm Bricklin. In addition to swindling the Canadian government and New Brunswick out of several million on the promises of the gull winged SV-1, Bricklin also brought the first Subarus to this country in 1967. In the late 70's he began to import Fiat autos (the Fiat Spider 2000 was renamed the Pininfarina and the Fiat X-1/9 became the Bertone) to the US after Fiat pulled out of the US market and in 1985, after the Fiats still didn't sell well in the US, he started importing another low priced car similar to the original Subarus: that prime example of engineering prowess, the Yugo. Fortunately, Bricklin stopped importing them in early 1989.

boneheaddoctor · #9 01-03-2005, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by R Leo

Truer than you'd think.

The Chery is being imported by none other than Malcolm Bricklin. In addition to swindling the Canadian government and New Brunswick out of several million on the promises of the gull winged SV-1, Bricklin also brought the first Subarus to this country in 1967. In the late 70's he began to import Fiat autos (the Fiat Spider 2000 was renamed the Pininfarina and the Fiat X-1/9 became the Bertone) to the US after Fiat pulled out of the US market and in 1985, after the Fiats still didn't sell well in the US, he started importing another low priced car similar to the original Subarus: that prime example of engineering prowess, the Yugo. Fortunately, Bricklin stopped importing them in early 1989.

Fiats were rusting out before they had a chance to get sold.......(very true)

Sort of like the Yugo....they wore out fast but rusted out even faster.

mzsmbs · #10 01-03-2005, 05:28 PM

ha, that's funny because I saw a Chino truck last night and wondered what the heck it was. I think it is Japanese unlike the name suggests but i haven't found anything on such an animal...

I bet you'll be able to pick up a Chery at sprawl*mart before too long...

LaughingGravy · #11 01-03-2005, 06:14 PM

I just came back from Italy where Fiats are everywhere and seemed to be pretty decent machines. I was surprised.
Of course, there's no support at all for them here.

boneheaddoctor · #12 01-03-2005, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by LaughingGravy

I just came back from Italy where Fiats are everywhere and seemed to be pretty decent machines. I was surprised.
Of course, there's no support at all for them here.

Newer ones....but then they are the local low price machine......some are good others ??????? well. you need to consider how they drive VS how we drive.....many are not up to the highway like we drive. many hardly ever see the highway.....and most are junk before we expect them to fall appart....go to the junkyard next time you are there.....look at odometers....you will see what I mean.....I spent a lot of time combing the yard for parts of the old 1968 Fiat 500 I used to have.

#13 01-03-2005, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by R Leo

Truer than you'd think.

The Chery is being imported by none other than Malcolm Bricklin. In addition to swindling the Canadian government and New Brunswick out of several million on the promises of the gull winged SV-1, Bricklin also brought the first Subarus to this country in 1967. In the late 70's he began to import Fiat autos (the Fiat Spider 2000 was renamed the Pininfarina and the Fiat X-1/9 became the Bertone) to the US after Fiat pulled out of the US market and in 1985, after the Fiats still didn't sell well in the US, he started importing another low priced car similar to the original Subarus: that prime example of engineering prowess, the Yugo. Fortunately, Bricklin stopped importing them in early 1989.

Not quite. Yugo America went bankrupt in '89. Once out of bankruptcy, Yugo's were still sold here in the US with a limited dealership market untill we blew the plant up in '93.

Every once in a blue moon, you'll see a fuel injected Yugo come across Ebay. I've even seen two automatic transmission models, and a couple of cabrio's. Believe it or not, the Yugo GV Cabrio fetches a nearly $10,000 price tag in the collectors market.

TwitchKitty · #14 01-03-2005, 07:13 PM

http://www.globes.co.il/DocsEn/did=801536.htm

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Caduri Naim Sons , one of Israel's leading vehicle spare parts companies, announced today that it will begin importing private cars from China next year.

SAIC Chery Automobile Co. is a privately-owned Chinese company that manufactures a range of family and compact cars with 1,100-2,400 cc engines, built by Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Mitsubishi Motors (TSE:7211) and other manufacturers.

Caduri Naim said it had initiated procedures with the Ministry of Transport to import the cars, and that it planned to begin imports in early 2005. The company believes that Chinese cars will be substantially cheaper than comparable cars now sold in Israel, and that it will be able to sell over 1,000 cars, once imports commence.

Kuan · #15 01-03-2005, 08:50 PM

Watch Walmart get into the car biz.

Hell 10% of everything imported from China goes to Walmart anyway, what's another 1-2%.