Chery Automobile is definitely a special existence in the independent brand, its sales performance is not as good as the first-line independent car brand, but its technical strength is rarely questioned, many netizens think that Chery Automobile is an independent car brand of science and engineering men, the three major pieces of technology are the strongest, you can say that Chery marketing is not good, said Chery model design is ugly, but it is not possible to say that Chery's technical strength is weak, many people think that Changan Great Wall Geely's three major brands, the technical level can not be compared with Chery.
However, Chery is really a lot of people, the technical strength is very strong, but the marketing is not good? Chery, which is the "first of the three major domestic products" by many netizens, how is the real technical strength?
Engine products: Excellent parameters and excellent fuel economy
First of all, it must be admitted that the technical strength of Chery engine is indeed very strong, Chery's 2.0T engine, 254 horsepower, 390 Nm is also very eye-catching, not at all lost some luxury brands of high-power 2.0T products. At the same time, its ACTECO engine is a rare engine product in its own brand that can take into account both power and fuel economy.
Taking the bear fuel consumption of the owner of the car test for example, Chery, including many models of Xingtu, has shown a very strong fuel economy, and the fuel consumption of the owner of the month is 9.86 liters, considering its performance and size, it is already a very good result.
Tiggo 8 Chery officially defines it as a medium-sized SUV, although in terms of size, it is barely able to be counted into the medium-sized SUV, but considering its power performance and self-weight, even in the compact SUV, the Tiggo 8 is also a relatively fuel-efficient model, not losing the same level of joint venture models.
In fact, the reason why Chery's engine has such a strong technical strength, and AVL is inseparable, AVL Liszt is one of the world's three authoritative internal combustion engine research and development companies, as early as 2002, Chery and AVL established a cooperative relationship, AVL sent experts to Chery, to help Chery build the ACTECO series engine, 2002-2003, Chery and AVL cooperated to design 0.8-4.2L displacement of up to 18 engines. The "A and C" in ACTECO represent AVL and CHERRY respectively. However, as a consulting company, AVL only charges a consulting fee, which will not affect the intellectual property rights of the main engine factory, so it can also be said that these engines are Chery's products with independent intellectual property rights.
Chery's latest 2.0T engine is also the product of joint design and development by both parties, such as the design of the combustion chamber and the working logic of the fuel injection system, which are optimized by AVL. On October 29 last year, Chery Automobile and Lister signed a comprehensive cooperation framework agreement in Wuhu, Anhui Province, and the two sides will work together to help Chery carry out electrification transformation.
In fact, many independent brands have actually cooperated with AVL, including a variety of engines of Haima Automobile, the 2.0T engine equipped on the BYD Tang fuel version. In addition, AVL also produces engine performance test benches, power test benches, thermal energy test benches, exhaust gas test benches, etc. These test equipment, even Volkswagen, BMW and other brands have purchased these test equipment, but in terms of engine design, international manufacturers are their own, AVL's engine design capabilities, not stronger than Mercedes-Benz and BMW these OEMs.
In general, Chery is relatively early to realize the importance of positive research and development, in the independent brand is still busy dismantling the engine reverse research and development of foreign brands, Chery has begun to embark on the road of positive research and development with the help of AVL, its engine products, in terms of both power and fuel economy are also the best in their own brands.
Transmission products: Chery's biggest shortcoming
Excellent engine products are available, but the gearbox is still the short board that hinders Chery.
In terms of CVT, many people say that Chery is the only one in its own brand that has the ability to independently develop CVT gearboxes, but the real situation is that at that time, Chery poached Zhu Xinchao, a big man in gearboxes from the Australian DSI, and then cooperated with ricardo, a British automobile power development company, and Ricardo created this CVT associated control strategies for Chery, that is, The CVT is powered by Ricciardo in the UK for electronic control strategy and post-commissioning, Bosch for push belts in Germany, and bearings and clutch discs from Japan. This is the original Chery CVT10.
Later, Chery began to develop the second generation of CVT transmission codename 023. However, at that time, due to the shortage of funds in Chery, coupled with the returnees who led getrag's plan to purchase DCT, the CVT research and development project was once stagnant, and Wanliyang continued to promote the project after passing the acquisition of Geely and Chery Gearbox Company, which led to the later CVT25 gearbox. In addition, the torque that this CVT gearbox can withstand is also low, which is a relatively beginner CVT product.
At present, Chery holds 12.34% of the shares of Wanliyang, but Wanliyang and Geely are also very close, in addition to the acquisition of Geely's previous transmission company, Wanliyang's president Gu Yongting is Geely's previous deputy general manager. To put it simply and crudely, wanliyang is obviously a subsidiary of Chery.
In terms of AT gearbox, Chery has no related products for the time being, lacks the technical accumulation of AT gearbox, and Chery currently does not have a model equipped with AN gearbox.
In terms of DCT gearbox, Chery's current models use a large number of dual-clutch transmissions, mainly two, one is a 6-speed dry dual-clutch and 7-speed wet dual-clutch purchased from GETRAG, which is one of the world's three major dual-clutch transmission suppliers. In addition, Chery also uses Liuzhou SAIC's DCT380 dual clutch, which is installed on models such as the Lanyue.
Liuzhou SAIC Transmission Co., Ltd., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIC Transmission, there are rumors on the Internet that this dual-clutch transmission is Chery design, SAIC OEM, this statement is not credible, because the official website of the Liuzhou Ecological New Area Management Committee clearly states, "DCT380 is a new generation of double-clutch automatic transmission independently designed and developed by Liuzhou SAIC Automobile Transmission Co., Ltd. and newly put into production." Moreover, Chery has been lacking in the research and development of dual-clutch transmissions, on the contrary, SAIC has a variety of self-developed dual-clutch transmission products, SAIC Transmission has a DCT380 gearbox, the maximum withstand torque is 380 Nm, but this gearbox is optimized for Chery, the maximum torque can be higher to meet the power needs of Chery 2.0T engine.
In addition, Chery's many models, in the power calibration, engine and gearbox matching is not good enough, there is a more obvious problem of breaking through, in general, the gearbox is still one of Chery's biggest shortcomings, in the Great Wall of 9DCT, 9AT successively came out, Chery wants to achieve a brand upward breakthrough, in addition to vigorously developing hybrid technology, but also in the transmission of independent research and development of hard work.
Chassis products: early positive R&D, but still lacking
Chery Automobile realized the importance of platform development relatively early, Chery Automobile has three major vehicle platforms, namely:
T1X - Tiggo and Jietu
M1X - Arrizo
M3X-Starway
It can be said that when friends are still in reverse joint venture car chassis, Chery has begun the forward research and development of the chassis. However, Chery has also gone through a detour, Chery Automobile Research Institute President Xie Baoxin revealed that the chassis of the Ruiqi G5 is built by an Italian company, the chassis is tuned due to the British company tuning, and the Chery A3 is also a chassis created by an Italian company. Qoros' chassis and even vehicle design were built by Canadian giant Magna.
In addition, for automotive products, our view is still, do not ask the source, do not look at the hardware, whether you are developed by yourself, or reverse research and development, is designed by foreign companies, or designed by yourself, and ultimately only look at the effect. The chassis of most chery models still has a certain room for improvement at present, the chassis tuning is generally hard, the ride comfort and vibration filter performance are general, which is also where Chery needs to improve. In this regard, the latest models launched by Great Wall Geely Lynk & Co are better than Chery.
As for the elk test results, to directly equate with the tuning level of the chassis, I am too lazy to complain, versailles example is not enough? Some so-called experts on the Internet always like to awkwardly blow the elk test results, do not come to a few seemingly very professional terms, do not list some data, how to show that they know a lot about cars? Some netizens on the Internet have no ability to distinguish at all, and listening to the wind is rain, so they have formed the impression that the elk test score is good and the control score must be good. Elk test scores measure risk aversion, ESP calibration has a great influence on elk test scores, to take the simplest example, Alfa Romeo Giulia Four Leafy Edition and Skoda Octavia Travel Edition have the same results, can you say that the two cars have the same handling? Still holding the elk test results embarrassingly blowing the chassis, can only be said to be stupid and bad.
Chery once as a well-deserved leader among independent car brands, once won the Chinese independent brand sales champion for 9 consecutive years, but now has become a second-tier brand, Chery's problem, I am afraid it is not a simple marketing can be summarized, the netizens are talking about the three major pieces of technical strength, although in the engine product performance is amazing, but not enough to crush the opponent, into an increment, and on the other hand, Chery does not lack good technology, but the lack of good products, how to cross the step from technology to products To create a sustainable, competitive, and market-hot product may be a problem that Chery needs to think about, and when the image of "Polytechnic Man" becomes the only label, Chery may be forced into another misunderstanding. The second prologue to the history of China's automotive industry has been opened when new energy vehicles came out, and Chery's DHT hybrid will surprise us?