Chery is definitely the most special one in its own brand, throughout the development history of Chery, there have been peaks and troughs, in 2010, Chery's total sales reached 682,000 vehicles, which is also Chery's peak moment, and at this time, the first-line independent brand Geely sold only 415,000 vehicles, and Great Wall Motors only had 397,300 vehicles.
However, in the following years, Chery is still standing still in terms of sales, and the former independent brand sales king has gradually become a second-tier independent brand. Judging from the sales volume in the past two years, Chery has obviously begun to get back on track. At the beginning of 2021, Chery set a target of 1 million vehicles per year, although it still failed to achieve the sales target but it is very close, and last year's total sales reached 961926 units, a year-on-year increase of 31.7%.
It is worth mentioning that in terms of exports, Chery has also ushered in a sharp increase in sales again, with overseas sales reaching 269154 units last year, an increase of 136.3% year-on-year, which is also Chery ranking first in China's brand passenger car exports for 19 consecutive years.
For Chery Automobile, in China, it has always been mixed, some people say that Chery's technology is the strongest among its own brands, and some people say that Chery's design is backward, and marketing is not good. Among them, Chery's poor design and marketing is recognized by the outside world, so what is the level of Chery's technology in its own brand? Today we will dissect it.
The third-generation 1.6T GDI engine is the absolute trump card
The praised Chery technology is actually a recognition of the third-generation 1.6T GDI engine, almost all of Chery's models are equipped with this engine, which has also won the title of "China Heart" Top Ten Engines for many times.
From the parameter point of view, although its displacement is only 1.6T, the maximum horsepower reaches 197Ps, and the maximum torque is as high as 290N·m, which is already comparable to some 2.0T displacement engines. In addition, in the independent brand engines, most of them are also 1.4T or 1.5T displacement, such as Changan Blue Whale engine, or great wall 1.5T engine, and rarely 1.6T displacement engine. The engine independently developed by Changan and Great Wall cannot match the Chery engine in terms of performance, which is one of the reasons why Chery is highly praised in the engine field.
In fact, the reason why Chery's engine has such a strong technical strength is inseparable from AVL, 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 of engines, between 2002 and 2003, Chery and AVL cooperated to design up to 18 engines with a displacement of 0.8-4.2L.
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.
The strongest 2.0T power on the surface was dragged back by the gearbox
In addition to the classic third-generation 1.6T GDI engine, Chery also officially mass-produced the latest 2.0TGDI engine last year, which is hailed as Chery's masterpiece and represents Chery's highest technical achievement. In terms of parameters, this 2.0T engine has a maximum horsepower of 261Ps and a maximum torque of up to 400 N·m. What is this concept?
You know, the Maximum Horsepower of the Volkswagen EA888 2.0T High-Power Engine is only 220Ps, and the maximum torque is only 350N·m. On the side of independent brands, the maximum horsepower of the Great Wall's 2.0T engine is only 224Ps, and the maximum torque is 345N·m, and Chery's 2.0T engine is already at the same displacement ceiling level in performance.
However, due to transmission problems, this engine was not able to perform its maximum effectiveness. As we all know, for the car, a good engine must have a gearbox that fits in order to exert the full strength of the engine, and the gearbox is chery's technical shortcomings.
Chery's gearboxes on sale are basically CVT or dual-clutch transmissions, CVT transmissions here needless to say, Chery's more famous engines are basically high-torque engines, CVT is difficult to withstand such a high torque.
Chery's dual-clutch transmission, mainly the procurement of Getrag 6-speed dry dual-clutch and 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, Getrag as one of the world's three major dual-clutch transmission suppliers, is not only Chery in procurement, many independent brands are using. Purchasing other people's gearboxes is not shameful, but after you purchase to do a good job of matching ah, the current domestic brands in the dual clutch gearbox, the best matching is the Great Wall and Geely, objectively speaking, Chery in the gearbox matching has always been a problem, stop-and-go road conditions are more obvious.
As for the AT gearbox, Chery has not yet had a model equipped with an AT gearbox, so I will not elaborate too much here.
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It is not difficult to find that Chery is indeed the leader of its own brand in engine technology, which is beyond doubt. However, in terms of gearbox, it has always been Chery's pain point, and the gearbox has constrained it, resulting in Chery Automobile's engine, although strong, but unable to exert its full strength, and the driving experience is not good, and it is not as good as a first-line brand in terms of smoothness, which is also a fact. If Chery can do better in gearbox matching, then I believe that Chery's competitiveness in the market will definitely go to a higher level.
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