CHERY
Automobile Co. Ltd.
Type: State-owned corporation
Industry: Automotive
Founded: 8 January 1997
Headquarters: Wuhu, Anhui, China
Area served: Worldwide
Website: www.cheryinternational.com
Chery Automobile Co. Ltd., trading as Chery and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, Qirui is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui, China. Chery's principal products are passenger cars, minivans, and SUVs; it sells passenger cars under the Chery marque and commercial vehicles under the Karry brand.
Chery began the production of automobiles in 1999 and their export from China in 2001. In 2012, Jaguar Land Rover formed a 50:50 joint venture dubbed Chery Jaguar Land Rover for the production of Jaguar and Land Rover cars in China with Chery.
It has two domestic R&D centers, its QQ city car, considered to be the best-known Chery model, spawned a subbrand in its own right; the QQ6 and the QQme are two other cars produced by the company, and the original QQ may now be designated the QQ3.
Several Chery vehicles appear to have directly copied design elements from various foreign manufacturers. Some also criticize the company's name 'Chery' itself, which looks reminiscent of 'Chevy', the shortened name for GM's Chevrolet brand.
