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I’m glad they put in that line about Chery not performing any US crash testing, because we saw the sedan. We saw the SUV. Now, imagine those each without a roof…

Drive a Cherry and you end up Cherry juice.

Unfortunate that North Americans are too stupid to see that China is DUMPING their crap here and building their wealth at our cost.

“1st comment” WTF? Is your life really so pathetic that the main accomplishment of your day is getting the first post under an article about Chinese cars. Way to go! We’re all proud of you!

so he got first comment. no need to bust his balls about it. its all in good fun. anyways that thing looks like a cheap eclipse.

I’m trying to figure out if that’s the latest miata knockoff, or a wanna-be eclipse or pontiac sunfire.

Still, not my cup of tea

Let’s play ‘which car did the chinese copy this time’

I think this one is a Pontiac G6 convertible, but I need to see more pictures to be sure

Chery convertible vs. paper bag. Who’s gonna win?

It definitely looks like a G6 ripoff, with a little Solara mixed it dimensionally.

if the paper bag has a beer can in it the cherry would be totaled,
commodore, g6 meets eclipse meets coca cola can.

This design looks okay. Almost like a Pontiac Sunfire but with more style. I don’t see Cherry reaching the US until 2009/2010. They cant pass less stringent crash tests for other countries. I doubt they will ever get passed the US tests, especially with a convertible.

I wonder how many control knobs/surfaces are made out of cancerous materials.

I bet that car will bend down the middle if a 150 pound person sits in it. So, would that be a Chrysler or something? That is NOT coming to the US, and even in the 1/100000 chance it does, if people have any brains in their heads, they will not buy. But then again, there are a lot of idiots out there.

Looks like a Solara that went through the dryer on “hot.” I do like the well-engineered windshield pillars that will conveniently collapse on top of you iin a rollover accident to keep your remains from littering the highway. How thoughtful.

yeah, I see some salara in there too, now that you mentionoit

The design looks good. Lets hope they’re is safety to back it up.

I agree guys — there is alot of G6 in it. The back is almost 100% G6 and the front is lifted from the Eclipse. The stance was lifted from the Solara. It’s just a mix and match, and cheap, and crash (and die).

The one thing the Chinese got right is the use of outside designers like Pininfarina – most known for Ferrari designs.

The bad part is the poor engineering. It leads to a crumple zone that consists of the entire car which makes them unsafe (read: deadly).

I bet the paint will look amazing, resist chips and last forever because it will be hard lead based paint not conforming to any environmental standards. Most cars today have paint problems like orange peel because the stringent environmental standards force the process and paints to be sacrificed for environmental safety. But not in China.

Design wise, I think this looks better than the G6.

It is definitely knock off of Solara. But it will come here with Louis Vuitton label, because it’s more prestigious moniker.

This deff looks like the solara knock off. with alittle g6 in it. But from the side, the read taillights and ………well **** the whole car looks like the solara maybe just alittle shorter.

What’s scary is if it passes the US crash test with acceptable rating. Then all the other brands need to brace for a shift in the auto market.

It’ll pass, but one has to wonder how it’ll fair in practical applications

Pininfarina my ass. this thing looks like a girl’s car

LP640, yes the car will appeal more to an effeminate crowd. That doesnt mean its a bad design by Pinifarina. There are many cars that are bought more often by women but do very well overall. Miata, RAV4, Jetta, Rabbit, Beetle, Solstice, Eclipse are cars that are more often purchased/driven by women. There is a market for these cars.

gitcypher likes big floppy donkey dick

and Franq what the hell are you talking about? The chinese havent even begun selling cars here so who says we’ll buy them?

I can’t believe Pininfarina whored themselves out to this ****ty carmaker. What a ****ing disgrace. There is no honor left in the world…

It looks like this car got high centered and bent in the middle. LOL, considering what we’ve heard so far, maybe it did!

Nope Deanster. Just money Pininfarina will work if you have the dough. Remember that Ferrari P4/2 or whatever made from an Enzo?

deantj: so true!

um… did i see these posts hanging all over the forum 15 years ago against japanese car??

um… you think china will catch up in time shorter than japan?

um… you know the answer

um… just one more thing, i believe more complain would get them to play a much faster catching game

are you one of them to complain korean car are junk 8 yrs ago?

No thanks, Chery. Keep your bleeding cars to yourselves until you can actually manufacture something that isn’t a piece of sh*t.

um… did i see these posts hanging all over the forum 15 years ago against japanese car??
Comment by okano, posted on October11 at 7:08 pm

No, LLN is less than 2 years old.

are you one of them to complain korean car are junk 8 yrs ago?
Comment by okano, posted on October11 at 7:09 pm

Actually I complain Korean cars are crap today. But that is only based on personal observation of kids I know with Kias and Hyundais that are constantly in the shop. Who cares if they have 10 year warranties when they are driving a rental most of the time – at their expense. My kids will never drive one for that reason.

But that is neither here nor there since this is an article about a Chinese manufacturer. One that cant pass less stringent safety tests to get into markets like India so seeing one in the US will take some time.

Agree with Driven. Sure there will be Chinese cars in the U.S. in the future, just not anytime soon.

Actually, Okano, if you know the Japanese culture, they are incredibly dedicated to their product development. They are good at improving their cars, or even technology used in rivals product.

Koreans “dislikes” Japanese on the national level, and they are very patriotic. So naturally, they don’t want to be #2 in everything. Both countries industrialized much earlier than communist China. It was a matter of time before the Koreans would learn enough about making cars to catch up with their neighbors. First Hyundai was the Excel in the mid-80s (MUCH older than what you claimed “8 years ago”) and even Toyota was trying to establish themselves here. 8 years ago would be 1999, and Korean cars have improved, good enough for Ford to source two generations to rebadge as the Fiesta and Aspire. So acutally I was not a doubter 8 years ago. If you are talking about 20 years, maybe, and I am sure you were too if you were born already.

Chinese, on the other hand, has huge problem with quality control. If you have been to China, you will know copyright privacy, scams, fakes, etc are out of control there. Right now, people will do everything to make a buck and “get-rich-fast!” They don’t care about product liability, food safety, quality control either, let alone having the mind set to compete with the meticulous Japanese and Korean car companies outside of China. So I doubt they will make the safety cut here anytime soon.

On a side note, America is now seeing problem in Chinese manufactured goods. That is not news to people in Asia, such as Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. You think poison toothpaste and lead based paint is bad, have you heard of fake egg? They look like egg, taste like egg, but they are anything but egg, and they don’t care if you eat it and die either.

Edit: I meant the Ford Festiva, not Fiesta.

Pininfarina designs of cheaper cars usually suck anyway: Suzuki Forenza.

A copy of the 1990’s Celica convertible.

Big Deal.

um… just one more thing, i believe more complain would get them to play a much faster catching game

are you one of them to complain korean car are junk 8 yrs ago?
Comment by okano, posted on October11 at 7:09 pm

Perhaps Chery will get the hang of building cars around the time you get a hang of English.

Driven: I test drove an ‘07 Rondo, and knew within 2 minutes that I’d not be buying it.

I HOPE ITS A GOOD START

What a dull, boring, lifeless, so-what, I could not care less copy of a vehicle.
No – I’m not drinking china.
I mean it.
So, there.