well….atleast its ill-chill

If they can keep it down to 10 grand when they bring it here they’ll sell ‘em by the boat load.

Umm look up Chery A1 crashtest safety, another chinese car unfit to be sold here..

After watching a Chery crash test video, no thanks! A frickin go-cart would be safer. The Chery folded up like a $2 umbrella in a Kansas tornado in just a small fender bender. In an instant, you are dead meat.

Plenty of cash strapped college kids and cheap immigrants in US will surely ensure the future of this vehicle. Daihatsu and Toyota has $9K cars as well. If they bring them to US probably with added safety equipments I’m sure they’ll be a better alternative than the Chery. Well take it from me who has test driven the Chery QQ on the freeway. That was one of the scariest experience on the road.

I don’t understand why anybody would buy a new Chery in the U.S. versus buying a $10k used car that may have some miles on it, but is 100 times better in safety, substance, and probably reliability too. Other than pure stupidity. And there are plenty of stupid people out there. I guess it’ll be another form of natural selection. Stupid people will buy Cherys, get killed in them, and that’s the end of them, and the human species evolves smarter.

People shouldn’t be afraid of used cars. They should be afraid of cheap new cars!

got deathbed?

you know what! i just realized this is the perfect car to commit auto suicide in lol. you can get a mailbox doing 5 and the car will explode (think 70s pinto) lol. good catchline for chery: “Its the perfect car to die in” lol.

Chrysler must be desperate. I would not trust a Chinese car company.

$10K is too much to pay for a car that folds up like paper.

Another thread of ignorants who fail to realize that this vehicle will have to pass the same tests as every other vehicle sold in the US. It might not be 4 stars all around, or an IIHS top pick for safety, but it will be REQUIRED to pass government safety regulations. Get a clue you “enthusiasts”…

http://www.safercar.gov/

“All vehicles sold in the United States must comply with Federal motor vehicle safety standards ( CFR Title 49: Chapter V, Part 571). These standards cover a broad range of safety concerns, from windshield wipers and brakes to crashworthiness and fuel integrity. To rate compliance with these standards, NHTSA conducts a 30 mph frontal impact rating and a 33.5 mph side impact rating.”

Chrysler/Chery to be $10,000… with the crash safty of a bicycle and a soda can. Paper mache Chery A1 on the horizon… price to be cut to $4,000 if you waive all right to sue when you are paralyzed in a crash.

Random Jerk, this is because it’s much easier for these people to just read the headlines than it is for them to read the entire story. They’re more lazy than ignorant, although ignorant nonetheless.

Why will people buy this car over a used one? The warranty you idiot, that only took a few extra seconds of thought now didn’t it? Chrysler is smart for doing this, you can’t build a cheap k-car in the States like you used to.

If they can sell this thing at $10-grand with air conditioning, a radio, and a decent warranty this thing will sell like crazy.

$10,000 for this trash can??? no thanks $10 more like
i’d rather walk across boiling hot coals than be seen in this attrocity

I see how Dodge will pull itself out of its financial mess in the future. From what I know about Chery, the public is in for a shock. These cars are made extremely poorly. The car might be cheap but the insurance will probably be very expensive.

I’m curious to see if this lasts long as daewoo did in the us

I already rank it above a honda civic. Tha doesn’t mean my expectations for it are high.

If the cars work, and they hang around the market long enough, fear of “made in chine” will go away. Don’t underestimate the skill of the chinese worker, or the brains of their supervisors

Kyle,
Daewoo is still with us, only this time they are being sold as a Chevy Aveo, or a Suzuki Forenza or Suzuki Reno. GM Bought Daewoo to manufacture cheap Korean Cars under their own brands.

you guys are funny
it’s not about the safety first, it’s about price
if you have the money, you buy a civic,
if you have more money, you buy a bmw 5 series
and compare to a 5 series, a civic fold like paper -.-
wake up please..

Random Jerk: yes, but we all know how stupid the Government tests are by today’s standards. The testing speeds alone need to be at least DOUBLED to mirror real-world driving behaviour. I’d still choose an older, second-hand but safer car than this worthless piece of chinese ****.

AMGoff’s Road Safety Tip #1 – Removing one’s head from their ass prior to taking the wheel reduces the risk of serious accidents by 300%.

I’d like to see any of you drive a chinese made car after seeing this:

http://www.leftlanenews.com/chinese-sedan-flunks-german-crash-test-with-video.html

Chrysler should look up the latin word for “garbage” and make a scion-like sub brand for these tin cans. And they should make the seat belts out of fruit by the foot, so at least when your safety equipment still does nothing for you, itll taste good.

AMGoff, couldn’t say it better. The guys here are obviously multimillion dollar conglomerates who wouldn’t give a glance at cars costing $10K. Of course the rest of the world is very different…

They said the same thing about the Yugo too. It was really, REALLY cheap. I don’t see too many of them on the road, do you? They where junk, and yes they had to pass U.S. standards too. The phrase “Made in China” is quickly coming to mean “buyer beware” in this country. A few more high profile foul ups by the boys and girls across the pacific and you very well may see many of these cars…piled up unsold in the dealer’s lot.

I love how supposed “enthusiasts” like to throw out references that have absolutely no bearing on the discussion at hand. Would you like to back up your Yugo comparison with something more than the fact they were cheap. Yes we know they were cheap but there were so many different reasons why the Yugo failed. It was the 80’s, they were produced from a Communist-bloc nation, they had zero market presence, a poor distribution network, and nary a warranty with it. Go around your house and see how many things you own were made in china, just look at the computer you posted that comment on, have any idea where the majority of the components that comprise it are made? You failed to counter a single point I made as to why they will sell well here.

Well, depending on the components, many of them are made in Malaysia, the Philippines, the US, European nations, Singapore, and Israel. China has some limited semiconductor work, but mainly their still only involved in final assembly (like putting a macbook together).

Chery did something to piss off Malcolm Bricklin and make him give up on Chery/Visionary Vehicles. Chrysler may end up just as pissed off by the same thing down the road and this new Chrysler/Chery contract may end up to be meaningless. Bricklin probably saw how a Chery crashes at 5 mph, & that could have been when he knew he had to drop China.

I won’t buy a Chinese car in China due to its safety standard alone and also the fit and finish, but knowing the US does have stricter regulations, I am going to give Chery and Chrysler the benefit of the doubt. It is not easy to compete with Kia and Hyundai nowadays, and the rebadged Aveo by Daewoo. The car will fold quickly if it is a POS.

Once again Deanster, you failed to achieve anything but to make yourself look like a total jerkoff. Just because there’s someone on here that articulates an opinion that’s different from yours and calls you on the complete pile of dog**** that you are somehow equates in your mind to spew even more useless dribble and pointless insults, what are you 14? Regardless of your age, I feel someone should send a condolence letter to your parents.

Now I finally know what a real joke you really are. What was you highest level of education? 11th grade? It’s always the ones making those assertions who are really trying to project the same away from themselves. Just because you failed to even see the value of a high school diploma and chose pepboys as your lucrative career should not necessarily mean you should others with lives ten times better and more fulfilling than your own. Did you get your mother’s basement fixed up yet?

*hate others… you sad excuse of a man.

AMGoff: It’s drivel, not dribble

no jackjim, it’s like when the polynesian transvestite hooker’s man gunk dribbles out of his mouth.

Deanster, When you realize how whorthless of a person you are than maybe you will go back to school and get your high school diploma and stop your job as an online idoit.

I stand corrected, I think.

What do arguing online and competing in the special Olympics have in common?

only “special” people participate?

even if you win, you’re still a retard!

“The A1 is expected to cross the boarder into the United States”
.
BORDER LLN BORDER, JEEZ

Take a good look at what we will all be driving after a few years of Madame Hillary’s rule.

Not that I’d ever consider either, but I would certainly buy the Chevy Aveo over this for the same price.

No, CTS it’ll “cross” tyhe boarder who buys it, then crashes it.

rsg: me, too.

Will this thing pick lettuce? Or it only can salute to chairman Mao?

Great…I won’t be able to chew on this car…stupid lead paint.

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=440939,

LOL @ “A4″

muscle mustang – unfortunately you are right. And those chinese pieces of **** will be all over the road

Ya know, I hate to say it, but why not? I applaud Chrysler for taking the chance. The curiosity factor alone will sell a few boatloads and, really, how bad can these things be? Let’s face it, trying to pawn off a small car on par with a Daewoo isn’t exactly reaching for the stars.

Co9mmodore: do you literally mean “all over the road?”

Am I the only one who has in the back of my mind…

“Just the thing Dodge needs”.

And yes, that was sarcasm.

I am not convinced that the car will sell and will be success. There were plethora of inexpensive cars on sale in US and they are gone. The smallish list include: FIAT, Alfa Romeo. Lancia (all were independent companies not owned by FIAT when they were on sale here), Peugeot/Citroen (each had its own dealer franchise albeit Peugeot owned Citroen for a while), Renault, Morris, Austin, Rover, Simca and lastly Yugo.
All of them failed because they could not withstand the rigor of driving long distances. I don’t know if this specimen will manage where other failed, Chrysler will be slapping its badge on it, but Renault Fuego sold here with Chrysler badge was far from successful.

Seriously, from a business standpoint if Chrysler can pull it off and make easy $ by a simple rebadging then more power to them. If I’m in their position I’d do the same thing and don’t give a rats ass about a bunch of whiners in sites like this. At the end of the day it’s all business…

****ed up investment bankers!! They will rape and bring this once great car company to its knees. Nardelli will run this company into the ground thinking cars are like 2X4’s…buy them cheap and who cares about quality…bull****!

Ok, trashing talking is certainly fun, but have ANY of you test driven a U.S. or at least Mexican bound A1 yet? I am pretty sure the answer to that question is no. Car manufactured for other markets are equipped differently due to different safety standard. This car still has to comply with the U.S. safety standard, which is pretty strict.

Whatever video out there is crap as far as I care. The car that makes it here may be much improved than the one used in the video. Fender folded up like an umbrella? Isn’t that what CRUMPLE ZONES are designed to do so YOU don’t take the impact? Geez people. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. But it is irresponsible to foreclose on the possibility of a good and inexpensive Chinese made car this early on. Ok the possibility is slim, but can we at least give it the benefit of the doubt until one hits a U.S. street?

Bah! More unsafe Chinese crap on our shores. Chrysler, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Cerberus should grow a spine and produce their own vehicles instead of relying on ****ty third-party car manufacturers.

Looks like the chinese managed to get on of their piece of **** cars over here anyway. That’s great, we certainly don’t have enough half put together cars to choose from already. Bring on the ****ty chinese automobiles!!

Veda: you’re right, but if these cars are of low quality, Chrysler will be a loser in the long term.

Jdasch1: Investemnt bankers are about the lowest form of life.

hateful: you’re a real ray of sunshine!

I just really feel that our market is over saturated. Some might say that having so many choices is good, but I don’t necessarily think so. One draw back for instance is people going out and financing a brand new China mobile, accent, yaris, aveo, rio, suzuki, scion, rather than buying a decent used car. This causes over saturation of used cars on lots, making it so you’ll recieve O dollars for your trade in. So good luck figuring out what to do with your old car, hopefully you have something people really want. Also, what’s the resale value of the pieces, you can buy a 07 aveo with 10k for probably 6 thousand. I’d venture to say the original owner gets shafted pretty good. I have no problem with small cars, but I’d like to see them actually be built well, maybe maintain their value a bit. ( take the Fit for instance ) These little pieces of junk are just a nuisance.

If Chrysler LLC wants to import these little buggers into the U.S. to have something to offer in the subcompact segment, fine (I guess). However, I wish they wouldn’t label them as Dodge products. I think this product will severely dilute the brand image of the Dodge division. I would rather see this product offered as part of a Chery distribution deal within Dodge showrooms, instead of the product actually being badged as a Dodge.

mazdaman: “I think this product will severely dilute the brand image of the Dodge division.”

once again, you’re talking sense

Have any one ever think that even the Chevolet Aveo only gotten a 1 1/2 star from NCAP?
And how safe a car is, really depends on how good ur driving?

Crashing at 90 mph definitely kills ya?