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Chery's Complete Model Lineup: A 1997–2026 Catalog and Brand History

A database-style roundup of Chery's sedans, SUVs and city cars, alongside the state-owned automaker's sales record, global alliances and first electric model.

2026-09-03

Chery's Complete Model Lineup: A 1997–2026 Catalog and Brand History

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This reference page compiles every current and discontinued Chery model from 1997 through 2026, pairing the catalog with a short history of the Anhui-based, state-owned carmaker. Although Chery was set up by the Chinese government in 1997, it did not actually begin building cars until 1999, and its first exports followed in 2001. By 2012 it had grown into China's tenth-largest automobile manufacturer.

The sales record has had its ups and downs: Chery moved more than 700,000 vehicles in 2010, ranking seventh among domestic producers, before volumes slid to roughly 640,000 and then 590,000 over the following two years. Expansion has been pursued through alliances — a 2007 venture with Israel Corporation's Qoros and a 2012 tie-up with Jaguar Land Rover — plus supplier agreements with names such as Bosch, Valeo, Siemens VDO, Visteon, Delphi and PPG. These links helped the company establish parts plants and assembly facilities across China and in 15 other countries.

On the product side, the list spotlights the Arrizo 5 compact sedan, on sale since 2016 and noted for its 'HDS' hydrodynamic surfacing technology; the E3, launched in late 2013 with an 80-horsepower 1.5-liter engine capable of 175 km/h; the Tiggo SUV family up to the Tiggo 8; and the budget QQ3 city car that helped put first-time Chinese buyers on the road in the early 2000s. Chery also moved into electrification early, introducing its first fully electric model, the S18, back in 2009.

This is an original summary compiled and translated from the source below, not a direct translation of it.

🔗 Source: carmodelslist.com
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