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Chéry

Chery Automobile Co. Ltd., trading as Chery (Chinese: 奇瑞; pinyin: Qíruì), is a Chinese automobile manufacturer and brand headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui, China, and owned by the Wuhu municipal government. Founded in 1997, it is currently the fifth largest automobile manufacturer group in China with 1,881,316 vehicles sold in 2023. Chery was founded in 1997 by government officials of Wuhu city, which appointed Yin Tongyue, the current chairman as the company's first technical director. Chery launched its first car called the Fengyun in 1999 by using a licensed SEAT chassis. During its early years, Chery utilized technologies from other manufacturers, some licensed and some others by reverse engineering. This led to a lawsuit in 2003 filed by General Motors alleging that Chery had copied the design of one of its cars. Chery has since developed and improved its own technologies. Since 2006, Chery has produced its own engines branded as ACTECO, which it also sells to other manufacturers. The company started exporting cars from China since 2001, ahead of other Chinese manufacturers, and became the top exporter of Chinese brand passenger vehicles since 2003. The company exported 269,154 vehicles in 2021, 451,337 vehicles in 2022, and 937,148 vehicles in 2023, accounting for 52 percent of its overall sales. Chery invests more heavily in overseas markets than other Chinese manufacturers, and many of its vehicles are assembled overseas for export markets that use either complete or semicomplete knock-down kits. Chery adopts a multi-brand strategy by establishing many car brands for different purposes. As of 2024, the company has 8 active brands, including the main Chery brand (with Chery Fulwin and Chery New Energy sub-brands for plug-in hybrid and electric cars respectively), Exeed for premium vehicles, Luxeed as a collaborative electric car brand with Huawei, Jetour that focuses on SUVs, iCar for electric SUVs, Karry for commercial vehicles, and Omoda/Jaecoo for export markets. The company also operates a joint venture with JLR since 2012 called Chery Jaguar Land Rover for the production of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in China.

Distance between:

Paris to Chéry 121 Miles / 195 Kms
Marseille to Chéry 311 Miles / 501 Kms