Chery Tiggo

Chery Tiggo

Class	Compact SUV
Manufacturer	Chery Automobile
Also called	dr5[1] Chery Ruihu Chery J11 Speranza Tiggo Vortex Tingo
Production	2006-present
Assembly	Wuhu, Anhui, China Cairo, Egypt (Speranza) Barra de Carrasco, Uruguay[2] Jakarta, Indonesia (Indomobil)[3] Kaliningrad, Russia (Avtotor)[4] Jakarta, Indonesia (Unicor Prima Motor) Taganrog, Russia (Vortex)
Body style	5-door SUV
Engine	1.6 L gasoline 2.0 L gasoline 2.4 L gasoline
Wheelbase	2,510 mm (98.8 in)
Length	4,285 mm (168.7 in)
Width	1,765 mm (69.5 in)
Height	1,705 mm (67.1 in)
Related	DR5

The Chery Tiggo (Chinese: 奇瑞瑞虎; pinyin: Qíruì Ruìhǔ, codename T11) is a compact SUV produced by the Chinese automaker Chery Automobile since 2006. It is a five-door crossover SUV available as a front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive with 1.6, 2.0 and 2.4-litre gasoline engines.

Overview

There are many styling cues which resemble other compact SUVs, like the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V and Mitsubishi Outlander, although the Tiggo is not a badge-engineered version of any of them.

The Tiggo is being assembled in Uruguay as of late 2007, as a result of a partnership between Chery and Argentine company Socma. The goal is to export the car to Argentina and Brazil - 30% to 50% share of local components are needed to receive zero-tariff status inside the Mercosur.^[5] The Tiggo is also imported and assembled in Italy by the DR Motor Company as the DR5.

The 2.0 L version is also being assembled in Egypt as of late 2008 under the Speranza brandname. It is the latest addition to the assembly line of Egyptian assembled Chery cars (Eastar, A5 and A1) by Aboul-Fotouh (former BMW dealer in Egypt).

In September 2010 Chery released the 2011 Tiggo in China, which is built on the same platform as the outgoing Tiggo3. To the previous three engine options (1.6/1.8/2.0/L) is added a "1.6s," a 1.6-liter with mechanical supercharger putting out 110 kW (150 PS; 148 hp) at 5500 rpm and 205 N·m (151 lb·ft) between 3500-4500 rpm.^[6]

A 2011 Tiggo was put to an offset crash-test by the ANCAP in October 2011 and scored a poor result of only two stars out of five. The rating comes as the side impact was not conducted, after a request by the manufacturer, and it was awarded the maximum score that it could achieve in the side impact test.^[7][8]

Gallery

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  Chery Tiggo in Ukraine.jpg

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  Chery Tiggo rear quarter view

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  Tiggo rear badge

References

1. ^ "Modelli". DR Motor Company. http://www.drmotor.it/modelli.php. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
2. ^ "Chery becomes China’s first automaker with exports of over 500,000". Chery International. 2011-04-26. http://www.cheryinternational.com/viewNews.php?id=28. 
3. ^ "Chery tries to spur Thai sales". Bangkok Post. 2010-11-05. http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/marketing/204872/chery-tries-to-spur-thai-sales. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 
4. ^ "Группа компаний Автотор :: История". Avtotor.ru. http://www.avtotor.ru/about/history.html. Retrieved 2010-10-05.  (Russian)
5. ^ "Franco Macri tiene listo el auto chino que arma en Uruguay" - Clarín (Spanish)
6. ^ "Chery Releases 2011 Tiggo". ChinaAutoWeb.com. http://chinaautoweb.com/2010/09/the-2011-chery-tiggo-released/. 
7. ^ "Crash Test Results - Chery J11". ANCAP. 2011-10-06. http://www.ancap.com.au/crashtestrecord?Id=426. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
8. ^ "New crash-test blow for Chinese cars". The Age. 2011-10-06. http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-news/new-crashtest-blow-for-chinese-cars-20111005-1l9gx.html. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 

External links

• Official website of the Tiggo
• Chery Tiggo T11 2.0i 125hp