Chery decided to bring three premium crossovers to Russia :: Autonews

The Chinese company Chery plans to bring three premium cars of its Exeed sub-brand to the Russian market. This is reported by the portal “Chinese cars”, who drew attention to the interview of Gennady Baranov, director of brand development for CheryExeed in Russia, to the website “Autogoda”.

The first novelty of the Chinese in Russia will be the large TXL crossover. The length of the car, created on a completely new platform, is 4775 millimeters. The novelty will receive a 1.6-liter gasoline turbo engine with direct injection. The power of the “four” will be 186 liters. from. and 285 Nm of torque.

In addition, CheryExeed is considering the possibility of launching Russian sales of the LX SUV. The most affordable car of the brand may appear in Russia in the first half of next year.

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On the local market, the car is offered with a 1.5-liter gasoline engine with a return of 156 hp, which is paired with a variator. We have the same unit equipped with the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro, though specially for the Russian market it was derated to 147 horsepower. Also in the range of LX engines is a 197-horsepower gasoline engine. This unit works in tandem with a seven-stage “robot”.

Also, the Chinese are planning to bring the flagship VX crossover 4970 millimeters long to Russia. According to unofficial data, this model will share the line of powertrains with the TLX. The novelty may appear on our market at the end of 2021.

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According to the Association of European Businesses (AEB), Chery sold 1,124 cars in Russia in August. This figure is 154% more than the figures for the same period last year. Then the Russians bought 443 Chinese cars.

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