Chery is wading into the budget electric city car segment occupied by the likes of the Proton eMas 5, BYD Atto 1, Wuling Bingo and Firefly with the Chery Q, which is making its ASEAN debut at the ongoing Bangkok International Motor Show (BIMS). The hatchback, called the QQ3 in China, harks back to the infamous QQ – a blatant copy of the Daewoo Matiz.
The company is so smitten with the letter Q, in fact, that it has even called the three variants the Qool, Quint and Qlick. Estimated prices range from “4XX,000 to 5XX,000 baht” (around RM55,000 to RM65,000), with those who book the car at the motor show receiving a 20,000 baht (RM2,400) rebate.
Measuring 4,195 mm long, 1,811 mm wide and 1,573 mm tall, the Q is among the larger models in the class, being 60 mm longer, six millimetres wider and seven millimetres lower than the eMas 5. Its 2,700 mm wheelbase is also 50 mm longer.
Power comes from a single rear motor producing 79 PS (58 kW) and 90 Nm of torque, with a 29.48 kWh LFP battery providing a range of 310 km on the CLTC cycle; expect a WLTP figure somewhere around 250 km. Higher-end models gain a more powerful motor churning out 122 PS (90 kW) and 115 Nm, as well as a larger 41.28 kWh battery for a CLTC range of 420 km (around 340 km WLTP).
In terms of charging, the Q supports up to 85 kW of DC fast charging power, with all models taking 16.5 minutes to top up the battery from 30 to 80%. It will also accept up to 3.3 kW or 6.6 kW of AC charging, depending on the variant.
The Q’s styling is very much in the vein of other Chinese city EVs, with rounded head- and taillights with dual horizontal light guides, organic forms, flush pull-up door handles and a cut D-pillar for a “floating roof” look. Buyers can choose between 16-inch “blade” or 17-inch “star shield” wheels, both of them alloys.
Inside, the Q again takes after class norms, sporting cutesy pill-shaped elements such as the dashboard, air vents and door armrests. There’s an 8.8-inch instrument display and a large 15.6-inch centre touchscreen, but in stark contrast to other Chery models, there are physical air-con controls on the centre console. There are also threaded connectors to attach accessories such as a phone mount, similar to the Proton X50.
Other available features include a power-adjustable, heated and ventilated front seats, a 50-watt Qi wireless charger, a 360-degree camera system, park assist and a powered tailgate. Speaking of which, the boot measures a decent 375 litres and can be expanded to 1,450 litres with the rear seats folded; there’s also 35 litres of rear under-seat storage and a 70 litre front boot.
Safety-wise, the Q is available with six airbags and a whole host of driver assists. The latter include autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane centring assist, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert with auto brake, a front departure alert, a door opening warning and auto high beam.
With Chery already assembling cars in Malaysia, the Q could very well be sold here as a rival to the aforementioned eMas 5 and Bingo. Would you buy this car if it ever arrives? Let us know in the comments.
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With these amazing Chinese cars continuously being churned out, the mystery deepens. Who are the useless China vendors that Perodua looked for, who produced low-quality items that made the QV-E’s interior components look like crap? And why did Perodua went to look for such useless vendors that made their car a failure?
Perodua are no ignoramuses, they just underestimated their customer base. They thought the vast majority of the customers are gullible, which some of them are given by the sales of Trash, sorry Traz, but Perodua overestimated how many they could dupe. Now they are facing the music. All talks of spending 800million RM are just PR BS, they probably spent less than 100 million, even that’s doubtful. There is no engineering in that car it’s all sourced from Chinese vendors, just because some of them have offices in Malaysia suddenly it’s classed as ‘locally sourced’. Lies. QV-E is probably close to ~35-40K to build battery included. They thought they could easily pull a fast one on the consumer. Dirtbag brand they have become.
for 70k price we can buy excellent mainland EV emas5 , developed by skillful mandarin-educated engineers, backed by rocksolid aftersales service by Proton,or
or for extra RM10k more can choose buy the new perodua EV engineered by uuim/uitm/mara/mrsm graduates, and comes without battery. battery not included.
only nippo soldier car salesman may make such provoke.
we rakyat only care for tech and comfort with our coins.
I did some research and it seems qev is the worst model evel launched in human history. It says a lot about the marketing strategy at Perodua/ government initiative