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12-17-2008, 06:59 AM
Filed under: Minivans/MPVs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/), China (http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/), Misc. Auto Shows (http://www.autoblog.com/category/misc-auto-shows/), Chery (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chery/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/chriich-crash.jpg (http://es.autoblog.com/2007/07/14/chery-presentara-el-riich-ii-en-el-salon-de-chang-an/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riichii_blue.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/)The Chery Riich II microvan is a global market car derived from the Chery V2 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/01/perhaps-chery-should-stick-to-copying-daewoos/). The Riich II will debut at the Chang'an Auto Salon later this month, and Chery says that it benefits from a focus on safety, among other things. To try and back up that claim, Chery released the crash test photo shown above (scenario unknown/questionable, so take it with a pound of salt), in which the dummy is refreshingly not in several pieces, impaled by the steering column, or wearing the instrument panel as a hat. This would seem to be a welcome departure from the norm in terms of Chinese cars' crash tests, with recent videos (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/22/brilliance-bs6s-adac-crash-test-is-anything-but/) having led us to believe that vehicles made of arsenic and razor blades would be a better bet in a collision than some of China's automotive offerings. We'll reserve final judgment on this one until we see a crash test video on it from one of its destination markets, like Russia. You'll forgive us for being skeptical (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQGAK550LE).
The front-drive van will be powered by an 83-horsepower 1.3-liter engine. In terms of appearance, it looks like a miniaturized ripoff of the Renault Trafic (http://www.renault.co.uk/Vans_ModelHome.aspx?mm=traficvan).
[Source: Autoblog Spanish]
Gallery: Chery Riich II (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313575/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313576/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313574/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/chriich-crash_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313570/)
Chery to present Riich II microvan at Chang'an Auto Salon (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/16/chery-to-present-riich-ii-microvan-at-changan-auto-salon/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riichii_blue.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/)The Chery Riich II microvan is a global market car derived from the Chery V2 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/01/perhaps-chery-should-stick-to-copying-daewoos/). The Riich II will debut at the Chang'an Auto Salon later this month, and Chery says that it benefits from a focus on safety, among other things. To try and back up that claim, Chery released the crash test photo shown above (scenario unknown/questionable, so take it with a pound of salt), in which the dummy is refreshingly not in several pieces, impaled by the steering column, or wearing the instrument panel as a hat. This would seem to be a welcome departure from the norm in terms of Chinese cars' crash tests, with recent videos (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/22/brilliance-bs6s-adac-crash-test-is-anything-but/) having led us to believe that vehicles made of arsenic and razor blades would be a better bet in a collision than some of China's automotive offerings. We'll reserve final judgment on this one until we see a crash test video on it from one of its destination markets, like Russia. You'll forgive us for being skeptical (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQGAK550LE).
The front-drive van will be powered by an 83-horsepower 1.3-liter engine. In terms of appearance, it looks like a miniaturized ripoff of the Renault Trafic (http://www.renault.co.uk/Vans_ModelHome.aspx?mm=traficvan).
[Source: Autoblog Spanish]
Gallery: Chery Riich II (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313575/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313576/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313574/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/chriich-crash_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313570/)
Chery to present Riich II microvan at Chang'an Auto Salon (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/16/chery-to-present-riich-ii-microvan-at-changan-auto-salon/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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