Chery QQ3

{{Infobox automobile

| name = First generation (S11)

| image = Chery QQ in Pakxe Laos.jpg

| production = July 2003–2015
2021–2023 (Pakistan)

| aka = Chery QQ3
Chery IQ (Chile)
Chery Sweet (Russia)
MVM 110 (Iran)
Miles ZX50S (United States)
United Alpha (Pakistan)
Ruitesi Q1
Ruitesi Q2

| assembly = Wuhu, Anhui, China
Jakarta, Indonesia (National Assembler, 2006–2011)
Bam, Kerman Province, Iran (MVM, 2005–2015)

Lahore, Pakistan (United Motors, 2021–2023)

| designer =

| body_style = 5-door hatchback

| engine = 0.8 L SQR372 I3 (petrol)
1.1 L SQR472F I4 (petrol)

| transmission = 5-speed manual
5-speed automated manual

| wheelbase = {{convert|2340|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| length = {{convert|3550|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|1495|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|1485|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| weight =

| related = Chery QQ6
Chery QQme
Chevrolet Spark

}}

File:Chery QQ rear - Morocco.jpg

Its cheap price (in 2008 it may have been the cheapest production car in the world{{cite web | url=http://green.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/the-ten-cheapest-cars-in-the-world-2-chery-qq/ | title=The ten cheapest cars in the world – #2 – Chery QQ | website=Green.autoblog.com| date=3 March 2008 | access-date=15 July 2012 | author=Navarro, Xavier}}) made the car popular in China. In the 2000s, the QQ was often Chery's most sold model,For 2005 best-seller, see Eisenstein, P. (2005). "Chery-picking from china." Professional Engineering, 18(4)

• For 2007 best-seller, see Gordon Fairclough and, J. L. (2007, 5 Jul). "Chery assembly deal makes chrysler a model in exporting from china". The Wall Street Journal. and the company itself calls the car "a legend in the Chinese history of the automobile... a mini model with the highest cumulative sales in China".{{cite web | url=http://www.cheryinternational.com/news/34.html | title=Chery QQ launched in Brazil as new model | publisher=Chery | date=19 May 2011 | access-date=15 July 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509002313/http://www.cheryinternational.com/news/34.html | archive-date=9 May 2012}} It may no longer be popular; the QQ was dropped from a list of top ten bestsellers compiled by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers {{circa}} 2010.This claim is supported by multiple sources:
• For the QQ being among the top ten in Q1 2007 and 2008, see {{cite news | url=http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20090116/1805022948.html | script-title=zh:2008年前十位轿车品牌销量排名 | website=Caam.org.cn | date=16 January 2009 | agency=China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. | access-date=15 July 2012 | language=Chinese | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204072535/http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20090116/1805022948.html | archivedate=4 December 2012}}
• For the QQ being among the top ten in Q1 2009, see {{cite news | url=http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20090415/1805025031.html | script-title=zh:2009年一季度前十位轿车品牌销量排名 | website=Caam.org.cn | date=15 April 2009 | agency=China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. | access-date=15 July 2012 | language=Chinese | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195703/http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20090415/1805025031.html | archivedate=23 September 2015}}
• For not being among the top ten in Q1 2010, see {{cite news| url=http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20100414/0905037765.html| script-title=zh:2010年一季度前十位轿车品牌销量排名| date=14 April 2010| agency=China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.| website=Caam.org.cn| access-date=15 July 2012| language=Chinese| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428085032/http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20100414/0905037765.html| archivedate=28 April 2010}} Even if its popularity is flagging, it remains cheap. The lowest cost QQ is about US$4,000 as of 2012.{{cite web | url=http://www.carnewschina.com/2012/07/05/chery-qq3-goes-super-cheap-in-china/ | title=Chery QQ3 goes super cheap in China | work=The Tycho's CarNewsChina | date=5 July 2012 | access-date=18 July 2012}}

It was at the center of an intellectual property dispute between Chery and GM in the late 2000s.

File:Chevrolet Spark 2005 & Chery iQ 2008 (11333085623).jpg

General Motors claimed the car was a copy of the Daewoo Matiz (which is marketed in some countries as the Chevrolet Spark) and sued Chery in a Chinese court. The Detroit News reported that "the dispute reflects the confusion, risks and ambitions in China's new auto industry, where global carmakers are battling pugnacious upstarts for a piece of what may become the world's largest auto market."{{cite web

|url= http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0501/02/A08-47232.htm

|title=Chinese carmaker ambitious, controversial

|publisher=Detroit News, Christine Tierney }}

GM China Group indicated the two vehicles "shared remarkably identical body structure, exterior design, interior design and key components" MotorAuthority.com{{cite web|url= http://www.motorauthority.com/news/industry/chinese-chery-qq-a-carbon-copy-of-the-daewoo-matiz/|title= China Chinese Chery QQ – a carbon copy of the Daewoo Matiz|publisher= MotorAuthority.com 6 July 2006|access-date= 17 September 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080615173514/http://www.motorauthority.com/news/industry/chinese-chery-qq-a-carbon-copy-of-the-daewoo-matiz/|archive-date= 15 June 2008|url-status= dead}} and GM executives demonstrated the extent of the design duplication, noting for example that the doors of the QQ and those of the Spark are interchangeable.{{cite web|url= http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorials/china-to-foreign-automakers-drop-dead/|title=China to Foreign Automakers: Drop Dead|website=Thetruthaboutcars.com|date=16 August 2007|access-date=17 December 2007}}

Chery always denied having copied the design, they maintained they had paid to acquire the design. It seems likely that Chery somehow acquired the design, but it is entirely possible that they didn’t pay Daewoo.{{Cite web |last=Breevoort |first=Leo |date=2023-07-31 |title=The Big Read – Chery (2/4) – The Daewoo affair |url=https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/31/the-big-read-chery-2-4-the-daewoo-affair/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=CarNewsChina.com |language=en-US}}

Though the Chery QQ and the Daewoo Matiz are superficially similar cars, their safety ratings differ dramatically. A Euro NCAP front offset crash test showed that the driver's injuries in the QQ are worse than those sustained in the Matiz. Upon impact, the QQ driver will most likely suffer severe (possibly fatal) head trauma, and trauma to the neck and chest areas. The first generation Daewoo Matiz achieved a three/two star driver/passenger Euro NCAP rating.{{cite web|title=DAEWOO Matiz 1998 – 2007|url=http://www.autoevolution.com/crash-tests/daewoo-matiz-1998.html|website=Autoevolution.com|access-date=7 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914055247/http://www.autoevolution.com/crash-tests/daewoo-matiz-1998.html|archivedate=14 September 2011}}

The African version of the QQ3 with no airbags and no ABS received 0 stars for adult occupants and 0 stars for infants from Global NCAP in 2017 (similar to Latin NCAP 2013).{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb4ea8933ae6c208c3dac41/t/6061a42f944fef12c7f274cd/1617011760222/SaferCarsForAfrica-RS-CheryQQ3.pdf |format=PDF|title=Safer Cars for Africa : Chery QQ3 - NO AIRBAGS|website=Static1.squarespace.com|access-date=20 July 2022}}

The QQ is available with three gasoline-powered engines (both EURO III compliant):

• 0.8 L SQR372 DOHC 12V I3 — {{Convert|38|kW|hp|0|abbr=on}} at 6,000 rpm, {{convert|70|Nm|lbft|0|abbr=on}} at 3,500 rpm
• 1.1 L DA465Q-1A2/D SOHC 16V I4 — {{Convert|38.5|kW|hp|0|abbr=on}} at 5,300 rpm, {{convert|83|Nm|lbft|0|abbr=on}} at 3,000 rpm
• 1.1 L SQR472F DOHC 16V I4 — {{Convert|50|kW|hp|0|abbr=on}} at 6,000 rpm, {{convert|90|Nm|lbft|0|abbr=on}} at 3,500 rpm

An all-electric version, the Chery QQ3 EV, began deliveries to retail customers in Wuhu, Anhui province in March 2010. The electric city car has a range of {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://cheryinternational.com.s11770.gridserver.com/en/node/983|title=The first QQ EV was delivered to customer|author=|publisher=Chery|date=1 July 2010|access-date=2013-04-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111034843/http://cheryinternational.com.s11770.gridserver.com/en/node/983|archive-date=11 November 2013}} The QQ3 EV was the lowest priced pure electric car in China, at {{Yuan|40,000}} (~{{USD|6,480}}) after government incentives.

The QQ3 EV was the top selling new energy car in China between 2011 and 2013, with 2,167 units sold in 2011, 3,129 in 2012, and 5,727 in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/24335/leapfrogging_or_stalling_out_electric_vehicles_in_china.html|title=Leapfrogging or Stalling Out? Electric Vehicles in China |author1=Henry Lee |author2=Sabrina Howell |author3=Adam Heal |publisher=Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School |date=June 2014|access-date=2015-01-18}} Download EVS in China (full report). See Table 2: Chinas's EV Sales by Brand, 2011–2013, pp. 19. The QQ3 EV was surpassed in 2014 by the BYD Qin plug-in hybrid as the top selling new energy car in the country. Cumulative sales between January 2011 and June 2015 reached 22,097 units.{{cite web|url=http://ev-sales.blogspot.com.br/2015/01/china-december-2014.html|title=China December 2014|author=Jose Pontes|publisher=EV Sales|date=2015-01-25|access-date=2015-08-02}} A total of 7,866 QQ3 EVs were sold in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2015/07/chinese-ev-sales-ranking-in-the-first-half-of-2015/|title=Chinese EV Sales Ranking in the First Half of 2015|author=|publisher=China Auto Web|date=2015-07-17|access-date=2015-08-02}} A total of 3,208 QQ3 EVs were sold during the first half of 2015.

A new model based on the Chery QQ3 Sport with a {{convert|16|hp|abbr=on}} electric motor was expected to be launched by the end of 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.carnewschina.com/2012/05/31/spy-shots-chery-qq3-ev-testing-in-china/|title=Spy Shots: Chery QQ3 EV testing in China|author=Tycho de Feyter|publisher=Car News China|date=31 May 2012|access-date=2013-04-19}} In the United States, Miles Electric Vehicles was planning to release the rebadged version of the QQ3 EV called the Miles ZX50S AD in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.milesev.com/#|title=Miles ZX50S AD|url-status=dead|archiveurl=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080721011525/http%3A//www.milesev.com/|archivedate=21 July 2008}}

The QQ is available in a number of export markets including Pakistan, Philippines (called QQ3), Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa (QQ3),{{cite web|url=http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=751&fArticleId=4393985 |title=Home |website=Motoring.co.za |access-date=5 October 2010}} Thailand and Vietnam.

In Iran modiran khodro reached an agreement to produce the Chery QQ domestically in 2006,{{cite web |url=http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=122157 |title=Chery Boosts Its Presence in Iran (Internet Archive) |work=Inside Line |date=13 August 2007 |access-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917151950/http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId%3D122157 |archivedate=17 September 2008}} and it is marketed there as the MVM 110.{{cite web|url=http://www.mvmco.ir/Site.aspx?page=9|title=صنایع خودروسازی مدیران – MVM 110|access-date=2010-10-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111232308/http://mvmco.ir/Site.aspx?page=9|archive-date=11 November 2010}} It is offered with two engine options, a 3-cylinder 0.8 liter and a 4-cylinder 1.1 liter.{{cite web|url=http://www.mvmco.ir/Site.aspx?page=13|title=مشخصات فنی خودروی MVM 110|access-date=2013-06-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527071301/http://www.mvmco.ir/Site.aspx?page=13|archive-date=27 May 2013}}

In Iran, production of the QQ followed a 2002 decision from GM to stop supplying Kerman Khodro with Daewoo Matiz knock-down kits.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} Daewoo cars had been assembled by the company since 1997, but this Korean automaker stopped exporting to Iran after being acquired by GM in 2002.It is offered with two engine options, a 3-cylinder 0.8 liter and a 4-cylinder 1.1 liter. Quest Motor Corporation is also assembling the Chery QQ since some time in the year 2011.

As of 2006, the QQ is being sold in Malaysia,{{cite web | url=http://paultan.org/2006/07/14/chery-qq-for-rm39888/ | title=Chery QQ for RM39,888 | publisher=Driven Communications Sdn Bhd | website=Paultan.org | date=14 July 2006 | access-date=2013-05-13 | author=Tan, Paul}} with the 0.8 L (812 cc) engine producing 52 hp at 6,000 rpm and a max torque of 75.5 Nm between 3,500 and 4,000rpm.

In 2012, the model received a facelift and was sold in its home market as the QQ3 Sport. With some inspiration from the 2008 Kia Morning/Picanto, the front and rear ends were completely redesigned. It mounted a new, more efficient 1.0L engine (SQR371F), a black interior with silver-painted inserts and a darker bi-color upholstery.

File:Chery QQ3 Sport 02 China 2012-06-02.jpg|Chery QQ3 Sport (2012 facelift) front.

File:Chery QQ3 Sport 03 China 2012-06-02.jpg|Chery QQ3 Sport (2012 facelift) rear.

In Pakistan a local company, [https://unitedcars.com.pk/ United Cars] builds under license the Facelift of the first generation of the QQ.

{{Infobox automobile

| name = Second generation (S15)

| image = File:Chery QQ II China 2016-04-08.jpg

| production = 2013–2022

| aka = DR Zero (Italy)
Chery eQ (electric version)
Chery iQ (Chile)
Chery Arauca (Venezuela)
MVM 110S(iran)

| assembly = Wuhu, Anhui, China
Jacareí, São Paulo, Brazil{{cite web|title=Chery inaugura fábrica em Jacareí (SP)|url=http://www.novidadesautomotivas.blog.br/2014/09/chery-inaugura-fabrica-em-jacarei-sp.html|publisher=Novidades Automotivas|access-date=30 March 2016|language=Portuguese|date=5 September 2014}}
Iran: Bam, Kerman Province (MVM, 2015–2018)

| designer = Giuliano Biasio at Torino Design{{cite web|url=http://autodesignmagazine.com/2013/07/torino-design-agilita-progettuale/|date=16 July 2013|access-date=13 March 2019|editor=autodesignmagazine.com|title=Torino Design, agilità progettuale}}

| body_style = 5-door hatchback

| engine = 1.0 L SQR371F I3 (petrol)

| transmission = 5-speed manual
5-speed automated manual

| wheelbase = {{convert|2340|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| length = {{convert|3564|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|1620|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|1527|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| weight = 936-945 kg

| related = Riich M1
Chery eQ1

}}

File:New Chery QQ Rear 2017.12.22.jpg

File:DR Zero.jpg

The second generation was launched at the Shanghai auto show in 2013 and was based on a modified platform of the previous generation.{{cite web|url=https://carnewschina.com/2012/09/24/this-is-it-new-chery-qq-is-ready-for-the-chinese-auto-market/ |title=This is it: new Chery QQ is Ready for the Chinese auto market|author=Tycho de Feijter|publisher=Car News China|date=2012-09-24|access-date=2018-01-15}} The engine is a 1.0L I3 petrol derived from the 0.8L of the first QQ, for the export market (like South America) the QQ used a 1.0L flex fuel version. From 2015 the Chery QQ was imported in Italy by DR Automobiles and rebadged as a DR Zero.{{Cite web|url=https://wheels.iconmagazine.it/foto/dr-dr-zero|title=DR dr Zero|website=Wheels.iconmagazine.it|date=1 June 2017}}

Codenamed "S15", this long-awaited redesign hit its home market in March 2013. It is based in a slightly larger QQ3-based platform, with bigger 14' inch wheels as standard and several mechanical improvements, sharing many of its components with previous models of the brand, like the A1 and the Riich M1, as a way to reduce development costs and simplify its assembly process, following a similar strategy to what was done in the Toyota Aygo/Citroën C1/Peugeot 107 line-up (which the new QQ looks similar to by the way). A good example of this can be seen on the back of the car, where an enlarged glass replaces the rear door seen on the previous model. The interior habitability, design and materials were also improved, introducing for the very first time customisable upholstery and dashboard accents.

The 1,000,000th Chery QQ was built on 1 September 2013, cumulative production include first and second generation, sedan QQ6 and the QQme.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chery.cn/BrandShow/News?newsid=92723AB4-6BE2-4926-A1DA-61B3D2F7D629|title=新闻详情|website=Chery.cn|access-date=20 July 2022}}

The Chinese—made iQ in its most basic Latin American market configuration with no airbags and no ABS received 0 stars for adult occupants and 0 stars for toddlers from Latin NCAP in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latinncap.com/en/result/57/chery-iq-no-airbags|title=Official results of the Chery iQ - NO Airbags 2015|website=Latinncap.com}}

File:Chery eQ China 2016-04-07.jpg

The Chery eQ, a full-electric minicar based on the new generation QQ, was launched in the Chinese car market in November 2014. Pricing starts at {{Yuan|59.800}} (~{{USD|9,600}}) after all government incentives for new energy vehicles, making the eQ one of the cheapest electric cars available in country.{{cite web|url=http://www.carnewschina.com/2014/11/05/chery-eq-ev-launched-on-the-chinese-car-market/ |title=Chery eQ EV launched on the Chinese car market|author=W.E. Ning|publisher=Car News China|date=2014-11-05|access-date=2015-01-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.carnewschina.com/2014/10/22/chery-eq-ev-will-hit-the-chinese-auto-market-on-november-5/|title=Chery eQ EV will hit the Chinese auto market on November 5|author=W.E. Ning|publisher=Car News China|date=2014-10-14|access-date=2015-01-18}} The electric motor delivers 57 hp and 150 nm powered by a lithium-ion battery. The eQ has a range of {{Convert|200|km|abbr=on}}, and charging takes 8–10 hours for a full charge on 220 V. A total of 542 units were sold in the country in 2014,{{cite web|url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2015/01/2014-ev-sales-ranking/|title=2014 EV Sales Ranking|author=|publisher=China Auto Web|date=2015-01-14|access-date=2015-01-18}} and cumulative sales totaled 2,671 units through June 2015.

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{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Chery QQ}}

• {{Official website|http://www.chery.cn/|Chery QQ official website}} {{in lang|zh}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090528091725/http://www.cheryinternational.com/qq3-overview Chery QQ Global site]
• [http://cherylist.com/chery-qq-sweet-auto-parts.aspx Chery QQ Auto Parts Catalog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209150911/http://cherylist.com/chery-qq-sweet-auto-parts.aspx |date=9 February 2011 }}
• [https://mvm401.com/ Chery QQ in iran]

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