Chery QQ

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Chery QQ3

Manufacturer	Chery Automobile
Also called	Chery Sweet (in Russia) MVM 110 (in Iran)
Production	2003-present
Class	City car
Engine	0.8 L SQR372 I3 1.1 L SQR472F I4
Transmission	5-speed manual EZ-drive AMT
Wheelbase	2340 mm
Length	3550 mm
Width	1495 mm
Height	1485 mm
Similar	Changhe-Suzuki Ideal Daewoo Matiz Hyundai Atos Kia Picanto BYD Flyer Hafei Lobo

The Chery QQ (codename S11) is a city car produced by the Chinese manufacturer Chery Automobile since 2003. From 2006 the car was renamed the Chery QQ3 in China, when Chery launched their new supermini the Chery QQ6.

In China it is sold for 30,000--45,000 RMB. The price on the European market is going to be around € 5000, beating the Dacia Logan as the most inexpensive car in that market. In Iran, the car is assembled as the MVM 110 by the Modiran Vehicle Manufacturing Company and is a replacement for the Kerman built Matiz.

The Chery QQ are available with the following two gasoline-powered engines (both EURO III compliant):

0.8 L SQR372 I3 DOHC 12v — 38 kW at 6000 rpm, 70 N·m at 3500 rpm
1.1 L SQR472F I4 DOHC 16v — 50 kW at 6000 rpm, 90 N·m at 3500 rpm

[edit] Controversy

The car is at the center of an industrial rights controversy, since GM have claimed that it is very similar to the General Motors Spark/Daewoo Matiz. GM executives even state that the doors of the Chery car (note the resemblance with "Chevy") can be mounted on the Chevrolet Spark without modification.^{[citation needed]}

In Iran the Daewoo Matiz had been assembled by local company Kerman since the year 2000s in a joint venture with the South Korean GM Daewoo. However the crisis at Daewoo resulted in a take-over by the American General Motors corporation, which then put a ban on Iran and stopped supplying CKD kits to the Iranian company. This resulted in Kerman licencing the Chery QQ car for the replacement and put it into production at their subsidiary MVM.^{[citation needed]}