Chinese brands like Chery have reinvented themselves with more appealing cars, but is it enough to get you to part with your moola?Decades ago, Japanese cars were disparagingly referred to as “Jap crap”, but today they tend to be benchmarks of solid reliability and build quality.
Now we’ve reached what is probably a turning point for Chinese cars, where we can start to divorce them from their “cheap-and-nasty” reputation. Chery recently returned as a greatly changed marque, however, and its new Tiggos have impressive levels of modernity, safety and sophistication with prices that still undercut more well-established brands. The same applies to Haval with modern new offerings like the H6 and the Jolion, and its sales have soared as a result.
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