​Chery Auto celebrates 20 years of exportation, introducing global line at Auto Guangzhou 2021

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Yesterday, China’s major automaker Chery Auto celebrated its 20th anniversary of branching out overseas, with almost 2 million international users to date.

OMODA; photo credit: Chery Auto

Twenty years ago, in 2001, Chery Auto shipped its first batch of ten “Fengyun” sedans abroad, setting sail for its global journey. As of now, the company has accumulated 9.8 million users worldwide, with 1.9 million outside of China at a share of almost 20%.

During the sixteen years of commitment in the Russian market, Chery Auto was rated “the most popular Chinese auto brand” for five consecutive times. In Brazil, it held a place in the top ten monthly sales list among all auto brands for five consecutive months, soaring 84.7% year on year. In Chile, Chery Auto managed to sell 16,986 vehicles from January to September this year, ranking No.5 among all auto brands, and No.1 among Chinese brands.  

For the first ten months this year, Chery Holding group has exported 213,000 vehicles, becoming the first Chinese brand that shipped over 200,000 passenger vehicles overseas annually.

Notably, during the Auto Guangzhou 2021, Chery Auto officially introduced its all-new globalized product line, the OMODA, and showcased its first model, the OMODA 5.

OMODA 5; photo credit: Chery Auto

According to the company, the name OMODA was carefully selected from over 10,000 proposals across the world. The OMODA 5 will be on the market in China first in the first half of 2022, and gradually reach the Russian, Brazilian, and 30 other international markets.

OMODA 5; photo credit: Chery Auto

The OMODA 5 has passed the five major NCAP standards, the European standard, the right-rudder standard in Australia, as well as China’s C-NCAP to satisfy the global market at once.

Additionally, the OMODA series is positioned as a sub-brand of the company, with sedans and SUVs coming after the OMODA 5.