Chery Tiggo 3X
The Chery Tiggo 3X is a sporty variant of
the Chery Tiggo 3, aimed at young first-car buyers
in the big cities, one of the hottest buyer-groups of the moment. The 3X will be launched on the Chinese
car market in November 15. Price will range from 63.900 yuan to 79.900 yuan.
Nice design with hyper-short front and rear
overhang. Black wheel arches and roof rails, in crossover style.
Wheels are a tad too small but racy alloys look great. Chery calls their new
design language “life in motion”, which of course is just a marketing thingy to
appeal to those young buyers.
The orange theme continues inside. But there is a
problem. The orange of the seats and doors differs from the orange around the
gear lever, around the vents, and on the center stack. That looks very messy
and unfinished. And strangely, there isn’t a touch of any orange on the
steering wheel, which is now just a big piece of black plastic.
Instrument panel look great. Fuzzy shape, fuzzy
shaped pointers, and a clear TFT screen in the middle. The infotainment system shows the radio, and that is
the only thing 99% of Chinese car buyers uses the infotainment system for. They
do the rest with their iPhones. The screen is an 8-inch LCD.
The Chery Tiggo 3X will initially only be available
with a 1.5 liter petrol with 106 Hp and 135 Nm, mated to a five-speed manual or a
four-speed automatic. Happily, a juicier 1.2 turbo will become available in
early 2017 with some 150 horses in stock. The 1.2 turbo will be mated to a
six-speed manual or CVT. Dimension size is 4200/1760/1570 mm, and wheelbase is 2555 mm.
Will the young buy it? They will like the looks and the tech, and it will be cheap,
but the underpowered engine is a bit of a letdown. The 1.2 turbo better come
quickly.
Source : Carnewschina
