Chery to present Riich II microvan at Chang'an Auto Salon
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/" rel="tag">Minivans/MPVs</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/misc-auto-shows/" rel="tag">Misc. Auto Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chery/" rel="tag">Chery</a></p><a href="http://es.autoblog.com/2007/07/14/chery-presentara-el-riich-ii-en-el-salon-de-chang-an/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/chriich-crash.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riichii_blue.jpg" /></a>The Chery Riich II microvan is a global market car derived from the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/01/perhaps-chery-should-stick-to-copying-daewoos/">Chery V2</a>. The Riich II will debut at the Chang'an Auto Salon later this month, and Chery says that it benefits from a focus on safety, among other things. To try and back up that claim, Chery released the crash test photo shown above (scenario unknown/questionable, so take it with a pound of salt), in which the dummy is refreshingly not in several pieces, impaled by the steering column, or wearing the instrument panel as a hat. This would seem to be a welcome departure from the norm in terms of Chinese cars' crash tests, with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/22/brilliance-bs6s-adac-crash-test-is-anything-but/">recent videos</a> having led us to believe that vehicles made of arsenic and razor blades would be a better bet in a collision than some of China's automotive offerings. We'll reserve final judgment on this one until we see a crash test video on it from one of its destination markets, like Russia. You'll forgive us for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQGAK550LE">bein g skeptical</a>.<br /><br />The front-drive van will be powered by an 83-horsepower 1.3-liter engine. In terms of appearance, it looks like a miniaturized ripoff of the <a href="http://www.renault.co.uk/Vans_ModelHome.aspx?mm=tr aficvan">Renault Trafic</a>.<br /><br />[Source: Autoblog Spanish]<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/">Chery Riich II</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313575/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313576/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313574/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/riich_ii_3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/chery-riich-ii/313570/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/07/chriich-crash_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://es.autoblog.com/2007/07/14/chery-presentara-el-riich-ii-en-el-salon-de-chang-an/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/16/chery-to-present-riich-ii-microvan-at-changan-auto-salon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/941337/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/16/chery-to-present-riich-ii-microvan-at-changan-auto-salon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />

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