Chery and Haval real feedback?

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Cars like Chery and Haval are becoming very popular in South Africa recently. Reviews are mostly positive but do real owners have any feedback on their experiences that might persuade or dissuade potential buyers?
 
Wife has a Chery tiggo 4 pro.. no complaints from her..

A taxi did t bone her and repairs are starting tomorrow.. rear door, some trim pieces and rear wheel will be replaced.. we have already been told a week ago that one wheel and plastic door trim is on back order.. the door seems to be available and won't be holding up to repair process.. so parts availability may be hit and miss, so there may be a delays for some things if repairs are ever needed..
 
Very long thread here - https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/2022-haval-h6-hev-enter-the-ccp.1294271/

Overall day to day I'm very happy with the car and won't be letting go of it any time soon. Time will tell, but since it's already 3 years old with 45,000km on it's had a pretty solid run so far.

Haval Paarl was excellent from the sales side and initial purchase, but I've not exactly been enamoured with their workshop at my first and only service so far (under my ownership) and will be using another on the next outing.

Overall, one bit of advice I would give anyone is to buy the HEV and not just the petrol models both from a driving experience perspective and of course the average fuel economy on Chinese cars being higher than most.

With that being said if you do want to go petrol don't let the fuel economy be your only guide and consider total cost of ownership over five years rather than just getting hung up on that and buying something else because of it.

A word on that is a mate of mine with a Jolion HEV discovered that bizarrely his car didn't come with Run Flats, which to me is absolutely necessary with these cars considering no spare so keep an eye out for that and make sure it is the case on yours if you do go that way. The factory included tyre slime stuff left a lot to be desired, but Holt's Tyre Weld I think it's called does a fine enough job.
 
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SauRoNZA said:
Very long thread here - https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/2022-haval-h6-hev-enter-the-ccp.1294271/

Overall day to day I'm very happy with the car and won't be letting go of it any time soon. Time will tell, but since it's already 3 years old with 45,000km on it's had a pretty solid run so far.

Haval Paarl was excellent from the sales side and initial purchase, but I've not exactly been enamoured with their workshop at my first and only service so far and will be using another on the next outing.

Overall, one bit of advice I would give anyone is to buy the HEV and not just the petrol models both from a driving experience perspective and of course the average fuel economy on Chinese cars being higher than most.

With that being said if you do want to go petrol don't let the fuel economy be your only guide and consider total cost of ownership over five years rather than just getting hung up on that and buying something else because of it.

A word on that is a mate of mine with a Jolion HEV discovered that bizarrely his car didn't come with Run Flats, which to me is absolutely necessary with these cars considering no spare so keep an eye out for that and make sure it is the case on yours if you do go that way. The factory included tyre slime stuff left a lot to be desired, but Holt's Tyre Weld I think it's called does a fine enough job.
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Our ix3 , also no run flats, no spare

apparently the car is too heavy for run flats, when asking bmw what to do in the event of a flat, they said roadside assist will bring a spare ( marie biscuit) , a bit short sighted , the front of the car has a huge gap where the engine would be, cant see how they couldn't put a spare wheel in there
 
SauRoNZA said:
Overall, one bit of advice I would give anyone is to buy the HEV and not just the petrol models both from a driving experience perspective and of course the average fuel economy on Chinese cars being higher than most.

With that being said if you do want to go petrol don't let the fuel economy be your only guide and consider total cost of ownership over five years rather than just getting hung up on that and buying something else because of it.
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I've been asking all the Chery and Haval drivers at work for their experiences with the respective brands and fuel economy seems to the common negative that has been brought up. Comparably inefficient when compared to the Germans and Japanese.
 
thestaggy said:
I've been asking all the Chery and Haval drivers at work for their experiences with the respective brands and fuel economy seems to the common negative that has been brought up. Comparably inefficient when compared to the Germans and Japanese.
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Definitely the case for the non-hybrids for sure.

But also especially in the modern world post-covid where people likely aren't driving as much as they used to you have to go work out if it actually matters.

Are they heavier on average? Sure I believe so. Is it substantial enough to be concerned over? I don't think so.

Another thing to consider is whether people are jumping the different classes of cars because they are cheaper. Jolion averages 8-9l/100 which to me isn't outrageous but now you have someone who previously drove a diesel Ford Focus jumping to one and they lose their minds thinking it's heavy.

I look at a normal Haval H6 and a Tiguan and they seem much the same on Fuelly.com. Take it one step up to the Touareg and they are far far heavier.
 
thestaggy said:
I've been asking all the Chery and Haval drivers at work for their experiences with the respective brands and fuel economy seems to the common negative that has been brought up. Comparably inefficient when compared to the Germans and Japanese.
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Chery released a software update for the auto tiggo 4 pro to address fuel consumption.. wife has the manual and sits at around 10L/100km, but she is not a very economical driver.. I can get it down to just under 9L/100km when I am driving.. not great, but when you look at total cost of ownership vs Japanese and German, still winning..
 
WAslayer said:
Chery released a software update for the auto tiggo 4 pro to address fuel consumption.. wife has the manual and sits at around 10L/100km, but she is not a very economical driver.. I can get it down to just under 9L/100km when I am driving.. not great, but when you look at total cost of ownership vs Japanese and German, still winning..
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What do we consider the German / Japanese competition for the Tiggo 4 Pro?

Mazda CX5 averages 9.4+ l/100 - https://www.fuelly.com/car/mazda/cx-5

VW Tiguan 8.7 l/100 - https://www.fuelly.com/car/volkswagen/tiguan

I think people look at the stickers with laboratory fuel consumption too much and don't live in reality.
 
thestaggy said:
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Started watching a review of the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro and first thing the guy pointed out was the bad fuel consumption.
He was talking about 9L/100km. That is like 2 Ton 2018 2L SUV Auto's fuel consumption :cautious:
 
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WAslayer said:
Chery released a software update for the auto tiggo 4 pro to address fuel consumption.. wife has the manual and sits at around 10L/100km, but she is not a very economical driver.. I can get it down to just under 9L/100km when I am driving.. not great, but when you look at total cost of ownership vs Japanese and German, still winning..
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Sorry but 10l/100km for a hatchback is downright outrageous, no where near acceptable. So what was it doing before the ''Scam software update'' 15l/100km? that is V8 territory. A car the size of a tiggo 4 should be doing 6L/100km or less.
 
epah said:
Sorry but 10l/100km for a hatchback is downright outrageous, no where near acceptable. So what was it doing before the ''Scam software update'' 15l/100km? that is V8 territory. A car the size of a tiggo 4 should be doing 6L/100km or less.
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You want to tell that to the Kia Rio the wife owned before that, doing much the same consumption for the same short distance, stop go driving..?
 
dualmeister said:
Started watching a review of the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro and first thing the guy pointed out was the bad fuel consumption.
He was talking about 9L/100km. That is like 2018 2L SUV Auto fuel consumption :cautious:
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A small car with a starting price of R270K shouldnt be guzzling 9L/100km, Show me a non-ccp car in that class using that much fuel. it doesnt exist.
 
epah said:
A small car with a starting price of R270K shouldnt be guzzling 9L/100km, Show me a non-ccp car in that class using that much fuel. it doesnt exist.
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They are heavier...but they aren't really THAT MUCH heavier than their counterparts that it matters.

We all know the listed economy is bullshit.

And often you need to pay much more for that economy...which makes it more expensive overall so the fuel economy being higher didn't really matter anyway.
 
SauRoNZA said:
They are heavier...but they aren't really THAT MUCH heavier than their counterparts that it matters.

We all know the listed economy is bullshit.

And often you need to pay much more for that economy...which makes it more expensive overall so the fuel economy being higher didn't really matter anyway.
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Yeah I know manufacturer claims are BS. but in the real world those small SUVs still arent doing 9L/100km. Only the chinese versions seem to be achieving those horrible figures without even trying. 9L would be acceptable for something the size of a Chery 8pro, but not a tiggo 4.
 
WAslayer said:
Way to miss the point queen...

Get off high horse, you are NO better than the CCP, let the hatred for Chinese cars go..

You are clearly responding emotionally, not logically..

You are better than this... Be better..
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Stop gaslighting me, This is not about my hate for CCP cars. Logically you know very well 9L is high for a tiggo 4, just admit it then we can move on.
 
dualmeister said:
My father in law still gets 6L/100km in his 8 year old Polo Vivo.
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I get around 7.2l/100km in my 2010 Opel Corsa 1.4. Daily mix of urban and going nowhere slowly N3 traffic. If I get a nice open road run, it drops to 6l/100km.
 
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