The Chery Cowin also known as Flagcloud or Amulet, is a 5 door, 1,600 cc petrol engine liftback produced in Wuhu, Anhui, China

China

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 and Russia

Russia

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, Ukraine

Ukraine

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, Iran

Iran

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 and Malaysia by Chery Automobile

Chery Automobile

Chery Automobile Co Ltd is a state-owned automobile manufacturer in the People's Republic of China.Chery became the 7th most-productive Chinese vehicle manufacturer in 2010, selling nearly 700,000 units.-History:...

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It is based on a restyling of the Chery Windcloud

Chery A11

The Chery Windcloud , also known as Fulwin or Fengyun, is Chery Automobile's first car.It is essentially a rebadged first generation SEAT Toledo, a model which was built by SEAT - i.e...

 (SQR7160, also known as the Chery A11 Fengyun), itself based on the first generation of the SEAT Toledo

SEAT Toledo

The second generation Toledo was introduced in 1998 and made its debut at the 1998 Paris Motor Show as a four-door notchback sedan. It was more rounded than the previous first generation shape and had a much more fluid design, although both were products of Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italdesign studio...

, which was built on the Volkswagen Group A2 platform. This is the same platform as is used in the second generation Volkswagen Golf

Volkswagen Golf

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. The vehicle also has a fuel-efficient, low-emission engine. Chery Cowin has been authorized for being marketed it in Europe along with Russia, and in South America.

The company first launched the car in August 2003 as a successor to the Fengyun (Windcloud). The Flagcloud is now exported to more than 30 countries in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

Safety

It has several safety features including antilock brakes and electronic brake force distribution for driving in bad weather. However, the Russian car magazine AutoReview reported that an A15 it had crashed in accordance with the EuroNCAP test standard performed even worse than the 1-starred Brilliance BS6

Brilliance BS6

Brilliance BS6, in China sold as Zhonghua Zunchi , and more recently as the Brilliance M1 is a car produced by Brilliance in Shenyang, Liaoning in the People's Republic of China....

Sedan, and the dummy used had to be dismantled into pieces in order to be removed. Consequently, AutoReview is calling for the car to be withdrawn from the market.