The Cowin is a restyled Chery Fengyun, itself based on the first generation of the SEAT Toledo.

[citation needed] It has been marketed in South America[4] and in European countries such as Ukraine and Russia.

It was launched in August 2003, as a successor to the A11, and has been exported to more than 30 countries in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

[5] It has several safety features, including anti-lock brakes and electronic brakeforce distribution.

[6] However, the Russian car magazine Autoreview reported that an Cowin it had crashed in accordance with the Euro NCAP test standard performed even worse than the 1-starred Brilliance BS6 sedan and that the dummy used had to be dismantled into pieces in order to be removed.