Chery Automobile (Chinese: 奇瑞汽车; English pronunciation: [ˈʃɛɹiː]) ) is an automobile manufacturer in China. In pinyin it is "Qíruì" an its English transliteration should have been "Cheery" but there was a mistake in the transliteration process and it was decided by the company to not correct this. It is owned by the local government of Wuhu (but is scheduled to be privatized), and sold about 381,000 vehicles in 2007. It is the largest independent Chinese auto manufacturer and one of the fastest growing automakers in the world.