Moteri ya Chery 481 ni compact, amashanyarazi ane yakozwe kugirango ikorwe neza kandi yizewe. Hamwe no kwimura litiro 1,6, itanga imikorere iringaniye ibereye ibinyabiziga bitandukanye mumurongo wa Chery. Iyi moteri igaragaramo iboneza rya DOHC (Dual Overhead Camshaft), izamura ingufu zayo ningufu za peteroli. Azwiho kuramba, Chery 481 ikunze gushimirwa imikorere yayo myiza hamwe n’ibyuka bihumanya ikirere, bigatuma ihitamo ibidukikije. Igishushanyo cyacyo cyoroheje kigira uruhare mu kunoza imikorere no gutwara ibinyabiziga muri rusange, bigatuma ihitamo gukundwa haba mu mijyi no mu ngendo ndende.