About China's Coolest Cars
This is the HiPhi Z, one of the craziest Chinese cars ever made. It was indeed a bit too crazy. I met this pretty Khaki Green example at a dealer area in south Beijing, where it stood abandoned. It was an ex-demo car, according to a guy working in a nearby shop.
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Here’s an impressive Land Rover Defender 90 P400 with a lot of stuff on it. I met this great British off-road machine at a car market in south Beijing in 2024. The Defender looks brilliant, ready for the urban jungle and the endless mountains to the north of the capital.
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Here’s a Mercedes-Benz SLK, seen at the parking lot of a Mercedes dealer in Beijing in 2018. The roadster looked great, painted white with pretty multi-spoke alloy wheels.
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This red beauty is a Xiali TJ7131UL, seen in the Lido area in Beijing in 2016. The good Xiali was in great shape, painted in dark red with red bumpers and mirrors. The Xiali was fitted with the original 10-spoke alloy wheels.
Continue reading “The Xiali TJ7131UL Was A Long Wheelbase Mini Sedan In China”
Check this first-generation Audi A8, seen in the parking lof of the Lido Hotel in Beijing in 2015. The old Audi looked absolutely perfect and original, super clean, painted in black, with lots of chrome and shiny alloy wheels.
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Here’s an absolutely perfect Beijing Jeep Cherokee XJ 2.5E Super Space, seen in Beijing in 2015. It looked factory fresh, with super smooth paint and the original decals on the doors. The suspension is raised a little bit and the good Jeep is fitted with large off-road-style tires. These were popular modifications for the Cherokee at the time.
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Here’s a BYD G3 sedan in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. The good G3 was in reasonable shape, with fading paint on the hood and roof, the original 10-spoke alloy wheels, and Inner Mongolia license plates.
Continue reading “The BYD G3 Was An Old-school Chinese Petrol-powered Sedan”
This is the Tank 300 Wind and Forest Cavalry, a special edition of the Tank 300, co-created with Topfire. The big SUV looked impressive, painted in Lava Gray, with big black bumpers and giant wheels.
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Here’s a Beijing BJ40e, seen in Beijing in the summer of 2024. The vehicle was brand new, just out of the factory, and yet without license plates. The Lava Red color works great on the SUV.
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This is the NIO ET5T, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2024. The ET5T, T for Touring, is an electric station wagon, based on the NIO ET5 sedan. It is a great-looking car, especially in this pretty Aurora Green color. The slender daytime running lights are integrated into the hood, the real lights are in the bumper below.
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