About China's Coolest Cars
A Saab 9000 CD in China, seen in central Beijing in 2016. The sweet Swedish sedan was in a reasonable shape, dirty and dusty, painted in black, with darkened windows and non-standard sporty alloy wheels.
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A Jaguar S-Type 3.0 sedan, seen in the far far east of Beijing in the spring of 2016, on a slightly polluted bit otherwise fine day. The Jag’ looked fantastic, painted in a dark green shade and fitted with the standard sporty five spoke alloys. When I looked at the vehicle I immediately noticed the enormous mirrors, and now, more than five years later, the mirrors catch my eye again. They are enormous indeed.
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A classy Land Rover Freelander V6, seen in the spring of 2016 in China. The rough Rover was in a great shape, painted in gold with black trim, and fitted with the original factory standard 3-double spoke alloy wheels.
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A classy Yema F99, seen in Beijing back in 2016. The Yema was in a fine shape, painted in black with the factory wheel covers. License plates are from Hebei Province. The Yema F99 was a wagon-like crossover manufactured from 2009 until 2012.
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A wondrous white Subaru Impreza sedan, seen at a parking lot at the Goldenport race track in northeast Beijing in the early spring of 2016. The Subaru was covered in dust and missed 3 of its wheel covers, but overall it was in a reasonable shape.
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A black Volkswagen Passat Lingyu 1.8T, seen on the side road of the Second Ring Road in Beijing. It had a very special 京C·H0000 four zero license plate, ultra rare so great to see one on the road.
The Passat Lingyu was made from 2005 until 2011 by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture. It was the successor of the B5 Volkswagen Passat. The 1.8T model was powered by a 1.8 liter turbocharged petrol engine with an output of 163 hp and 220 Nm. Price started at 181.800 yuan.
A pink Mercedes-Benz C260 sedan, seen at a car shop in north Beijing in 2016. The Merc’ was wrapped in a shiny pink wrap, sucking all the sun out of that chilly spring day. The car was further sexed up with a black grille, darkened light visors, darkened windows, and shiny chrome mirrors.
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A cool Polski Fiat 126P, seen in Beijing in 2016. The Fiat was painted in a shiny shade of pink and fitted with black wheels. The bumpers and mirrors were removed, and that actually looks pretty good, especially up front.
A sixth generation Honda Civic sedan, seen in Beijing in 2016. The little Honda sedan was a bit dusty but otherwise in a great shape, with the bright red paint looking great, and still fitted with the original gray wheel covers.
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A big badass Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Super Crew pickup truck, seen in east Beijing in 2016. The Raptor was painted in white with black bumpers and black wheel arches, and a large black decal on the bonnet.
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