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 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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