Toyota Camry Classical Was A Camry For China Alone

Toyota Camry Classical
Toyota Camry Classical

This is the Toyota Camry Classical, a China-only continuation of the Camry XV40 . It was made from 2011 until 2013 by the GAC-Toyota joint venture, alongside the new Camry XV50.

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BAW Beijing BJ1021C 4×4 Fire Truck On The Double In China

BAW Beijing BJ1021C
BAW Beijing BJ1021C

A red BAW Beijing BJ2021C 4×4 utility vehicle, seen overgrown at the Crab Island amusement park in Beijing. Crab Island used to be a great place for drinking, playing, swimming, and whatnot more. Sadly, most of the park was closed in late 2019. The area will be used for a housing project.

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This Is The Geely Baofeng GT Sport

Geely Baofeng GT Sport
Geely Baofeng GT Sport

This red beast is the Geely Baofeng GT Sport, seen parked on a pavement in north Beijing. The Baofeng (Leopard Wind) GT Sportwas a sporty cross-over thing based on the Geely Haoqing, aka Geely HQ.

The Geely HQ in turn was based on the Tianjin Xiali, which in another turn was based on the Daihatsu Charade.

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The Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road Went From The Middle East To China

Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road
Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road

A white Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road in Beijing, looking every inch as giant as it is. The vehicle looked brand new, with super cool typical Toyota decals on the sides and license plates from Jilin Province.

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Getting Some Varta Juice With The Santana In China

Varta car battery

A Volkswagen Santana sedan at a roadside Varta battery shop, seen in the great mega city of Chongqing a few years back.

This kind of small shops used to be everywhere but nowadays most are gone. The Santana is dressed up with a shiny wheel arch extender. The Volkswagen Santana was made in China by FAW-Volkswagen.

Great Wall Safe RV CC6460D In Yellow In China

Great Wall Safe RV

Here we have a near-perfect Great Wall Safe RV, seen at the Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing. The ‘RV’ was the top-end variant of the Great Wall Safe, known in China as the Saifu. Except for the bull-bar, everything on the vehicle was factory-standard, including:

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