About China's Coolest Cars
A Changan CS95 SUV, seen parked outside a Changan dealer in Beijing in April 2017. The CS95 came with an impressive front, loaded with bling on the grille, around the headlights, and with some more on the fake air vents in the hood.
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A Landwind X9 SUV, seen in the Fangzhuang area in Fengtai District in southern Beijing in February 2015. The good Landwind looked great in black with shiny gray alloys and a red interior. The bull bar was a factory option.
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A Hafei Lobo 1.1 16V, seen in February 2015 in central Beijing. The good Lobo was in a great shape, painted in a pretty shade of blue that almost matches with the license plates. The car seemed totally original, down to the sporty alloy wheels.
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This is a rare Porsche Panamera Executive, seen in Beijing in 2015. The car seemed very new and looked great in white with multispoke gray wheels and a brown-red interior.
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A black Citroen Elysee sedan, seen in 2015 on the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing. The Citroen had a very cool and very rare white license plate. That alone is worth a story, but this one was even more special because of its ZZX-001 sequence.
The Citroen Elysee was made by the Dongfeng-PSA joint venture. It was an updated and restyled variant of the Dongfeng-PSA Citroen ZX Fukang, which in turn was based on the France-made Citroen ZX. Production of the Elysee started in 2002 and ended in 2008.
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This is a Beijing Weiwang 306 police van, seen in the Sanlitun embassy area in Beijing in December 2011. The van was brand new and looked very nice in police livery. It had a police light-siren unit on the roof but I didn’t see any additional lights on the bumpers.
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A Great Wall Hover SUV, seen on a car accessories market in Beijing in 2011. The good Hover was pretending to be a Toyota, with Toyota logo’s on the grille and on the back. We are not that easily fooled!
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A spicy-red Ferrari F430 Spider seen at a parking lot of a mall in the Dongzhimen area in Beijing in 2011. Customers of the nearby Spice Spirit restaurant could win a ride in the Ferrari if they won a lottery. The owner of the restaurant owned the car as well.
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A heavily modified Mitsubishi Outlander, seen in the Lido area in Beijing in 2011. The Outlander is normally a somewhat boring SUV but this one was not. It looked like real racer with a hefty body kit, lower suspension, air inlets in the bonnet and bumper, darkened windows, and black five-spoke alloy wheels with blue brake calipers.
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A Venucia T70 compact crossover SUV, seen back in 2016 in China’s capital Beijing. The T70 looked brand new and was therefore in a great shape, fitted with a license plate with a double 8 on it. Eight is a lucky number in Chinese culture, mainly associated with prosperity.
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