About China's Coolest Cars
A Volkswagen Santana 2000 police car, seen at a police show in 2011. I always loved to go to police equipment shows in China to check out new police cars. I went there just for fun, but there were also real coppers shopping for new wheels. Naturally, they arrived with their own police cars, like this Volkswagen Santana 2000.
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A massive Rolls-Royce Phantom saloon, seen in central Beijing back in 2013. The Phantom looked brilliant, painted in a pretty and very dark shade of black, and further sexed up with completely dark windows and shiploads of shiny chrome.
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A Dodge Nitro SLT 4×4, seen at a repair shop on a car market in Beijing. The Nitro was dirty and dusty but otherwise in a fine shape, painted in Dodge’s signature orange-red and loaded with chrome.
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A Chysler Sebring Touring convertible, seen in the north of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2020. The pretty American cabriolet was in a very good shape, painted in dark red with a back top, a black grille, darkened windows, and a set of sporty after-market alloy wheels.
Welcome to Black License Plate Mania In Beijing Part 7 (Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6), where we look at cars with black license plates in the Chinese capital. On the first picture a Hyundai Tiburion with 京A·27197.
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A beautiful black Geely Meirenbao sports car, seen in Beijing in 2011. The great Meirenbao was in a great shape, looking almost as new, painted in black with the original alloy wheels. The car was fitted with a racy after-market body kit and a fake air intake on the bonnet.
A Lexus LS400 sedan with black license plates, seen on a small car repair area in north Beijing in 2015. The good Lexus was covered with a thick layer of dust but it didn’t seem abandoned. It was painted in wine red and had its original allow wheels on.
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A Ferrari 458 Italia supercar, seen at a spa hotel in south central Beijing in 2016. The speedy Italian looked fantastic in white, with very dark windows, matte gray five-spoke alloys wheels and yellow brake calipers.
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A beautiful light blue Jaguar XJ Sport V8, seen in Beijing some six years ago. The Jag’ was in very good shape but sadly missed the Jaguar hood ornament. The five spoke alloy wheels were factory standard. A strikingly pretty car yet nobody seemed to notice. And I noticed, for the first time, the odd indicator situation, with similarly shaped indicators on the front part of the bumper and on the side.
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A Peugeot 307 SW, seen in Beijing in the great year of 2016. The car stood parked on the side of the road with its front bumper scraping the sidewalk. The Peugeot was had was a bit dusty with some bad spots on the body, but overall in a reasonable shape.
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