About China's Coolest Cars
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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A very pretty Changan-Ford Fiesta S sedan, seen in Beijing in 2016. The Fiesta was in a fantastic shape, with its paint as smooth as new and still standing on the original factory alloys. License plates are from Sichuan Province, some 1800 kilometers away; quite a ride for a small car like the Fiesta. Continue reading “Changan-Ford Fiesta S Sedan Is Pretty In Silver In China”
A fine Daewoo Lanos SE sedan, seen in Beijing back in 2016. The ‘Woo was in a fine overall shape, with slightly faded paint, small dents and dusts, and fitted with the original five-spoke wheels. The license plate was as old as the car. The ‘Q’ means this was, and perhaps still is, a company owned car.
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A very cool Volkswagen Jetta CT sedan, seen at a car shop in north Beijing in 2016. The good Jetta was in a great shape and nicely modified with a purple paint job, black bumpers, racy tires and multispoke wheels painted in black.
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A Dongfeng-Nissan Sunny 2.0 LS EQ7202, seen in Beijing in 2016. The sunny Sunny was in a perfect shape, painted in a dark shade of black with a beige interior and still on the original factory wheels.
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A beautiful but abandoned Mazda RX-7 sports car, seen inside a compound in Shunyi District in north Beijing in 2016, not far from a Saturn SL sedan. The Mazda was sadly in a pretty bad shape, loaded with dust and dirt and with lots of damage to the bodywork. The old blue 辽·A license plate of of northeastern Liaoning Province.
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A super cool Mercedes-Benz E280 sedan, seen on a car market in the Chinese capital Beijing. The great Benz had an AMG body kit, AMG wheels, and an old blue 京A license plate. It was in a reasonable shape for its years, dusty with some busts, painted in a nice and shiny silver shade.
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A Mazda CX-9, seen on a car market in Beijing in the winter of 2019. The good Mazda was in a good shape with a fresh looking body and with the original factory alloy wheels. The first generation Mazda CX-9 was made from 2006 until 2015, with facelifts in 2010 and 2013.
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An Audi TT sporty car, seen on a quiet winter’s day in central Beijing in 2011. The car stood all alone just at the end of a bicycle lane. But that was cool because the Audi was cool. Cool + cool = a free parking place on bicycle lane.
