About China's Coolest Cars
A horse-drawn carriage, seen in central Beijing in 2009. The horse appeared to be in great shape, with a fine hide and strong legs. The carriage has four wheels, small ones up front and larger ones at the rear. The front axle turns with the horse. The animal’s owner was selling super fresh and testy watermelons. This was near my house, and I always bought from this guy in summer. He came from a village to the east.
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A stealthy Bentley Continental GT, seen in Beijing in 2012. The big ‘Ben was wrapped in a matte black wrap, and further dressed up with darkened windows and multi-spoke matte gray alloys.
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A blue JMC Yuhu 7 pickup truck, seen in east Beijing in 2019. The Yuhu 7 is an impressive pickup with JMC’s signature ‘stormtrooper’ front, a design JMC uses on many of their pickups and vans. This particular example is painted in a nice shade of dark blue and fitted with gray alloys. Note the truck behind the Yuhu 7, that’s a JMC too!
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A black Hongqi CA7202E3 Century Star taxi, seen in central Beijing back in 2012. Hongqi taxi’s have always been very rare in the capital, most were used to ferry passengers back and forth to the airport. Continue reading “Hongqi CA7202E3 Century Star Is A Luxurious Taxi In China”
A brand new BMW M6 Gran Coupe, seen in the east of Beijing in 2013. The big Bimmer was painted in silver with a shade of blue. It had a temporarily license plate behind the windshield, which was common at the time for cars that has been purchased but not yet registered.
An orange and apparently brand new Lamborghini Gallardo, seen on the parking lot of my apartment complex in Beijing in 2011. It is a first generation car but it looked like new, with perfectly bright paint and shiny wheels. It also didn’t have a license plate, so it may have been a recent import fro elsewhere.
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A very black second generation Lexus ES sedan, seen in the far east areas of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2014. The good Lexus sat under a thick layer of dust and dirt, and was missing the Lexus logo on the bonnet, but seemed otherwise in reasonable shape.
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A pretty Volkswagen New Beetle, seen in east Beijing in 2014. The jumpy Beetle was wrapped in a matte pink wrap, and further dressed up with a black Volkswagen badge, a black roof, dark-gray wheels, tinted windows, black mirrors, and cartoon-wrap side skirts.
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A dusty Y31 Nissan Cedric, seen on the parking lot of my apartment complex in 2010. Apart from its dustiness, the big Nissan appeared to be in a very good shape, fitted with period old 京C license plates.
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A very pretty and very clean Nissan Fengshen Bluebird EQ7200 SSS, seen on a sunny day at a car wash in Beijing in 2010. The good Nissan was in a perfect shape, just washed, painted in a wine red shade with factory multi-spoke sporty alloys. As you can see it has a Dongfeng badge on the grille, not a Nissan badge.
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