About China's Coolest Cars
A man takes a nap in his comfortable Shenghao electric tricycle. He almost has enough space to stretch out flat. Tricycles like this are very common in China. This particular example is a four-door two-bench four-seater.
It is well equipped with two sun roofs, a a luggage rack, a roof spoiler, a bull bar, a rear-bull bar, and racy stickers. Power, depending on configuration, ranges from 1 to 5 horsepower. Price of these so called lo-speed electric vehicles (LSEV) starts as low as 7000 yuan.
A dark blue Saab 9-5, seen on the streets of the Chinese capital Beijing. The Swedish sedan was in a great shape, painted in dark blue and standing on gray five-spoke wheels.
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An enormous Cadillac Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, seen in the Sanlitun area in Beijing. The ultra cool Caddy was in perfect condition, painted in a tasteful two tone color scheme; dark silver over light.
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A sweet black SouEeast Lioncel sedan, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing. And no, SouEast is nit a spelling error, is is how this company spells it English name. Catchy, eeh..?
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A big red Cadillac Eldorado convertible, seen at the Workers Stadium in Beijing. The Caddy belongs to a nearby restaurant, but it is sadly not road legal in China.
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This gold sedan is a Hyundai Grandeur XG S30, the KDM version of the car internationally known as the Hyundai XG. I found this great looking example in east Beijing.
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A rare Volvo XC Classic, seen in central Beijing. The good SUV was in great shape, painted in brown with darkened windows, standing on sporty six-spoke wheels.
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A wondrous white Citroen Xsara notchback, seen on a somewhat sunny day in Beijing. The good Citroen was in very good shape inside and out, and original down to the sporty five-spoke wheels.
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A big black Hongqi CA7180A2E sedan, seen on the road near my home in east Beijing. The good Hong’ was dusty and a bit dirty, but otherwise in a good shape, standing on its original wheels.
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WEY is likely the coolest Chinese car brand of the moment, far cooler than the hopeless pretenders at Lynk & Co. The smallest WEY currently available is this fine looking VV5, here painted in white with a black grille, black wheels, and darkened windows.
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