About China's Coolest Cars
Here we have a pretty Volkswagen Citi Golf, seen in south-central Beijing on new years eve January 22, 2012. The car was in a reasonable shape for its years and painted in a dark red shade that matched nicely with the red stars in the fence on the left.
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A Rolls-Royce Phantom EWB, seen in the Dongzhimen area in Beijing in 2011. The enormous British-German limousine was painted in a dark shade of black with gold striping over the sides. It has darkened windows, a red interior, and standard factory alloy wheels.
Here we have a Honda Fit, painted in dark blue with darkened windows. I met it in November 2017 in south-central Beijing, The Honda Fit is normally not a super remarkable car but this particular example had ultra special black 京A·31313 license plates.
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A pretty white Volkswagen Santana 2000 GSI sedan, seen in the north of the Chinese capital Beijing in November 2017. The good Volkswagen was painted in a classy shade of white with slightly darkened windows. Even in 2017, the Santana 2000 was fast becoming a rare car. This one was in need of some love but in a great overall shape.
Continue reading “Shanghai-Volkswagen Santana 2000 1.8 GSI Is An Old-School Chinese-German Sedan”
A pink Land Rover Defender 3-door, seen in Beijing in 2015. The beautiful British barge is painted in Pink, no wrapping here, and further sexed up with a snorkel, headlight protectors, a skid pad, chrome bars under the doors, and sporty five-spoke alloys.
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An extremely beautiful BMW 5-Series Touring, seen close to the Third Ring Road in east Beijing in 2014. The good Bimmer looked picture perfect, painted in dark green and prettied up by 20 inch tires with sporty multi-spoke wheels. The E39 BMW 5-Series was manufactured from 1995 until 2004 with a facelift in 2001, this is a pre-facelifted car.
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A statue of Eric Theodore Cartman (‘Cartman’), the main and most important character in the Southpark animated sitcom television series. Cartman stood on a parking lot in front of a wall on a box behind a vase behind some rubbish. He had the finger up, pointing to the rear, and the other hand in fist.
There didn’t seem any connection between the statue and its surroundings; a parking lot. Sire, Cartman looked very angry with, but Cartman is always angry with something, so that doesn’t say very much. The paint of the statue was fading, so I guess it must have been there for quite a while, occupying a precious parking space. But who’d ever dare to question Cartman about that..?
We at CoolCarsInChina are in a wrappy mood today so we’ll show you many old pics of wrapped cars in China. This here is a Subaru Outback wagon, seen in Beijing in 2013. The wuzzy Subaru is wrapped in a matte purple wrap, and further prettified with darkened windows, shiny window frames, shiny B and C pillars, and shiny door handles.
A beautiful black Hongqi CA770 state limousine, seen in 2013 in front of the Beijing Classic Car Museum in Huairou District to the far north of the capital. The CA770 was in a great unrestored and original state, complete with flag poles on the bumper.
Continue reading “A Stately Hongqi CA770 At The Beijing Classic Car Museum”
A speedy Toyota Reiz, seen in Beijing in 2013. The good Toyota was slightly modified and with good effect. It was fitted with a big body kit including new bumpers, a new hood, grille, side skirts, and a huge wing on the back.
