Bentley Arnage Is A Big British Luxury Sedan In China

A stately Bentley Arnage sedan, seen at a restaurant in the mountains to the north of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2011. The Arnage was painted in a pretty shade of dark green and loaded with chrome. The license plates, with a rare triple 3 sequence, are of Jiangsu province. That’s a driving distance of at least 1000 kilometers. Must have been quite a ride in that big Bentley.

The Bentley Arnage was officially sold in China from 2004 until 2009. The car on the photo is a 2005 Arnage R, powered by the massive 6.75 liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine, good for  450 hp and 875 Nm. Power went to the rear wheels via a six-speed automatic gearbox. Price in China was a sweet 4.98 million yuan. The Arnage never sold very well on the Chinese market and these early examples are particularly rare.

Yunbao YB2030 Nissan Patrol Y60 Is A Chinese-Japanese Mash-up

This is a super rare Yunbao YB2030 Nissan Patrol, seen on a car market in Beijing in 2016. The Yunbao YB2030 is basically a locally end-assembled fourth-generation Nissan Patrol Y60.

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Tricycle Is Slightly Overloaded At Night In China

A slightly overloaded tricycle, seen at night in central Beijing by our good friend Lao Wei, thank you for the pictures! The dapper tricycle is loaded to the absolute max, about 4 meters up and 3 wide. Hope it doesn’t need to pass too many tunnels. Note the Beijing-Hyundai Elantra taxi in the background on the left.

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Black License Plate Mania In Beijing Part 8

Welcome to Black License Plate Mania In Beijing Part 8 (Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7), where we look at cars with black license plates in the Chinese capital. On the first picture a BMW 3-Series sedan with some M-bits with 京A·02230.

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Zotye E200 Is A Cool Electric Mini Car In China

A Zotye E200, seen at a Zotye dealer in Beijing in 2018. The Zotye E200 is a cool electric mini car with a hip design. It was launched on the Chinese car market in 2016 and sold very well. Sadly, Zotye’s 2021 bankruptcy also meant the end for the E200.

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Guangzhou-Honda Odyssey MPV Makes For A Nice Police Car In China

A Honda Odyssey police car, seen in Beijing in 2010. However, it doesn’t belong to the local police force. According to the first character of the license plate, this police vehicle hailed from Hubei Province.

The character is 鄂, or ‘È’, is an ancient alternative name for Hubei. Now that we are into characters anyway, let’s do the rest as well: the red character on the right side of the plate is 警 (jing), short for 警察 (jingcha), which means police, and that’s on the bonnet as well. On the side is 公安 (gong’an), and that means public security. This is a general term used by various police forces.

The Honda Odyssey MPV is somewhat of an odd choice for a police car. The third-generation Odyssey was made in China from 2005 until 2009 by the Guangzhou-Honda joint venture, the successor of the second generation Odyssey. The China-spec Odyssey was powered by a 2.4 liter four-cylinder petrol engine with an output of 160 hp and 218 Nm, good for a 190 hp top speed. Just enough to catch some bad guys in, for example, an old Civic.

E36 BMW 325is Coupe Is A Rare German Coupe In China

A rare E36 BMW 325is Coupe, Spotted in China in the Dongba area in the far eastern suburbs of Beijing in November 2015. The good 3 was painted in green and in reasonable shape. The paint on the bonnet, roof, and boot lid was heavily damaged, likely caused by bad Bimmer-hating weather.

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Hongqi HQ300 Is A Chinese-Japanese Sedan At Home In Changchun

A Hongqi HQ300 sedan, seen in the great city of Changchun in 2016. The good Hongqi was painted in black, like 99.9% of these cars always were. It was in a fine shape with the original alloy wheels and the ultra cool Hongqi ornament on the hood.

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Suzuki Vitara JX With Black License Plates In China

A Suzuki Vitara JX 3-door hardtop with black license plates, seen in 2014 on a car market in Beijing, capital of China. The good Suz’ was in a surprisingly good shape and appeared to be 100% original, up to the Dunlop GrandTrek AT2 tires. Only the paint was fading a little bit, it had a few scratches here and there, and the left-rear hubcap was missing. Not bad for such a fine old car.

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Lamborghini Gallardo Is Matte Black With Bling In China

A Lamborghini Gallardo supercar, seen on the streets of central Beijing in 2013. The good Gallardo was modified to make it look a bit more special. That worked. But it is pretty? Hmm… The Lamboo is wrapped in a matte black wrap and the entire pillar and roof line is covered in shiny bling.

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