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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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Here we have a nice Lexus ES300, seen in Beijing’s Fangzhuang residential area in Fengtai District in the Chinese capital Beijing. The good Lexus was modified to the max; wrapped in matte black and fitted with an extremely sporty body kit.
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A beautiful blue Maserati GranTurismo 4.7L Sport, seen in 2015 in the Lido area in Beijing. The big coupe looked great in dark blue, dressed up further with tinted windows, black alloy wheels, red brake calipers, and carbon fiber mirrors and side skirts. The triple nine 京N·99MQ9 license plate is pretty special too.
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A pretty Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 roadster, seen in 2014 in Beijing, capital of China. The coolest thing first: the 京E·60000 license plate. I can’t remember ever seeing another car in China with four zero’s behind the first number. truly unique plate on a relatively rare car.
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