About China's Coolest Cars
This is, without a doubt, the best Lincoln Town Car I have ever seen in China. It is also the last of the big-barge luxurious American cars, a kind of vehicle that has never returned. Lincoln makes small cars now, Cadillac makes sporty things, and Chrysler makes Fiats.
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A fine white Citroen always makes my day, and this one even more. This is a relatively rare Citroen Fukang 2008, a sporty variant of the Citroen Fukang AXC, only offered in the year 2008.
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This big blue barge is the Roewe RX8, a large seven-seat SUV from China with lots of horsepower. It looks impressive, with a super sized grille and lot of bling.
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This is the Lynk & Co 01 SUV in China, it is selling very well here, and will go to Europe in 2020. I had seen the 01 at the Lynk & Co dealer, but this was the first one I met on the road, covered in Beijing’s finest dust.
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This badass tricycle is a Fulu Jinjunma FL600ZK-3A. It is big, it is red, and best of all: it is petrol powered. Yes, there are still some petrol holdouts after the electric invasion!
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Welcome to Black License Plate Mania In Beijing, where we look at cars with black license plates in the Chinese capital. Also see this tag for more detailed reviews of other black-plated vehicles. On the first picture a Beijing-Jeep Cherokee BJ6420 2.3 E with 京A·25626.
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A massive Mercedes-Benz G400 CDI Grand Edition, seen at the Goldenport race track in Beijing, China. It looked brilliant in black, topped with loads of shiny stuff, including tacky covers over the lights and indicators.
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In mid September 2017 I found a very strange car collection, standing on the roof of a building in an old area in northeast Beijing. The building and cars were sadly in a bad shape.
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This gray monster is a real Volkswagen New Beetle RSi, one of only 250 examples made, and the only one in China. I found it in October 2016 on a car-repair market in Dongba, in the far east of Beijing. The great Beetle was dirty and dusty, and apparently abandoned.
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