About China's Coolest Cars
This light blue little wonder is a Neta V, a subcompact Chinese electric crossover. I met the V in the Chinese capital Beijing in the endless summer of 2023. The design is interesting, with oddly large lights and oddly small wheels. But overall, it is a great compact EV, competing in a hotly contested segment of the Chinese car market.
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Here we have a wondrous white Volkswagen Santana Variant, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. The good Santana was in perfect shape, it looked almost like new, with a super clean body and the original alloy wheels.
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This big blue car is a Li ONE, a large Chinese SUV with an advanced EREV powertrain. I saw it in Beijing on a hot summer’s day. It is painted in a color called Baby Blue and fitted with the original multispoke alloy wheels.
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This white little wonder is an ORA White Cat. I saw it in Beijing in the summer of 2023. The White Cat is painted in a color called ‘Basic White’ with 3-spoke gray aero wheels and gray A-B pillars.
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This big white beast is a Lynk & Co 09, a large Chinese SUV. The 09 has an in-your-face design, with a giant grille with 12 vertical slats, daytime running lights almost on the hood, and big gray alloy wheels.
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This is the Hongqi HS7, a large Chinese SUV. The HS7 is an impressive car, with an enormous grille with a lot of shine. The typical Hongqi hood ornament runs over the hood and into the center slat of the grille. The car that I met was painted in Hongqi black, with dark windows and gray wheels.
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This is a Jeep Commander, seen in the east of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2016. The big Jeep looked great with a shipload of dust on it. Every Jeep should be covered with mud and dust and dirt. What, otherwise, is a Jeep for? The Commander was in a fine shape, painted in an army-style dark green with a shiny grille, simple five-spoke wheels, and a roof rack.
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A super rare Roewe Whale, seen in the south of the Chinese capital Beijing. As the name may imply, the design of the whale was inspired by the fishy whales. The front is a whale’s head: the grille is the baleen and the top lights are the eyes. The shape of the roof was inspired by a humpback whale.
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An MG7 Trophy, as seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. The big MG sedan looked great in dark green. I thought it might be British racing green for MG’s British roots. But nope, MG calls this color Emerald Green.
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This is a Changan UNI-K iDD, as seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. The big SUV looked brand new, painted in an interesting green-gray shade with light gray alloy wheels.
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