About China's Coolest Cars
On a cloudy day in the summer, I went to an Xpeng experience store in a large shopping mall in central Beijing. The store had 5 cars on display: the new Xpeng Mona M03, the Xpeng G9, the Xpeng G6, the Xpeng P7, and the gigantic Xpeng X9 MPV.
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Many folks say electric cars are like washing machines on wheels. Most of the time, that is nonsense. But not with Xiaomi. This Chinese company is, in fact, proud of being a maker of all kinds of consumer electronics, including washers and electric cars. To check it all out, I went to a Xiaomi experience store in the basement of a large shopping mall in Beijing.
This is a Honda Pilot SUV, I saw it in a residential area in south Beijing. The Honda SUV was in good shape, painted in Nimbus Gray Metallic with tinted windows and fitted with the original five-spoke alloy wheels.
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Here we have a Bestune NAT E05 ride-hailing car. I met it in Beijing, parked close to a Xiaomi SU7 sedan. The NAT E05 was painted white. Well, I have never seen one in another color. It has slightly tinted windows and five-spoke aero wheel covers.
This is a Volvo S80L, a China-only long-wheelbase variant of the Volvo S80 sedan. I met this beautiful black example in the Chinese capital Beijing. It was well-maintained and looked great for its age.
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This is a Hongqi H9, a full-size luxury sedan in China. The H9 has an impressive presence on the road, with an enormous grille with 14 vertical bars. The classic Hongqi ‘red flag’ hood ornament runs from the hood over the edge into the grille.
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This is the Xiaomi SU7, one of the most-buzzed-about new Chinese cars of 2024. The SU7 is a pretty sedan with a sporty sedan. I met this Meteor Blue example at a parking lot near a Xiaomi service center in south Beijing.
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On a sunny day in summer, I went to a Hyptec experience store in the Hopson One shopping mall in central Beijing. The store had 3 cars on display: the Hyptec HT SUV, the Hyptech GT sedan, and the manic Hyptec SSR supercar. Let’s have a look.
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Here we have a Skoda Octavia Edition V, a special edition of the Skoda Octavia sedan. I met this rare Skoda in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2018. It was a bit dusty but otherwise all right.
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This bizarre machine is the Li MEGA, a giant MPV with a wild and polarizing design. Even the color names are different than elsewhere. The one that I saw is painted in Elephant Gray. The other colors are Panda White, Gray, and Silver. Two colors with a special name, and two colors without. What to make of that? Well, what to make of of the Mega?
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