About China's Coolest Cars
This is a first-generation Buick Park Avenue sedan, seen in the late summer of 2013 in the far east of the Chinese capital Beijing. The beautiful Buick was parked in the parking lot of a popular local restaurant and was still used as a daily driver. It was a little dusty, but at that time, everything was.
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This beauty is a first-generation China-only Buick LaCrosse sedan, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. The Buick was in fantastic shape, the dark green paint as new, with darkened windows and the original 9-spoke alloy wheels.
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A massive Buick Roadmaster sedan, as seen on a car market in the far east of the Chinese capital Beijing. The Roadmaster was in poor shape, with rust and busts and missing parts, but it wasn’t beyond restoration.
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A Buick GL8 Century Avenir MPV, as seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2024. The enormous people carrier looked great in white, with its extra large bling-bling grille and boomerang-shaped headlights.
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This red beauty if a Buick Excelle HRV Sport, seen in central Beijing in 2019. The Buick was in a fine shape, painted in fiery red and fitted with the factory standard body kit. Yes, General Motors can be wild if they really want to.
Back in the late 90s and early 00s, when you thought of Buick, what probably came to mind would have been images of giant landyachts with supremely-comfortable (ohh those pillowly leather benches…) but outdated interiors being driven 20 below the limit by some old Geezer holding you up in the left-lane. In China though, things were a little bit different.
Three generations Buick GL8 MPV in one shot, seen the Second Ring Road in Beijing. From left to right: third generation, second, and first.
The Buick GL8 is one of the greatest successes for General Motors in China. It was launched in 1999, made in China by the Shanghai-GM joint venture, known today as SAIC GM.
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A beautiful black Buick Skylark GS, seen on a sunny day in the great summer of 2011 in central Beijing. The Skylark was in a very good shape and clearly a daily driver.
