About China's Coolest Cars
This little red beauty is a Chery eQ, an early Chinese electric car. I met the eQ in the summer of 2024 in Beijing. It was still in use and looked like it was perfectly maintained. The color name is Passion Red. The five-spoke alloy wheels were factory-optional.
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This is an Exeed Sterra ET, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing. The Sterra ET is a large SUV with a clean but somewhat anonymous design. The car I met is painted in Canngling Green with a Tile Green Gray interior.
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This little pretty car is a Chery Cowin 1, parked alongside the road in 2018 in the Chinese capital Beijing. The good Cowin was in perfect shape, painted in a dark shade of red, with a shiny grille, and with the original gray wheel covers.
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Here we have a Chery Tiggo SUV, an early one, seen in the cold winter of 2019 in the south of the Chinese capital Beijing, parked near a small canal that runs to the Temple of Heaven. The Tiggo looked heavenly indeed, it was in perfect shape, with flawless paint, factory stickers, and with the original seven-spoke alloy wheels.
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This is a Karry Yousheng 2 minivan, seen at a parking lot in the west of the Chinese capital Beijing. The minivan was sexed-up to the max, with a body kit, wrapped in a shiny pink wrap, with darkened windows, a cargo box on the roof, and BBS-style alloy wheels.
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This is the Chery Explorer 06, as seen in the parking lot of a car market in Beijing. It had just been unveiled at the time, so I was surprised to see one out in the open that soon. It has an interesting design, with split headlights and an enormous black-gray grille with the CHERY name in capitals.
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A Chery Fulwin 2 hatchback, seen on a rainy summer’s day in Beijing in China. The Chery was in a fine shape, albeit a bit dusty, painted in gold and fitted with the original factory wheels.
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A very pretty Chery A3 hatchback, seen in the fall of 2019 in Beijing. The A3 was in a fine shape, with the fiery red paint almost as good as new and with the original alloys. The light visors had faded a little bit.
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A Chery eQ1, seen in central Beijing in 2019. The Chery eQ1 is a cool and almost cute electric mini car. Design is interesting, with enormous headlines, with blue lenses, dominating the front. The body is painted in a dual-color scheme, with the top part always in white.
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A very pretty Chery QQ3, seen in Beijing back in 2010. The good QQ3 was in perfect shape and looked ultra clean. In the early QQ years, Chery offered several funky colors on the QQ3, like bright red and this great froggy green.
