About China's Coolest Cars
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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This impressive machine is a Trumpchi M8 Master Hybrid MPV. It is large, larger than life, perhaps, and loaded with super shiny bling. The grille is enormous, mirroring the sun, with 10 vertical slats.
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Here we have an Aion Y Younger, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2024. It is painted in a light blue color called “Forever Young” (永远年青), which is a very cool name that matches the car’s moniker.
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A Toyota Yaris hatchback, seen on a parking lot in Beijing. The Yaris was in a reasonable shape, a bit dirty and dusty, with its paint a little faded, but yet on its original wheel and with a very cool 京P·68989 license plate. All of these numbers have a lucky connotation in Chinese culture, so this must be one lucky Yaris indeed.
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A Guangzhou Auto Trumpchi GA5, seen in Beijing in early 2011, on a cold winter’s day. At the time, the Trumpchi GA5 was brand new and yet ultra rare, much rarer indeed than the two Nissan Bluebird sedans in the background. The GA5 was the first car of the Trumpchi line under the Guangzhou Auto brand. Later on, Trumpchi became a standalone brand.
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A GAC Trumpchi AION LX electric crossover, seen in central Beijing in 2019. The nicely lined EV was painted white and fitted with gray ‘blade’ wheels. The GAC Trumpchi AION LX is a surprisingly rare car.
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The original Great Wall Safe SUV is a very cool Chinese car, as we have seen several time before. This example, however, which I saw in Beijing in 2015, is extra cool. It was painted in a matte black shade, with darkened windows and a black grille.
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Here we have a super-clean Peugeot 505SX, produced by the once-pioneering Guangzhou-Peugeot Joint-Venture established back in 1985.
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A Guangzhou-Honda Odyssey MPV, seen in Beijing in 2016, with Liaoning Province license plates. The good Honda was in a great shape, painted in a classy dark green, with the original wheel covers still on the car.
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A very rare Peugeot 504 pickup truck, seen in south Beijing in 2012. The truck was unfortunately in a very sad state, covered with dust and dirt, tires deflated, and with all kinds of missing parts and other damage.
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