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A Honda Odyssey MPV, seen on a car market in Tai’an in Shandong Province in the summer of 2018. The people carrier was in a great shape for its years, painted in white with darkened windows and fitted with sporty period 5-spoke alloy wheels.
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A Honda Odyssey police car, seen in Beijing in 2010. However, it doesn’t belong to the local police force. According to the first character of the license plate, this police vehicle hailed from Hubei Province.
The character is 鄂, or ‘È’, is an ancient alternative name for Hubei. Now that we are into characters anyway, let’s do the rest as well: the red character on the right side of the plate is 警 (jing), short for 警察 (jingcha), which means police, and that’s on the bonnet as well. On the side is 公安 (gong’an), and that means public security. This is a general term used by various police forces.
The Honda Odyssey MPV is somewhat of an odd choice for a police car. The third-generation Odyssey was made in China from 2005 until 2009 by the Guangzhou-Honda joint venture, the successor of the second generation Odyssey. The China-spec Odyssey was powered by a 2.4 liter four-cylinder petrol engine with an output of 160 hp and 218 Nm, good for a 190 hp top speed. Just enough to catch some bad guys in, for example, an old Civic.
A beautiful fourth generation Honda Accord sedan, seen on a car market in Beijing in 2016. It was in a reasonable shape and very much in need of a good cleanup and some love. The good Honda has a black 京A· 40108 license plate. And that makes it the fourth 4th-generation Accord with such plates that I have seen. Earlier on I met 京A·07472 and 京A·03383 and 京A·04621. But this is the first one in red!
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A very nice Honda CR-V, seen parked on the pavement in my old compound in east Beijing. The good old Honda was in a very fine shape, painted in silver and fitted with an after-market bull and side bars. The 京H·G8585 license plate adds some extra cool.
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A sixth generation Honda Civic sedan, seen in Beijing in 2016. The little Honda sedan was a bit dusty but otherwise in a great shape, with the bright red paint looking great, and still fitted with the original gray wheel covers.
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A super speedy Acura NSX, seen at a car repair shop in Shunyi District in Beijing in 2016. The good Acura was in a good overall condition but it looked a bit dirty and a bit tired, like it had been ignored for a time too long. Happily, mechanics were working on the car while I was there, so I guess it came back on the road again.
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A beautiful fourth generation Honda Accord sedan, seen in Beijing in 2015. It was in a reasonable shape and very much in need of a good cleanup and some love. The good Honda also has a black 京A·04621 license plate. And that makes it the third 4th-generation Accord with such plates that I have seen. Earlier on I met 京A·07472 and 京A·03383.
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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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Back in April I wrote about a 4th generation Honda Accord sedan with black 京A·03383 license plates. When digging through my archives I found another and very similar car, with 京A·07472 black license plates.
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A very pretty Honda Accord sedan, seen on a car repair market in east Beijing in 2011. The fourth-generation Honda Accord was made from 1989 until 1993. The car was i a pretty good shape and fitted with an old black 京A·03383 license plate.
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