About China's Coolest Cars
A Mercedes-Benz SLK200 Kompressor, seen in Beijing in 2012. The sporty Merc’ was made sportier with a nice body kit including a front spoiler and side skirts. It had darkened windows and stood on five-spoke gray alloy wheels.
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A big ‘barge Maybach 62, seen in China’s capital Beijing back in February 2011. The 62 was in a great shape, painted in a dark shade of black with a white stripe over the side. Thee was nobody inside, not even a driver, but it had the window open.
A pretty Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 roadster, seen in 2014 in Beijing, capital of China. The coolest thing first: the 京E·60000 license plate. I can’t remember ever seeing another car in China with four zero’s behind the first number. truly unique plate on a relatively rare car.
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A brilliantly beautiful W140 Mercedes-Benz S600 SEL sedan, seen on a car market in east Beijing in 2017. The most striking element of the big Mercedes was its light green color, a very unusual shade for the S-Class. It also had very old black 京A·01688 license plates.
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A Brabus Mercedes-Benz G500 4×4², seen on Beijing Tuning Tribe tuning street, on the very same day I met a speedy Lamborghini. The crazy off-road ready SUV looked brilliant in yellow with and dark gray detailing.
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On a cold and snowy day in late December 2019 I drove into Hebei Province, to the east of the Chinese capital Beijing. I was looking for a shop with all sorts of cool cars. Sadly, that shop was closed and gone. This happens all the time in China so I walked around the area. Just a little further down the road I found a fantastic collection of 1990’s Mercedes-Benz cars, all painted in the same shade of black.
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A brilliant Mercedes-Benz 300b Limousine, seen in Beijing back in 2013 on the parking lot of my apartment building near Dongzhimen in central Beijing. The big Mercedes was in a fantastic shape, painted in an original red shade, a fitting color for China. The chrome and wheels looked great too.
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Here we have a majestic Mercedes-Maybach S400 4Matic, seen in the far north of Beijing in early 2016. The big Benz’ was a bit dusty but seemed fairly new, painted in a sombre black with the almost-sporty gray multispoke wheels.
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An early W124 Mercedes-Benz 280E with black license plates, seen at a small car repair area in north Beijing in 2016, not far from where I found a Volvo 960 sedan. The good Mercedes was in dire need of a good cleanup bit in a great overall shape, fitted with the ultra cool wheel covers that were especially designed for the W124.
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A pink Mercedes-Benz C260 sedan, seen at a car shop in north Beijing in 2016. The Merc’ was wrapped in a shiny pink wrap, sucking all the sun out of that chilly spring day. The car was further sexed up with a black grille, darkened light visors, darkened windows, and shiny chrome mirrors.
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