About China's Coolest Cars
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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An SUV so big your entire family can sit on the corners of the front bumper; that must be the Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum, and indeed it is. I met this big American land boat at an unofficial Cadillac repair shop in Beijing in 2020.
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A low riding BMW 3-Series sedan, seen on a car market in east Beijing. The Bimmer looked brilliant, lowered to the floor, with cut-out wheel arches, black trim, super wide wheels, and a racy body kit.
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A giant Great Wall Canon pickup truck, seen at a Great Wall dealer on a car market in north east Beijing in early 2020. The truck looked stylish in dark blue with a big shiny grille, sporty wheels, and cool LED lights.
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A Dodge Nitro SLT 4×4, seen at a repair shop on a car market in Beijing. The Nitro was dirty and dusty but otherwise in a fine shape, painted in Dodge’s signature orange-red and loaded with chrome.
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This is the Hongqi E-HS3, a cool electric crossover SUV from China. I saw it at a Hongqi dealer in the cold Beijing winter in late December 2020. It looked great in red with its huge shiny grille, the Hongqi hood ornament, and pretty alloy wheels.
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A SouEast Veryca mini MPV, seen in China’s capital Beijing in 2019. The fine little van was in a fine shape, painted in white with steel wheels and some slight damage on the front bumper.
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A fifth generation Nissan Laurel (C32), seen in 2019 in the great city of Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia. The car was in poor condition and wasn’t even locked.
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A second generation Toyota Zelas, seen in north Beijing in December 2019. The good Toyota was a bit dirty, but basically every car is dirty in the Beijing winter, when roads are covered with a dusty kind of snowy mud.
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A Chysler Sebring Touring convertible, seen in the north of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2020. The pretty American cabriolet was in a very good shape, painted in dark red with a back top, a black grille, darkened windows, and a set of sporty after-market alloy wheels.
