About China's Coolest Cars
A Beijing EV200 electric car, seen in a BAIC BJEV dealer in Beijing in 2016. The small EV looked nice in white, with minuscule wheels, blue detailing, and a bright red interior. Handily, the price was displayed on a display on the roof: 116.900 yuan, and after paying I could go home with that very car at that very moment. But I didn’t.
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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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A beautiful light blue Jaguar XJ Sport V8, seen in Beijing some six years ago. The Jag’ was in very good shape but sadly missed the Jaguar hood ornament. The five spoke alloy wheels were factory standard. A strikingly pretty car yet nobody seemed to notice. And I noticed, for the first time, the odd indicator situation, with similarly shaped indicators on the front part of the bumper and on the side.
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A Hongqi H7 sedan, seen in Beijing in the early spring if 2016. The Hongqi H7 has a distinctive clean design with a large shiny grille and large headlights. The multispoke ally wheels are factory standard. Some 99% of all H7’s sold was black. I have seen some white ones, but never one in blue or red or any other color.
Continue reading “Hongqi H7 2.5 V6 Is A Large Chinese Sedan With Japanese DNA”
A Peugeot 307 SW, seen in Beijing in the great year of 2016. The car stood parked on the side of the road with its front bumper scraping the sidewalk. The Peugeot was had was a bit dusty with some bad spots on the body, but overall in a reasonable shape.
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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 very pretty yet very dusty Volvo 960 sedan, seen at a small car repair shop in north Beijing in 2016. The good Volvo was dirty and dusty with partially deflated tires, but overall in a fine shape. License plates are of Sichuan Province, some 1800 kilometers by road. That’s like a super market run in a Volvo, is it not?
A very cool Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 3.0L, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2016. The Pajero Sport was in great shape, painted in a dark shade of green, with gray bumpers and wheel arches, and with the original alloy wheels.
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A very pretty Changan-Ford Fiesta S sedan, seen in Beijing in 2016. The Fiesta was in a fantastic shape, with its paint as smooth as new and still standing on the original factory alloys. License plates are from Sichuan Province, some 1800 kilometers away; quite a ride for a small car like the Fiesta. Continue reading “Changan-Ford Fiesta S Sedan Is Pretty In Silver In China”
A Landwind X7 SUV, seen in Beijing in 2016, with Hebei Province license plates. The good X7 was painted in a light shade of green with black and silver pillars and the factory multispoke alloy wheels.
Continue reading “The Landwind X7 Was A Near-Perfect Copy Of The Land Rover Evoque”
