About China's Coolest Cars
A Mercedes-Benz TN 410 minibus, seen in Hebei Province east of the Chinese capital Beijing, fitted with yellow Shandong Province license plates. The TN was used for storage and it was in a pretty sad shape. Still, it was a great find because the TN is ultra rare in China.
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A Porsche 911 GT3 4.0, seen at the Tuning Tribe tuning street in Beijing in 2019. The GT3 looked mightily fast in a light shade of blue with darkened windows. and fitted with black carbon wheels.
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A wonderful Audi 100 sedan, seen in the Sanlitun area in Beijing in 2011. The vehicle was parked on the pavement but in those days that was fine. The great Audi was a bit dusty and dirty but in a very good shape, and with the factory standard wheel covers still on the car.
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A BMW 850ci, seen by reader Scott in Shanghai in 2016. The pretty coupe was in a great shape and painted in white, a color rarely seen on the 8-Series. It also has an equally rare black Shanghai 沪A·05682 license plate.
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A BMW 850i coupe, seen at the parking lot of my apartment building in central Beijing in 2011. The pretty Bimmer belonged to one of my neighbors, a somewhat mysterious Chinese gentlemen who owned lots of interesting cars, usually for a short time. Some were recent imports and others were bought in period. The 850i was in a reasonable shape, a bit dusty and the bonnet didn’t fully close, but overall it was fine for its age.
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A fully dressed Audi A8 3.0 TFSI quattro, seen at Volkswagen’s China headquarters in Beijing’s Sanlitun District in 2011. At the time, the Audi A8L was a new model in China and this example served as a brilliant showroom stopper.
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A Volkswagen Gol, seen in China’s Hebei Province in December 2019. The good Gol was a tad dusty & dirty but otherwise in a fine shape, painted in silver with the factory wheel covers and black trim on the bumpers and around the windows.
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An Acura CDX, seen in Beijing in 2019, painted in a nice shade of dark blue with Tianjin Municipality license plates. The Acura CDX is a subcompact luxury crossover, marketed only in China.
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A W140 Mercedes-Benz S600 sedan, seen in Hebei Province in China in December 2019. It was cold and there was snow, but the big Merc’ made me feel warm again. The big German machine was painted in black with shiny gold details, suspension was lowered and it stood on extra wide wheels with gold-black BBS alloys. Continue reading “Mercedes-Benz S600 Is A Kind Of Drift Car In China”
A sweet Beijing Auto BJ40 F40, seen on a cold winter’s day in January 2020 in Beijing. The Beijing Auto BJ40 F40 launched in 2019 as a sporty and cool variant of the 3-door version of the BJ40 SUV.
The name was a tad confusing so Beijing has since re-launched it as a stand-alone model, simply called the Beijing Auto F40. It received a facelift in late 2020. The car I saw is a rare early model with the original messy name.
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