About China's Coolest Cars
I was very happy to find this Dongfeng Yueda Kia Pride hatchback in China. The hatchback is much rarer than the sedan. The Pride was in a fine general shape but it was seemingly abandoned, with the license plates taken off.
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An incredible well-conserved Mercedes-Benz E240, seen in Beijing back in 2016. The great Mercedes was in a perfect shape, painted in a light shade of gold and fitted with the original factory wheel covers.
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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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An almost sinister BMW Z4 sDrive35i, seen in Beijing in 2016. The speedy Bimmer is painted in a very dark shade of black, and further darkened by dark light visors, dark windows, and dark wheels.
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A very nice Besturn B30 sedan, seen in Beijing in 2016. The good Besturn was painted in white and fitted with factory-standard sporty five spoke wheels. Besturn was a brand under First Auto Works (FAW). In 2018 the English name changed to Bestune but the Chinese name remained the same (奔腾, Benteng).
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A Fiat Palio 1.3 EDX hatchback, seen in Beijing in 2016. The fine Fiat was in a good shape, with a clean body and with the original wheel covers. The owner had added a very dark kind of window film for extra privacy.
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A Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG, seen in Beijing in 2016. The monster SUV has a very special license plate: 京L·92222. This sort of sequences are very rare in China and those who have ‘m do everything to keep ‘m.
Happily, these days license plates numbers are attached to persons and not to cars anymore. So even if the owner sells this Benz, he still keeps the plate and can use it on another car. But why sell? The GL63 AMG is brilliant. Power comes from a twin-turbocharged 5.5 liter V8 engine with an output of 558 hp and 760 Nm. The engine works with a 7-speed automatic, sending horses to all wheels. It seats seven and has a 2500 kilo curb weight, yet in sprints from 0-100 in 4.9 seconds.
Somewhat badly, the Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG drinks 13 liters per 100 kilometers and that makes it an expensive drive, even in China, where petrol prices are reasonable. The high weight and big engine = high taxes, adding up to a crazy purchase price of 1.98 million yuan in 2014. It is therefore pretty rare in China, and there is only one with 京L·92222.
A Chrysler PT Cruiser, seen in east Beijing in the early spring of 2016. The PT Cruiser is always an odd car too process. It is oddly ugly on one side, and oddly cool on the other.
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On that autumn day in 2012, in a small public park, not a parking lot, I came across this interesting duo: a Cadillac Sedan DeVille stretched limousine and a W126 Mercedes-Benz S280 SEL.
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A rare Citroen c-Quatre 20 Years Edition, seen in Beijing in 2016. The special Frenchman was in a great shape, looking very classy. The Citroen c-Quatre was a compact car made in sedan and hatchback form from 2008 until 2016.
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