About China's Coolest Cars
An enormous Hummer H2 SUV, owned by Beijing SWAT, seen in Beijing in 2012. It has white police license place and SWAT livery. The H2 looked totally badass with a giant bull bar, side bars, and a light bar and a police light bar on the roof.
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Back in 2012 I paid a visit to a Chery dealer in Beijing. I visited lots of dealers in those days for various consultancy jobs I had. I didn’t always have enough time to take photos but that day I was really happy to see this pretty Chery Cowin 2 liftback sedan. It was painted in black with a gray interior, fitted with the factory standard five-spoke sporty alloys.
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A true piece of Chinese automotive history is what we have here. This is a very early Geely Haoqing JL6360E1, seen on a car market in Beijing in 2012. The good Geely was in a reasonable shape for its age , with the original dark green paint and sporty 10-spoke wheels.
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A white Great Wall Hover Limousine, seen on the road near Bedaihe in Hebei province, with a flagpole on the front fender. The big limo has yellow commercial-vehicle license plates from Liaoning province.
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An incredible cool and very manly Beijing-Jeep Beijing BJ2020SG, seen on the streets of Beijing, capital of China, in 2012. The great Beijing was dusty and dirty, just how it should be, and looked like it just arrived from up mountain.
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Here we have a Geely Meirenbao sporty car, seen in Beijing in 2015. It was totally original bar for strips on the front bumper. It is rare to se these cars without lots ugly of modifications.
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This fantastic machine is a real Shifeng Fengrui II, seen in the countryside to the north of Beijing. The Shifeng Fengrui II is a heavy motorized 3-wheeler with a streamlined cabin. Vehicles like these are all over the place in rural areas, very typical farmland workhorses.
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An ultra rare Beijing Jeep BJ2022JL prototype, seen in Shanghai in 2014 by Antoine Chalendard. The BJ2022JL was one of the many proposals for a successor to the BAW BJ212 army utility vehicle.
The BJ2022JL was designed developed by the Beijing-Jeep joint venture in 1999, and powered by a 3.2 liter turbo diesel. There was also a five-door version, called the BJ2022JG. In the end, the army decided to go for a bigger vehicle and went for another Beijing-Jeep proposal: the BJ2022 Brave Warrior, powered by the same engine. Production
The production contract for the Brave Warrior went to BAW, and it was sold under the Beijing-brand. Over the years, BAW launched dozens of military and civilian variants, and the Brave Warrior is still in production today.
The Brave Warrior was eventually manufactured by BAW under the Beijing-brand, it was available in dozens of military and civilian variants.
An advertisement for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, seen in a residential compound in Beijing in 2009, showing a brown example with sporty five-spoke alloys. It is always interesting to see carmakers advertise their most expensive offerings in such a way, even in a luxury-crazy market like China. Mercedes-Benz started selling the W221 S-Class in China in 2006, initially only in S300 trim. Later on, they added the S350, S500, and S600 to the lineup. Price of the base S-Class in 2009 started at 9.93 million yuan.
A very fine Volvo S60 2.4 sedan, seen in Beijing in 2017. The old Swedish sled was in great shape for its age, with smooth paint, and without any visible rust or rot. The alloy wheels are original.
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