Checking Out The Lamborghini Dealer In Beijing, China, in 2010

Lamborghini Dealer In Beijing

Back in ’10 I went to the Lamborghini dealer in Beijing, where they had some proper metal on show. The shop was in the Jinbao Street in the center of town and also sold Bugatti. There was an Aston Martin shop next door and a Wiesmann dealer a bit further down the road.

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Volkswagen Individual Touareg W12 Is Dark Blue In China

Volkswagen Individual Touareg W12
Volkswagen Individual Touareg W12

Here we have a very pretty Volkswagen Individual Touareg W12, seen on a second-hand car market in the great city of Chengdu in China in 2016. The massively impressive SUV was on sale for a steep 520.500 yuan. Good deal! When new in 2006, price was a far steeper 1.58 million yuan. Not many were sold in China, so seeing one in the wild is very special.

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Shopping For A Police Car In China

Shopping For A Police Car In China

A Volkswagen Passat Lingyu on the 2010 China International Exhibition on Police Equipment (CIEPE), held in the beautiful Beijing Exhibition Center in northwest Beijing. Sadly, the show has since moved to the less pretty China National Convention Center.

The show was about all sorts of police equipment, ranging from guns to uniforms to surveillance cameras. Great fun. But even better were the police cars, displayed by car makers hoping for a deal with the cops. Some of these cars did eventually make it into real police cars, others didn’t. The Passat Lingyu, like the Passats before it, would have a long police career. Continue reading “Shopping For A Police Car In China”

Beijing-Hyundai Sonata With Black Shandong License Plates

Beijing-Hyundai Sonata
Beijing-Hyundai Sonata

Here we have a black Hyundai Sonata with black Shandong Province license plates, seen at a small car shop in the far east of Beijing.

The man on the left is the shop’s owner, the two younger gentlemen his employees. They were all from Shandong, shipping vehicles from there and selling them in the capital.

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A Most Beautiful Volvo 121 S Amazon In China

Volvo 121 S Amazon
Volvo 121 S Amazon

An extremely beautiful Volvo 121 S Amazon four-door sedan, seen in the great city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province in 2016. I met this great Swedish motor in a Volvo dealer owned by the Sanhe Group. This company operates dozens of car dealers in the Chengdu area, and they also have a museum with a PV544 and a large classic-car restoration shop.

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The Qinchuan Flyer QJC7081 Was A Cool Alto-based Hatchback

Qinchuan Flyer
Qinchuan Flyer

This purple beauty is a Qinchuan Flyer QJC7081, commonly called ‘the Flyer’. It was a bit dusty and a bit dirty but in a very good general shape. I met it in the great city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province.

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Tianjin Xiali TJ7100 Is A Small Red Sedan In China

Tianjin Xiali TJ7100

A red Xiali TJ7100 sedan, seen near the Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing in 2009, parked next to a white Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL. The good old Xiali was a bit dirty and dusty but otherwise in a fine shape.

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