The Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road Went From The Middle East To China

Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road
Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road

A white Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road in Beijing, looking every inch as giant as it is. The vehicle looked brand new, with super cool typical Toyota decals on the sides and license plates from Jilin Province.

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The Embassy Rides In A Roller In China

Rolls-Royce China embassy license plates

A Rolls-Royce Ghost with an embassy license plate in Beijing. In China, the first three numbers on an embassy plate indicate the country.

In this case, 121 stands for the Kingdom of Cambodia. The Rolls-Royce likely belongs to Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni who, like his father before him, is known to spend a lot of his time in Beijing.

The ORA iQ Is A New Electric Crossover For China

ORA iQ
ORA iQ

This little blue wonder is the ORA iQ, an electric car for China with an interesting design. Note especially the fake air intakes on each side of the front, I guess those don’t help the aerodynamics very much.

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Getting Some Varta Juice With The Santana In China

Varta car battery

A Volkswagen Santana sedan at a roadside Varta battery shop, seen in the great mega city of Chongqing a few years back.

This kind of small shops used to be everywhere but nowadays most are gone. The Santana is dressed up with a shiny wheel arch extender. The Volkswagen Santana was made in China by FAW-Volkswagen.

The NIO ES6 Premier Edition Is A Stylish Electric SUV

NIO ES6

This is the NIO ES6 Premier Edition, a mid-sized electric SUV. It was the second car of the NIO brand, launched after the larger ES8 and the sportier EC6. The NIO ES6 debuted in China in 2019 and so far there are no real plans for export.

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