About China's Coolest Cars
A white Roewe W5, seen in a cold winter’s day in south Beijing. The W5 was a mid-size luxury SUV that was produced between 2011 and 2017, with a facelift in 2014. Our W5 is an original pre-facelift car. The good Roewe was in a fine shape, painted in white with the plastics intact and fitted with the factory wheels.
A Ssangyong Chairman W CW700L limousine, seen on a car market in east Beijing in 2017. The good Chairman was in a reasonable shape but clearly in need of a little love. Note the bricks at fore and aft the front wheel, perhaps the handbrake wasn’t working…?
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It is always hard to know how to look at the SsangYong Actyon; is it just plain ugly, or refreshingly different? I haven’t figured that out yet so for now I prefer to call it interesting. It sure is, from every side. The front lights give it an angry look, flanking a forward leaning grille. I found this very clean example in Beijing in 2016, looking almost as new.
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