About China's Coolest Cars
This is the Chery Explorer 06, as seen in the parking lot of a car market in Beijing. It had just been unveiled at the time, so I was surprised to see one out in the open that soon. It has an interesting design, with split headlights and an enormous black-gray grille with the CHERY name in capitals.
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A pretty McLaren 650S Spider, as seen near a car shop in east Beijing. The mightily fast supercar was parked on the side of a small road with its nose almost in the bushes.
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This car is a US-spec Hino Ranger FB. Last week a big meeting was held in this hotel, then our Hino just showed up and did its work, which was a surprise.
This light blue little wonder is a Neta V, a subcompact Chinese electric crossover. I met the V in the Chinese capital Beijing in the endless summer of 2023. The design is interesting, with oddly large lights and oddly small wheels. But overall, it is a great compact EV, competing in a hotly contested segment of the Chinese car market.
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This is a Fiat Ottimo, seen on a hot summer morning in the Chinese capital Beijing. The Ottimo was in good shape, painted in a classy color called Sapphire Blue, and fitted with the original multispoke alloy wheels.
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A dark blue Jaguar XFL, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing. The Jag was covered in a thick layer of dust but looked otherwise fine. The XFL is a long-wheelbase variant of the X260 Jaguar XF sedan.
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This is a Fiat Viaggio, as seen on a rainy morning in the Chinese capital Beijing. The Viaggio was in perfect shape, painted in a classy color called Coral Red, and fitted with the original multispoke wheels.
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It has been a while, but here we go with Part 9 of Black License Plate Mania in Beijing. In the first photo a Mercedes-Benz ML 430 with 京A·23893, as seen in a local maintenance shop, with the hood open.
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Here we have a wondrous white Volkswagen Santana Variant, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. The good Santana was in perfect shape, it looked almost like new, with a super clean body and the original alloy wheels.
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This is a Ciimo M-NV, a super rare Chinese electric car. The chance you see one of these in Beijing is way smaller than seeing a supercar. I met this one near a Mercedes-Benz dealer over the summer.
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