About China's Coolest Cars
A fourth generation Dodge Caravan minivan, seen in Beijing in 2018. The Caravan was in a great shape for its years, painted in black with darkened windows and with the original factory wheels. This Caravan was manufactured in China by SouEast under a deal with Chrysler.
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A beautiful Bentley Continental 4.0 GT V8, seen in 2017 in the Chinese capital Beijing. The big Bentley was painted in a fiery bright color that Bentley called ‘St James Red’, and it does look great on the car.
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A pretty BAW Zhanqi BJ2033CHB1 utility vehicle, seen in Beijing in 2017. The good Zhangqi was painted in wine-red, which looked very nice, and in a fine overall shape. The wheels were factory standard, the bull bar and side bar were factory options.
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A Jaguar XF Sportbrake, seen in China in 2017, with the front bumper scraping the side walk. The Jag’ looked otherwise great, painted in a light blue shade and further dressed up with darkened windows and a roof rack. The 7-speed alloy wheels were factory standard, and in dire need of some cleaning. The Jaguar XF Sportbrake was the wagon version of the first generation Jaguar XF (X250), made from 2007 until 2015.
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A Volkswagen Golf GTI, seen in Beijing in 2017. The good GTI was painted in white with a black grille, black wheels, darkened windows, darkened head lights, and matte gray mirrors.
The 3-door version of the Mk5 Volkswagen Golf GTI is very rare in China. It was officially sold here in period but the vast majority of buyers went for the 5-door version. Power came from a 2.0 liter turbocharged four with 200 hp and 280 Nm. Only gearbox option in China was the 6-speed DCT. Top speed was 233 km/h and 0-100 was gone in 6.9 seconds.
The Mk5 Volkswagen Golf GTI was imported into China. Price of the 3-door version was 399.000 yuan, and the 5-door was 410.000 yuan (2006). Local production of the Golf GTI in China started in 2010 at FAW-Volkswagen, but only in 5-door form. Interestingly, the 3-door version, while not popular in period, has now reached somewhat of a cult status, with collectors snapping up the few cars that were sold.
A Hyundai Equus sedan, seen at a car-inspection facility in Beijing in 2017. The Hyundai was a bit dusty but otherwise in a good shape, painted in black with a lot of chrome and darkened windows.
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A Changan CS95 SUV, seen parked outside a Changan dealer in Beijing in April 2017. The CS95 came with an impressive front, loaded with bling on the grille, around the headlights, and with some more on the fake air vents in the hood.
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In stuff you don’t see every day in China: a 2008 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic 105th Anniversary trike, released in the year 2008 to commemorate Harley Davidson’s 105th birthday. It is the only one of its kind I had ever met in China, I saw it in April 2017 in the capital Beijing.
Here we have a Hafei Zhongyi pickup truck, seen in the ultra far east of Beijing in January 2015. The truck was loaded with 24-bottle crates of Snow beer, making any man extremely thirsty.
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