About China's Coolest Cars
A Fiat Siena sedan, seen in Beijing on a heavy snowy day in February 2015. The fine Fiat was partially covered in show but otherwise in a remarkable good condition, painted in a light beige brown color and fitted with the factory original gray wheel covers.
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A Landwind X9 SUV, seen in the Fangzhuang area in Fengtai District in southern Beijing in February 2015. The good Landwind looked great in black with shiny gray alloys and a red interior. The bull bar was a factory option.
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A Toyota Camry is the definition of beige; unobtrusive, boring, and ordinary. Still, this Camry XV10 made my kind of greedy. I met it in Beijing in 2015, and the whole car appeared to be in a super shape. I’ve always loved the aerodynamically shaped mirrors, useless but somehow very cool.
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A Ford Mustang Boss 302, seen in 2015 near the Goldenport race track in Beijing. Note the Shelby GT500 in the background, I’ll get back to that one later on. The froggy green paint job was a factory color, looking very speeding with black racing stripes, darkened windows, and matte gray alloy wheels.
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A Hafei Lobo 1.1 16V, seen in February 2015 in central Beijing. The good Lobo was in a great shape, painted in a pretty shade of blue that almost matches with the license plates. The car seemed totally original, down to the sporty alloy wheels.
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A pretty Porsche Cayenne TechArt Magnum, seen in the Dongzhimen area in central Beijing on December 24 2011. Yes it was Christmas. Day off from the office, so what else to do than checking out cars? The Porsche stood parked near a massage salon and I didn’t see anyone near the vehicle, so I guessed the driver was having his feet done.
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This is a rare Porsche Panamera Executive, seen in Beijing in 2015. The car seemed very new and looked great in white with multispoke gray wheels and a brown-red interior.
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A black Citroen Elysee sedan, seen in 2015 on the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing. The Citroen had a very cool and very rare white license plate. That alone is worth a story, but this one was even more special because of its ZZX-001 sequence.
The Citroen Elysee was made by the Dongfeng-PSA joint venture. It was an updated and restyled variant of the Dongfeng-PSA Citroen ZX Fukang, which in turn was based on the France-made Citroen ZX. Production of the Elysee started in 2002 and ended in 2008.
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A ‘Beetle A6 Coupé’, seen in a toy store in China in 2015. The toy car depicts the A5 Volkswagen Beetle, made from 2011 until 2019. This kind if die cast models are totally unlicensed and very common in China. To et around probable copyright issues, toy makers often invent new names that are close to the original but not close enough to cause trouble.
The Chinese text says ‘德国大众汽车’, or ‘German Volkswagen Car’. The model was made by toy maker MZ Model (美致模型), based in Shantou, Guangdong province. The shop had two on offer, one in shiny pink and one in dark red. Scale was about 1:32 and it sold for 88 yuan, which was a little steep for this kind of model. But I guess the pink one was worth it.
