About China's Coolest Cars
A beautiful BMW 850 CSi, seen in June 2015 in Lido area in Beijing. I first met her in 2012. At that time, it looked like a totally new car. And even in 2015, she looked factory fresh. The owner clearly put in a lot of time and money to keep this car alive.
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An rare white Nissan Cefiro A32 was seen in Hohhot in 2018. The car had some damage but was in good shape.
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Back we go to our license-plate obsession mode. We are talking May 2015, driving on the mighty Fifth Ring Road in the Chinese capital Beijing. Sitting on the front-passenger seat, I suddenly see an old Range Rover with Inner Mongolia license plates, with an even older Jinbei van in front. License plates: 京·7886 and 蒙D·A8888
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Here we have a nice Lexus ES300, seen in Beijing’s Fangzhuang residential area in Fengtai District in the Chinese capital Beijing. The good Lexus was modified to the max; wrapped in matte black and fitted with an extremely sporty body kit.
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A streamlined Chrysler Intrepid sedan, seen in the summer of 2015 in Beijing, capital of China. The good Chrysler was is a great shape, painted in silver with tinted windows and fitted with sporty five-spoke alloy wheels. The Chrysler Intrepid was only sold in Canada. Elsewhere, it was known as the Dodge Intrepid.
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A pretty red Fiat Barchetta, seen in China near the Dashanzi area in northeast Beijing. The little boat was in a very good shape; the paint looked fresh, no rust or rot, nothing broken or missing, and everything original up until the six-spoke alloys. License plates are of Jiangsu Province.
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A beautiful blue Maserati GranTurismo 4.7L Sport, seen in 2015 in the Lido area in Beijing. The big coupe looked great in dark blue, dressed up further with tinted windows, black alloy wheels, red brake calipers, and carbon fiber mirrors and side skirts. The triple nine 京N·99MQ9 license plate is pretty special too.
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A super rare super early FAW-Volkswagen Audi 100 sedan, seen in 2015 in the Wangjing District in the the Chinese capital Beijing. The good Audi was in a reasonable shape for its age; paint was a bit tired and there was some damage under the left light headlight.
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As our good readers may know, the team at CoolCarsInChina has a very healthy obsession with license plates: black plates, embassy plates, white plates, and otherwise special plates. The license plates of this F01 BMW 740Li fall in that final category: 京N·77AA7. That’s a triple seven on a 7-Series. That can’t be a coincidence and it likely wasn’t any. Great plate for a great car. I met it in east Beijing in 2015.
The fifth generation F01 BMW 7-Series was made from 2008 until 2015, it was only the second generation 7-Series that was officially sold in China. Beige color was a popular color on the Chinese car market. I remember many were sold in this shade. Our 京N·77AA7 has a beige interior too.
BMW only sold the long-wheelbase L models in China, and only powered by petrol engines. The 740Li was powered by a 3.0 liter win-turbocharged six-in-line with output of 322 hp and 450 Nm. Top speed was 250 km/h and 0-100 was all gone in a speedy 6 seconds. Price started at 1.18 million yuan (2009). Lot of money but lot of car, especially with that license plate!
A pretty Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 roadster, seen in 2014 in Beijing, capital of China. The coolest thing first: the 京E·60000 license plate. I can’t remember ever seeing another car in China with four zero’s behind the first number. truly unique plate on a relatively rare car.
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