About China's Coolest Cars
On a cold and snowy day in late December 2019 I drove into Hebei Province, to the east of the Chinese capital Beijing. I was looking for a shop with all sorts of cool cars. Sadly, that shop was closed and gone. This happens all the time in China so I walked around the area. Just a little further down the road I found a fantastic collection of 1990’s Mercedes-Benz cars, all painted in the same shade of black.
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A Volkswagen Jetta taxi, seen in the Sanlitun embassy area in Beijing back in 2013. It was a hot summer day in July so the Beijing taxi driver took a well deserved rest. He was having a sleep with the driver seat down and his yellow shirt hanging down from the ceiling of the vehicle.
These yellow shirts are a thing. They became obligatory by law in 2007 in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Beijing taxi drivers, a notoriously grumpy bunch, didn’t like the shirts at all, but the Beijing government made clear that no shirt was no ride, so in the end early all taxi drivers complied.
Seeing a taxi driver having a nap like this was perfectly normal in times then. On any hot summer’s day you could find exhausted Beijing taxi drivers, riding for 12+ hours a day, taking a rest on any shaded street.
The FAW-Volkswagen Jetta used to be one of the most popular taxi’s in Beijing in the 2000’s and early 2010’s. Nowadays, most have been replaced by taxi’s made by the local Beijing-Hyundai joint venture.
Here we have a Daewoo Espero sedan, seen in the Dongzhimen area in Beijing in 2013. The good Daewoo was in a reasonable shape, painted in white and standing on steel wheels. It didn’t have license plates but there was an official temporarily license plate number behind the windshield (on the left on the photo).
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A Toyota Reiz sedan, seen in the central south of China’s capital Beijing in 2013, not far from where I spotted a Ford Focus sedan with a body kit on that very same day.
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A wondrous white E34 BMW 5-series sedan, seen parked in the Sanlitun embassy district in central Beijing in 2013. The good Bimmer was in a fine shape, with a clean body but in need of a little love and maintenance.
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A Ford Focus sedan, seen on south central Beijing in February 2013. The good Focus was severely sexed up, changing the otherwise rather boring sedan in a true babe magnet.
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A Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV super car, seen in late 2019 at the Tuning Tribe tuning street in east Beijing. The great German-Italian monster is painted in ‘Rosso Mars’ and further porned up with loads of dark gray carbon and black trim.
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A speedy Porsche 911 GT3 super car, seen in front of a Forgiato shop on the Tuning Tribe tuning street in east Beijing in 2013. The Porsche was painted in a sweet shade of white, with black racing stripes and darkened windows.
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A very pretty McLaren 650S 3.8T Coupe, seen in the Sanlitun area in Beijing in 2022 by Friend of the Site Joachim, thank you for the picture! The good McLaren is wrapped, from head to toe, in a pink wrap, and further sexed up with darkened windows and black alloy wheels. The wrap appears to be of top quality and contrasts nicely with the black bits.
There are Hello Kitty ears on the roof and a bunch of stuffed animals on the dash top, including a panda. And check the hand on the wheel, that’s a little lady driving! No surprise, really, considering the car’s color and details.
The McLaren 650S super car was made from 2014 until 2017. It was powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.8 liter V8 engine with an output of 650 hp and 678 Nm. The motor was mated to a 7-speed DCT, sending horses to the rear wheels. Top speed is 333 kilometers per hour and 0-100 takes only three pink seconds. Price in China (2014) started at 3.75 million yuan. A wrap of this quality costs at least another 10.000. Well, if it makes her happy…
An E39 BMW 530i, seen in January 2013 alongside the Liangma River in central Beijing. The Bimmer was in a fantastic shape, looking almost as new, and seemingly untouched by the muddy snow and ice.
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