About China's Coolest Cars
A low riding BMW 3-Series sedan, seen on a car market in east Beijing. The Bimmer looked brilliant, lowered to the floor, with cut-out wheel arches, black trim, super wide wheels, and a racy body kit.
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A giant Great Wall Canon pickup truck, seen at a Great Wall dealer on a car market in north east Beijing in early 2020. The truck looked stylish in dark blue with a big shiny grille, sporty wheels, and cool LED lights.
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A Dodge Nitro SLT 4×4, seen at a repair shop on a car market in Beijing. The Nitro was dirty and dusty but otherwise in a fine shape, painted in Dodge’s signature orange-red and loaded with chrome.
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This is the Hongqi E-HS3, a cool electric crossover SUV from China. I saw it at a Hongqi dealer in the cold Beijing winter in late December 2020. It looked great in red with its huge shiny grille, the Hongqi hood ornament, and pretty alloy wheels.
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A SouEast Veryca mini MPV, seen in China’s capital Beijing in 2019. The fine little van was in a fine shape, painted in white with steel wheels and some slight damage on the front bumper.
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A fifth generation Nissan Laurel (C32), seen in 2019 in the great city of Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia. The car was in poor condition and wasn’t even locked.
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A second generation Toyota Zelas, seen in north Beijing in December 2019. The good Toyota was a bit dirty, but basically every car is dirty in the Beijing winter, when roads are covered with a dusty kind of snowy mud.
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A Chysler Sebring Touring convertible, seen in the north of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2020. The pretty American cabriolet was in a very good shape, painted in dark red with a back top, a black grille, darkened windows, and a set of sporty after-market alloy wheels.
A sixth generation Mitsubishi Galant sedan, seen in the great city of Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia, by Friend of the Site Fa1rrhaven Zhou, thank you for the photos! The good Galant was in a reasonable shape but appeared to be abandoned.
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A Rolls-Royce Phantom super luxury car, seen in the Lido area in Beijing in 2016. The giant Roller was painted in black with a dark silver grille, a red-orange stripe on the side, and a totally red leather interior.
Note the Element Fresh restaurant in the background. They had a small restaurant chain, hugely popular in the mid- and late 2000’s, with ‘healthy’ sandwiches and such more nonsense. They filed for bankruptcy in late 2021. Too bad for the owners but I won’t miss them for a minute. Gimme pizza!
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