About China's Coolest Cars
and This is the Denza X BEV Classic, a rare SUV for the Chinese car market. Production lasted only 3 years. I saw this Nebula Blue example in 2013 in Beijing. The striking alloy wheels with a red center were factory standard.
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This is the Beijing EX3 R600, a Chinese electric car. I saw this Cold Blue EX3 in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. It is one of the strangest-looking Chinese EVs I have ever seen.
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This little red beauty is a Chery eQ, an early Chinese electric car. I met the eQ in the summer of 2024 in Beijing. It was still in use and looked like it was perfectly maintained. The color name is Passion Red. The five-spoke alloy wheels were factory-optional.
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This is the Leap C16, a Chinese electric SUV. I saw this Glazed Green example in southwest Beijing in the summer of 2024. The green color looks great on the C16, combined with darkened headlights and matte gray wheels.
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Here we have an Aito M7 SUV, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2024. The color of the M7 is Azure Blue. It has a darkened grille connecting the headlights, with a large secondary six-bar grille in the bumper section.
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Here we have an Audi A7L 45 TFSI quattro. I saw it in south Beijing in the summer of 2024. The big Audi is painted in Arctic Black, with darkened windows and aero-style alloy wheels. The A7L is not related to the Audi A7. It is a sports sedan based on the same platform as the also-China-only Audi A6L sedan.
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This is a Hongqi E-HS9 Flagship, a gigantic luxury full-electric SUV from China. I saw this example in south Beijing in the summer of 2024. The color is Charming Night Black. Hongqi also offers other colors, but all the E-HS9s I have seen have been black, just like this one. Black is the traditional Hongqi color, and this habit dies hard.
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This is a super-speedy Ferrari 599 GTO, seen in the late afternoon in the great summer of 2011 at a hotel on the Third Ring Road in Beijing, the capital of China. The color scheme of the fantastic Ferrari is Bianco Avus with a Nero (black) stripe over the hood. It has black alloy wheels with red brake calipers.
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In the spring of 2014, I visited a Mercedes-Benz AMG Performance Center in Shanghai. The place was loaded with the fastest AMG cars, including a C63 AMG Edition 507, a C63 Coupe AMG Edition 507, an S63L AMG 4Matic, and a G63 AMG.
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We go back in time with this Audi R8 Coupe 4.2 FSI quattro, seen in the early spring of 2011 in the Sanlitun embassy area in the Chinese capital Beijing. The speedy Audi sported a matte green wrap and darkened windows. There are about 50 embassies in this area. Most are behind high walls and surrounded by high fences.
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