About China's Coolest Cars
A Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet, painted in a pretty shade of red with a black convertible roof. It was a brand new car, freshly arrived from Germany. I saw it in 2013 on a small parking lot next to the Liangma River in central Beijing, not far from Volkswagen’s China headquarters. The place was often used by Volkswagen for parking press cars and sometimes even test cars.
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A left-hand-drive Toyota Mark II was Seen in Hohhot, China in 2018. It’s not an American-imported Toyota Cressida but a original Japanese Mark II(X80). The car is now missing and the original plate is seen on a Mercedes-Benz GLS. I processed the plate.
A brilliant Mercedes-Benz 300b Limousine, seen in Beijing back in 2013 on the parking lot of my apartment building near Dongzhimen in central Beijing. The big Mercedes was in a fantastic shape, painted in an original red shade, a fitting color for China. The chrome and wheels looked great too.
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An SUV so big your entire family can sit on the corners of the front bumper; that must be the Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum, and indeed it is. I met this big American land boat at an unofficial Cadillac repair shop in Beijing in 2020.
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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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