About China's Coolest Cars
This is a second generation Toyota 4Runner, seen on a small second hand car market in east Beijing. The 4Runner was sadly in a rather bad shape, but the owner of a nearby shop told me it was still running.
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A beautiful blue Renault Safrane on black license plates, seen in east Beijing. The good Renault was dirty and dusty and appeared to be abandoned. But it wasn’t lost, with some love and maintenance it could be back on the road in no time.
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In mid September 2017 I found a very strange car collection, standing on the roof of a building in an old area in northeast Beijing. The building and cars were sadly in a bad shape.
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A mellow yellow Geely Meirenbao, seen late at day in Beijing. The sporty Gee’ was in a good shape inside and out, and still standing on its original wheels. It is rare to see a near-standard Meirenbao, as many were modified.
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There was a time when Great Wall made other cars than just a bunch of SUVs that all lookalike. One of these cars was the Great Wall Florid, a compact hatchback. They also made a cross version of the Florid, and that is the car we have here today.
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A Hyundai Equus JS350 sedan, seen in central Beijing in China. The Korean limousine is painted in cream white, and interesting color for the Equus; all the others I have seen so far were black.
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This little red beauty is a Jiangnan T11, a small electric car with a sporty body kit and roof rails. I found it on a car market in Tai’an in Shandong Province.
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This is a First Auto Works Jiabao CA63601A1, a cool Chinese microvan. In China this kind of vehicles are called mianbaoche, literally bread car, because their shape resembles a loaf of bread.
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This is the Beijing Auto BJ40 Plus, seen at a dealer in Tai’an. The BJ40 Plus is a high end variant of the Beijing Auto BJ40 L. Design is heavily inspired by the Jeep Wrangler, but it looks kind of cool.
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A Korean Domestic Market (KDM) Kia Optima sedan, seen in the great city of Tai’an in Shandong Province. The good Kia was a bit dirty, but otherwise in a fine shape.