About China's Coolest Cars
A big and black Lexus GX470, seen in the far northeast of Beijing. The ‘GX’ name stands for Grand Crossover, according to Lexus marketing speak. That’s fine with me, but I see an off-road capable SUV based on the Land cruiser Prado, a car that nobody would call a crossover.
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A slightly overloaded flatbed truck, seen near the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing. The truck is loaded with wood and was likely headed for a recycling facility.
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A beautiful BMW Z4 3.0 si roadster, painted in white with a black top. She is looking speedy with lowered suspension, a black grille, a racy bumper, and big wide wheels with gold alloys.
A super clean W126 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL. It is painted in light yellow, a typical shade for taxi’s in Germany, and it also has ultra basic wheel covers, and that is typical taxi too. And guess what? There were indeed W126 taxi’s, although I have’t been able to find a 560 SEL taxi.
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It is summer in Beijing, so we need a convertibles to cruise through the traffic jams. Happily, here we have one: a very clean first generation Chrysler Sebring, painted in gold with a beige top.
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A magically beautiful Jaguar XJ140 Vanden Plas, seen in the far north of Beijing. The great Jag’ was painted in a very characteristic wine red shade. It was in a very good shape, but in need of a little work.
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A rough ‘n rugged Toyota Land Cruiser J60, seen on a car market in Beijing. The old ‘Cruiser looked somewhat sad and was seemingly abandoned, covered with a tick layer of dust.
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This little red beauty is not a Jeep. This instead is a Jinpeng X5, not to be confused with the BMW X5. The Jinpeng X5 is a low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV), a very popular segment in China at the moment.
This is a Volkswagen Jetta CiX, painted in silver with black license plates. The old Jetta was in need of some maintenance, but overall in a decent shape.
This has to be the best Toyota Crown Royal Saloon 3.0 Twin Cam 24 that I have ever seen, in China or elsewhere. The great Japanese sedan was in an incredible shape inside and out, and completely original.
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