About China's Coolest Cars
A Lexus LS400 sedan with black license plates, seen on a small car repair area in north Beijing in 2015. The good Lexus was covered with a thick layer of dust but it didn’t seem abandoned. It was painted in wine red and had its original allow wheels on.
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A first generation Lincoln Town Car with black license plates, seen in central Beijing in early 2012. The big American sedan was in a perfect shape and looked almost as new. It was painted in pearl white with a dark-red vinyl top, further made pretty with darkened windows and still fitted with the original factory alloy wheels.
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One of the most interesting things about life in Beijing is the unpredictability and spontaneity of the place – its honestly a city where you’ll rarely meet the same people or have the same experiences day-to-day. This also applied until fairly recently to the car-scene in the city, and what brings us to this Lancia Thema, one of the most interesting and unique cars I came across in China’s capital.
An early W124 Mercedes-Benz 280E with black license plates, seen at a small car repair area in north Beijing in 2016, not far from where I found a Volvo 960 sedan. The good Mercedes was in dire need of a good cleanup bit in a great overall shape, fitted with the ultra cool wheel covers that were especially designed for the W124.
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Welcome to Black License Plate Mania In Beijing Part 6 (Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5), where we look at cars with black license plates in the Chinese capital. On the first picture a Chevrolet Corsica with 京A·08917.
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A Chevrolet Corsica LT sedan, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2015. The Chevy was sadly in a pretty bad shape and seemed abandoned. It was covered with a thick layer of dust and dirt and the tires were deflated.
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A beautiful fourth generation Honda Accord sedan, seen in Beijing in 2015. It was in a reasonable shape and very much in need of a good cleanup and some love. The good Honda also has a black 京A·04621 license plate. And that makes it the third 4th-generation Accord with such plates that I have seen. Earlier on I met 京A·07472 and 京A·03383.
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A pretty first generation Lexus LS400 sedan, seen on the parking lot of the Lido Hotel in Beijing. The good Lexus was a little dusty but otherwise in a fine shape, painted in silver and gray with gray wheels and black license plates.
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A beautiful Mercedes-Benz 280E, Spotted in China in the Wangjing District in northeast Beijing in 2015. The Benz was in a perfect shape, with paint almost factory fresh and fitted with the original wheel covers. It also has very early 川A license plates.
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A BMW 850ci, seen by reader Scott in Shanghai in 2016. The pretty coupe was in a great shape and painted in white, a color rarely seen on the 8-Series. It also has an equally rare black Shanghai 沪A·05682 license plate.
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