About China's Coolest Cars
Here’s a brilliant Mercedes-Benz S 500L, seen at dusk on a cold day in the winter of 2016 in the Chinese capital Beijing. The big Merc was in perfect shape, painted in Arctic White and fitted with black Beijing license plates.
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Here’s a BAW Luba SUV, seen in the far east of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2016. The Luba looked like it was having a rest after a long ride, covered in dusty dirt from the road. The license plate is from Hebei Province.
Here’s a Beijing BJ40L 70 Anniversary Edition, seen at a car market in Beijing in 2023. The big off-road machine looked great, almost as new. It stands next to the larger BJ90 SUV.
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Here’s a Volvo 940, seen in Beijing in the cold winter of 2014. The classic Swedish sedan stood in a small compound, in front of a red Honda Civic. There had been a lot of snow earlier that week, so every car on the road looked dirty. Snow was always gray in Beijing, never totally white. Nowadays, snow is rare in the Chinese capital.
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Here’s a Fiat Siena in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2018. The subcompact Italian sedan was in good shape for its age, painted in a sleepy shade of silver with slightly darkened windows and the factory-original gray wheel covers.
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Here’s a beautiful Mazda 6 liftback seen at a car inspection place in the far south of the Chinese capital of Beijing in 2024. The Mazda was in remarkably good shape for its age—it looks nearly new, as if it just rolled off the production line
This is a Lifan 320, seen in the Dongba District of Beijing, the Chinese capital, in the cold winter of 2018. The 320 is painted in Lightning Blue, a rather pretty color for the little hatchback.
This red beauty is a Xiali TJ7131UL, seen in the Lido area in Beijing in 2016. The good Xiali was in great shape, painted in dark red with red bumpers and mirrors. The Xiali was fitted with the original 10-spoke alloy wheels.
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Here’s a BYD G3 sedan in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. The good G3 was in reasonable shape, with fading paint on the hood and roof, the original 10-spoke alloy wheels, and Inner Mongolia license plates.
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This is the NIO ET5T, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2024. The ET5T, T for Touring, is an electric station wagon, based on the NIO ET5 sedan. It is a great-looking car, especially in this pretty Aurora Green color. The slender daytime running lights are integrated into the hood, the real lights are in the bumper below.
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