Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
A super clean W126 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL. It is painted in light yellow, a typical shade for taxis in Germany, and it also has ultra basic wheel covers, and that is typical taxi too. And guess what? There were indeed…
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 very good shape, but in need of a little work.
This is a Volkswagen Jetta CiX, painted in silver with black license plates. The old Jetta required some maintenance, but overall in decent shape.
A very rare Shanghai Maple Hisoon Sports, a sporty variant of Hisoon hatchback. The body kit, wheels, black, grille, and ultra odd chrome piece on the bonnet were all factory standard!
This black beauty is a Hongqi Mingshi CA7180A4E, seen near a Hongqi dealer in south Beijing. It was an absolutely perfect shape, the best of its kind I have ever seen.
A beautiful Mazda RX8, seen at a Mazda dealer in south Beijing. The sporty Maz’ was painted in black and looked great, still standing on its original five-spoke sporty wheels.
A majestic W210 Mercedes-Benz E280, seen at a Mercedes dealer in south Beijing. The good old Benz was painted in a smooth shade of gray and appeared to be in perfect shape.
This is a Peugeot 206 CC, a coupe cabriolet variant of the Peugeot 206 hatchback. I met this little Frenchman in my very own compound in east Beijing.
A very special Buick New Century sedan, seen in the far north of Beijing. The New Century was the first car produced by the Shanghai-GM joint venture in Shanghai. Production started in 1998.