Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
Here’s a BYD Qin Plus DM-i, seen in central Beijing earlier this summer. BYD is China’s best-selling car brand, and the Qin Plus DM-i is BYD’s best-selling car. It is part of BYD’s Dynasty Series. Let’s have a closer look.
Here’s a cool Honda Odyssey. I met it in the parking lot of a bank in Beijing’s Fengtai District. The MPV is in perfect time-capsule shape, painted white with slightly darkened windows and a matching roof box, and fitted with…
Here’s an incredibly cool Honda S2000 sports car, seen at an out-of-the-way parking lot in the far north of Beijing in September 2018. The S2000 was in fantastic shape, almost like new, with shiny paint and wheels.
This is the Geely Meirenbao, China’s first sports car. I met this brilliant red example in the summer of 2023 near Zhangjiakou in China’s Hebei Province. The Meirenbao was in good shape, a bit dusty and busted, but otherwise okay,…
An ultra-rare AMG Japan Mercedes-Benz 300 GE Cabriolet, seen on the premises of FB City in northeast Beijing. The old Mercedes looked stunning, almost as-new, painted in a beautiful shade of black with the original alloy wheels. The owner fitted…
This is the Tank 300 Cyberknight, seen at the Cyberspace shop in Beijing. Cyberspace is a Chinese car modification company. It is most famous for collaborating with Great Wall Motor’s Tank brand. In 2022, Cyberspace and Tank created the spectacular…
Car spotting is a busy business. Taking good photos takes time. And time, we never have enough. Sometimes, when on the road, we are happy to snap one or two pics of a cool car. To show you all these…
This is a Geely Galaxy E5, seen in south Beijing in 2024. It is painted in a pretty gray color called Streamer Silver. It has slender, darkened headlights, sporty aero wheels, and darkened windows. The charging port is on the…
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…