Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
This is a Ferrari FF, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing, at the same shop where I met a McLaren 650S Spider. The great Italian supercar was a bit dirty, with dust covering the pretty Nero Daytona color scheme. It…
Here we have a beautiful Volvo S70 T5 in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2016. The Swedish sedan was in great shape, painted white with slightly tinted windows and interesting wheel covers.
This impressive machine is a Trumpchi M8 Master Hybrid MPV. It is large, larger than life, perhaps, and loaded with super shiny bling. The grille is enormous, mirroring the sun, with 10 vertical slats.
This is not some crazy Chinese concept car that somehow ended up in a parking lot. Nope. This is the Baojun KiWi EV, it is very much a production car and one of the wackiest Chinese cars ever. The design…
Here we have a nice Yunbao YB6470, as seen on a car market in west Beijing. The big wagon was in great shape, the beige paint looked good and the chrome was nice and shiny.
Here we have an Audi A4 Cabriolet 3.0, seen in the northeast of the Chinese capital Beijing. The drop-top Audi was in good shape, with a clean body and no signs of rust or rot. It was painted in a…
Sometimes, when walking through the older compounds in central Beijing, you can find something unexpected, something great, like a hidden treasure. This first-generation Fiat Uno was a fantastic discovery. It is the third Uno in China I know about, and…
Here we have an Audi A6 sedan, seen on the road in the Chinese capital Beijing. The good Audi was incredibly dusty but otherwise in good shape. It was still being used, and the paint looked good. It had the…
A BYD D1, seen in Beijing in the summer of 2023, parked alongside the road and fitted with the Beijing city’s green NEV license plates. The BYD D1 is quite a special car. It is a purpose-built model for ride-hailing…