Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
A Cadillac CTS 3.6 Coupe, seen in central Beijing in 2019. And what a car it is! Cadillacs of this era were all about in-your-face bling, and the CTS has a lot of that, with the enormous grille shining like…
A pretty Y31 Nissan Cedric Brougham VIP V6, seen on the parking lot of my apartment complex in Beijing in 2010. At the time, there were three of these Nissan Cedric sedans that I regularly saw on the lot. They…
A very sweet Ferrari F430 Spider, seen in Beijing in 2015. The speedy Italian was painted in the only proper color for a Ferrari; red with a black convertible top and five double-spoke alloy wheels.
An ultra speedy Porsche Cayenne TechArt Magnum, seen in 2013 parked in front of the gigantic China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in the great city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province. The Magnum was the ultimate modification of the…
A massive Rolls-Royce Dawn convertible, seen on the Tuning Tribe tuning street in Beijing, parked in front of a Porsche GT3 4.0 and a Ferrari 812 Superfast. The big Roller was painted in dark green and fitted with gray 7-spoke…
An enormous Chrysler 300C stretched limousine, seen in the winter of 2019 in China’s Hebei Province. The 300C was extended by at least five meters in the middle, making it the longest 300C I had ever seen.
A wonderful Audi 100 sedan, seen in the Sanlitun area in Beijing in 2011. The vehicle was parked on the pavement but in those days that was fine. The great Audi was a bit dusty and dirty but in a…
A W140 Mercedes-Benz S600 sedan, seen in Hebei Province in China in December 2019. It was cold and there was snow, but the big Merc’ made me feel warm again. The big German machine was painted in black with shiny…
A white Roewe W5, seen in a cold winter’s day in south Beijing. The W5 was a mid-size luxury SUV that was produced between 2011 and 2017, with a facelift in 2014. Our W5 is an original pre-facelift car. The…