Geely Englon TX4 Is A Chinese-British Taxi

Here’s a Geely Englon TX4. I met it at a car market in south Beijing in 2016. The TX4 looked like a charm, painted in blue with a shiny grille and the taxi sign above the windshield.
Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
Exploring China's Wild Automotive World

Here’s a Geely Englon TX4. I met it at a car market in south Beijing in 2016. The TX4 looked like a charm, painted in blue with a shiny grille and the taxi sign above the windshield.

Here’s a Mercedes-Benz ML 320, seen in central Beijing in 2018. It is rare to see such a base-spec model in China; most are high-end or AMG. It was painted plain white, with black bumpers, and with black Beijing license…

Here’s a Volvo 240 GL sedan, seen at a car repair shop in northeast Beijing in 2018. Someone parked the poor Volvo in the back of the building, surrounded by electric motorbikes and parts.

Here’s a Changan CX20, seen in the summer of 2023 near Zhangjiakou in China’s Hebei Province. The CX20 was in fine shape. The color is Glitter Pearl White, and it has the original 5-spoke alloy wheels.

This is a Forthing T5 EVO, seen at a car market in Beijing in 2024. The SUV is painted in Star White, with darkened light units, a black grille, and black alloy wheels. The name is cool, but what about…

This is a Saab 9-3 Cabriolet 2.0T Vector, seen in the winter of 2018 in the Sanlitun embassy district in the Chinese capital, Beijing. The Swedish convertible is painted in Espresso Black with a black top.

Here’s a pretty Mitsubishi Pajero GLX. It is the ultimate base model, painted in a simple shade of silver with unpainted bumpers, a black grille, and super cool steel wheels. I met this Pajero in the far north of the Chinese…

This is a Haima 3 hatchback, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2018. The Haima was in great shape, painted black with the original five-spoke alloy wheels. The owner took great care of the little Haima, even the chrome…

Here’s an Infiniti ESQ, seen in the Chinese capital, Beijing, in 2018. It is painted Flame Orange. The design is a tad odd, with a strangely shaped grille, daytime running lights atop the hood, and large round headlights in the…