Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
Exploring China's Wild Automotive World
This is a Qoros 3 sedan in the south of the Chinese capital, Beijing. The Qoros was painted white and had the original multispoke wheels. Qoros was a Chinese car brand, owned by Qoros Auto Corporation, a joint venture between…
An amazing first-generation Audi TT Roadster, seen in Beijing in… the summer of 2024! The TT was already ultra rare in China when new, but to see such a perfect example today is just mindblowing.
A Citroen C6 sedan in China. That was unexpected! On an almost abandoned car market in south Beijing, I found a Citroën C6 standing outside, unattended, painted dark black, and still with the original multispoke alloy wheels.
This is a Changan Lumin, seen on the parking lot of a Changan dealer in south Beijing. The Lumin is an electric minicar launched in 2022. The Lumin has a cool ‘cute’ rounded design with large lights, white aero wheels,…
Many folks say electric cars are like washing machines on wheels. Most of the time, that is nonsense. But not with Xiaomi. This Chinese company is, in fact, proud of being a maker of all kinds of consumer electronics, including…
On a sunny day in summer, I went to a Hyptec experience store in the Hopson One shopping mall in central Beijing. The store had 3 cars on display: the Hyptec HT SUV, the Hyptech GT sedan, and the manic…
This bizarre machine is the Li MEGA, a giant MPV with a wild and polarizing design. Even the color names are different than elsewhere. The one that I saw is painted in Elephant Gray. The other colors are Panda White,…
This little wonder is a Venucia R30, a small five-door hatchback sold only in China. I met this white example in Beijing, it looked great, painted in white and with five ‘spoke’ wheel covers. The Venucia R30 was based on…
This is the Europe Famous Car, a brilliant radio-controlled car with a Targa roof and two figurines inside. It was the first scale model that I bought in China after I moved there in 2003. I still have it and…