About China's Coolest Cars
A Porsche Cayenne SUV, seen on the Third Ring Road in Beijing in 2013. The good Porsche was wrapped in a shiny dark blue wrap and further dressed up with darkened windows, white alloy wheels, and gray roof rails.
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An Audi A5 Cabriolet, seen in Beijing in 2013. The good Audi is wrapped in a universe wrap. These were very popular in the late 2000’s in China. They showed the entire universe in brilliant colors. Any martian would be able to point out his/her planet. License plates are of Tianjin Municipality.
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A Honda CR-Z, seen in 2018 in Beijing. The sporty Honda was painted in bright red and stood on the the factory standard alloy wheels. The Honda CR-Z was a 2-door hybrid made from 2010 until 2016. Honda called it a “sport hybrid coupe”. Continue reading “Honda CR-Z Is A Sporty Hybrid In China”
Here we got a cool FAW Weizhi V2, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2018. The fine V2 was bit dirty but otherwise in a fine shape, painted in blue with the original six-spoke wheels. License plate is from Henan province, a cool seven hours away by road.
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This is a Hanteng X7, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2018. The good X7 was in a great shape, painted in black with gray wheel arches and its bog ‘n shiny grille. License plates are of Hebei province.
Here we have a pretty Beijing-Jeep Grand Cherokee, seen in Beijing in the hot summer of 2018. The good Grand Cherokee was in a fine shape for its years and painted in wine red. This was a factory color but a very rare one, the vast majority of the China-made Grand Cherokees were painted black.
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A nice Ford E150 conversion van, seen in China’s Hebei Province in late December 2019, not far from where I found an abandoned Mercedes-Benz collection.
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Here we have a Volkswagen Sagitar sedan, seen in the far east of Beijing in 2018. The Sagaitar is normally not a significant sedan but this one is thanks to its 京M·68888 license plate.
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A Changhe-Suzuki Changlingwang minivan, seen in Tai’an in Shandong Province in the summer of 2018. Sadly, the good Changlingwang was in a somewhat sad shape. It was used as storage space instead for driving, and it had all sorts of stuff lying around, including some large pieces of stone.
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And that day in the summer of 2018 I visited a Sinogold dealer in Tai’an in Shandong Province. Sinogold became instantly famous in 2018 when they launched the full electric GM3, an MPV that looked way too much like the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso.
