About China's Coolest Cars
A pretty Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 roadster, seen in 2014 in Beijing, capital of China. The coolest thing first: the 京E·60000 license plate. I can’t remember ever seeing another car in China with four zero’s behind the first number. truly unique plate on a relatively rare car.
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A brilliantly beautiful W140 Mercedes-Benz S600 SEL sedan, seen on a car market in east Beijing in 2017. The most striking element of the big Mercedes was its light green color, a very unusual shade for the S-Class. It also had very old black 京A·01688 license plates.
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Two Jinbei-GM Chevrolet Blazer SUVs, seen on a car market in Beijing in January 2017, one in dark green and one in silver. Both cars were a bit dusty but otherwise in a very good shape.
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A Chevrolet Epica sedan, seen in the far north of Beijing in 2019. The Epica was painted black and in a fine overall shape. The Chevrolet Epica was a mid-sized sedan made in China by the Shanghai-GM joint venture.
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On a cold and snowy day in late December 2019 I drove into Hebei Province, to the east of the Chinese capital Beijing. I was looking for a shop with all sorts of cool cars. Sadly, that shop was closed and gone. This happens all the time in China so I walked around the area. Just a little further down the road I found a fantastic collection of 1990’s Mercedes-Benz cars, all painted in the same shade of black.
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A Toyota Reiz sedan, seen in the central south of China’s capital Beijing in 2013, not far from where I spotted a Ford Focus sedan with a body kit on that very same day.
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A Ford Focus sedan, seen on south central Beijing in February 2013. The good Focus was severely sexed up, changing the otherwise rather boring sedan in a true babe magnet.
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There are Hello Kitty ears on the roof and a bunch of stuffed animals on the dash top, including a panda. And check the hand on the wheel, that’s a little lady driving! No surprise, really, considering the car’s color and details.
The McLaren 650S super car was made from 2014 until 2017. It was powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.8 liter V8 engine with an output of 650 hp and 678 Nm. The motor was mated to a 7-speed DCT, sending horses to the rear wheels. Top speed is 333 kilometers per hour and 0-100 takes only three pink seconds. Price in China (2014) started at 3.75 million yuan. A wrap of this quality costs at least another 10.000. Well, if it makes her happy…
A Hongqi CA7220E sedan, seen in central Beijing in 2011. The good Hongqi was very dusty but in a fine overall shape. It still had the red flag hood ornament and the original 5-spoke sporty wheels.
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A Cadillac CTS sedan, seen in 2013 in the great city of Shanghai by Friend of the Site San-Ano, thank you for the pictures! The good Cadillac is wrapped in a matte orange wrap and further dressed up with darkened rear windows. The front is full with dust and dirt, as if she had made a long ride earlier on.
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