About China's Coolest Cars
Here’s a Tank 400 Hi4-T, seen in the far south of the Chinese capital, Beijing. The color is Nebula Gray; some 90% of all Tank 400 buyers go for this stealthy shade. It also has a large roof rack and a ladder.
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Here’s a Hongqi Qijian CA7460, seen at a car market in Beijing. The big Hongqi looked a little dusty but seemed otherwise in good shape. It was black, as they all are, with a shiny grille and loads of chrome.
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This is the 2025 Xpeng X9 Performance, seen in Beijing. The giant machine looks more like a spaceship than a car, especially in this pretty Nebula White color, combined with darkened windows and gray aero wheels.
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I love Chinese police cars. In the summer of 2018, I was riding around the far east of Beijing with my red Luyuan electric scooter. At one moment, I crossed a railway and found a yard filled with decommissioned police cars from the 1990s, including many classic Beijing Jeep Cherokees.
That made my day. Two elderly police men guarded the place; they were playing cards in the gray building in the background. They didn’t show much surprise about me showing up, and didn’t mind me walking around and taking photos. So, here we go:
Here’s a Chery Fulwin A9L, a large aerodynamic sedan with a PHEV powertrain. I met it in front of a Chery dealer in southern Beijing. It is a great-looking car, featuring a lot of tech and power.
Continue reading “Chery Fulwin A9L: Streamlined PHEV With 470 kW For $27K”
Here’s a Hyundai XG300, seen in 2016 at a makeshift parking lot near a restaurant mall in eastern Beijing. The Ebony Black sedan looked fantastic for its age, with lots of shiny chrome, slightly darkened windows, and fitted with the original factory alloy wheels.
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Here’s a Wanfeng Suda SUV, seen in the far east of Beijing, capital of China. It looked fantastic for its age, with sporty wheels and black Beijing license plates. Let’s have a closer look at the car and at its manufacturer.
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This is a BMW i3 e-Drive 35 L, seen parked along the roadside in Beijing, capital of China. The BMW i3 is a China-only long-wheelbase fully-electric variant of the BMW 3-Series L. This BMW i3 sedan should not be confused with the BMW i3 hatchback.
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I went to an M-Hero dealer in Beijing to check out the new M-Hero M817. I checked the cars, the stuff, and everything else. The M817 is a monster off-road SUV with up to 505 kW and 848 Nm. This is what I saw:
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This is the ORA Good Cat, seen on a warm spring day in Beijing, the capital of China. The Good Cat looked brand new, painted in Pink Coral/Black, with five-spoke alloy wheels, and darkened windows.
Continue reading “ORA Good Cat: A Cool EV With143 HP And A 401 KM Range”
