About China's Coolest Cars
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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A very pretty McLaren 650S 3.8T Coupe, seen in the Sanlitun area in Beijing in 2022 by Friend of the Site Joachim, thank you for the picture! The good McLaren is wrapped, from head to toe, in a pink wrap, and further sexed up with darkened windows and black alloy wheels. The wrap appears to be of top quality and contrasts nicely with the black bits.
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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A brilliant Mercedes-Benz 300b Limousine, seen in Beijing back in 2013 on the parking lot of my apartment building near Dongzhimen in central Beijing. The big Mercedes was in a fantastic shape, painted in an original red shade, a fitting color for China. The chrome and wheels looked great too.
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An SUV so big your entire family can sit on the corners of the front bumper; that must be the Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum, and indeed it is. I met this big American land boat at an unofficial Cadillac repair shop in Beijing in 2020.
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A giant Great Wall Canon pickup truck, seen at a Great Wall dealer on a car market in north east Beijing in early 2020. The truck looked stylish in dark blue with a big shiny grille, sporty wheels, and cool LED lights.
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A SouEast Veryca mini MPV, seen in China’s capital Beijing in 2019. The fine little van was in a fine shape, painted in white with steel wheels and some slight damage on the front bumper.
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