About China's Coolest Cars
A Beijing EV200 electric car, seen in a BAIC BJEV dealer in Beijing in 2016. The small EV looked nice in white, with minuscule wheels, blue detailing, and a bright red interior. Handily, the price was displayed on a display on the roof: 116.900 yuan, and after paying I could go home with that very car at that very moment. But I didn’t.
Continue reading “Beijing EV200 Was A Small EV Based On A Smart-Mitsubishi”
A Hongqi H7 sedan, seen in Beijing in the early spring if 2016. The Hongqi H7 has a distinctive clean design with a large shiny grille and large headlights. The multispoke ally wheels are factory standard. Some 99% of all H7’s sold was black. I have seen some white ones, but never one in blue or red or any other color.
Continue reading “Hongqi H7 2.5 V6 Is A Large Chinese Sedan With Japanese DNA”
A very pretty yet very dusty Volvo 960 sedan, seen at a small car repair shop in north Beijing in 2016. The good Volvo was dirty and dusty with partially deflated tires, but overall in a fine shape. License plates are of Sichuan Province, some 1800 kilometers by road. That’s like a super market run in a Volvo, is it not?
Here we have a pretty Longci Tricycle, a 3-wheel electric vehicle with five doors. It looks brilliantly cool in red-white two tone paint, with a bull bar, a sun roof, a roof rack, a shiny grille, and a large single windshield wiper.
Continue reading “Longqi Tricycle Is A Tiny Five-Door EV From China”
A Landwind X7 SUV, seen in Beijing in 2016, with Hebei Province license plates. The good X7 was painted in a light shade of green with black and silver pillars and the factory multispoke alloy wheels.
Continue reading “The Landwind X7 Was A Near-Perfect Copy Of The Land Rover Evoque”
A pristine Toyota Camry XV20 sedan, seen in China’s capital Beijing in 2016. The Camry was in a very good shape for its years, painted in a clean shade of white and still standing on the original factory alloy wheels. License plate is an oldie, likely with the car from first registration.
Continue reading “Toyota Camry XV20 2.2 Is A Cool Japanese Sedan In China”
A pretty Ferrari 458 Italia, seen on the parking lot of the Beijing United Family Hospital in 2016. The great Italian sportsmachine was painted in Ferrari red and covered with a thin layer of Beijing dust.
Continue reading “Ferrari 458 Italia Is Always Pretty In Red In China”
A Dongfeng Xiaokang K07S minivan, seen on the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing by our good friend Lao Wei, thank you for the picture! The little Dongfeng has an interesting sticker on the window, saying B.P.R.D Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.
Continue reading “Chinese Van Works For The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D)”
A cool Yema F12 SUV, seen in Beijing back in 2016. The Yema was in a fine shape, painted in black with the factory wheels. License plates are from Hebei Province. The Yema F12 was a wagon-like SUV manufactured from 2011 until 2014. This kind of ultra short production runs were very common at Yema.
Continue reading “Yema F12 Is A Yema F99 Is With Modern Looks”
An Opel Zafira MPV, seen in Beijing in 2016. The good Opel was dusty and a little dirty but otherwise in a fine shape, painted in a boring gray with sporty five-spoke wheels. The Zafira was a compact MPV that was hugely popular in Europe.
Continue reading “Opel Zafira 1.8 Is A Compact German MPV In China”
