About China's Coolest Cars
Here’s a Beijing BJ80, seen at a car market in the far southwest of the Chinese capital, Beijing. The boxy SUV looked great in Dark Night Black, and it was fitted with the original 18-inch five-spoke alloy wheels.
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Here’s a Beijing BJ90 SUV, spotted in north Beijing earlier this year. The BJ90 has a big V8 under the hood, and at the time, it was one of China’s most powerful and most expensive cars. But it was not totally Chinese.
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Here’s a Beijing BJ40L 70 Anniversary Edition, seen at a car market in Beijing in 2023. The big off-road machine looked great, almost as new. It stands next to the larger BJ90 SUV.
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Here’s a Beijing BJ40e, seen in Beijing in the summer of 2024. The vehicle was brand new, just out of the factory, and yet without license plates. The Lava Red color works great on the SUV.
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This is the Beijing EX3 R600, a Chinese electric car. I saw this Cold Blue EX3 in the Chinese capital Beijing in the summer of 2023. It is one of the strangest-looking Chinese EVs I have ever seen.
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This big black machine is a Beijing BJ60, seen in Beijing city, covered with a layer of Beijing dust. The BJ60 is a big old-school SUV with a lot of bling all around, with shiny bits around the lights and in the bumper. It also has chromed window frames and roof rails.
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On that great hot day in summer, I went to have a look at the local Beijing deal, mystery shopper style. The dealer is located in a large car market area in the far north of the Chinese capital. The building was easy to find and looked impressive from the outside, with large glass panels and a high pillar on the left side.
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This is a Beijing Auto D280 sedan, as seen in Beijing in 2014. It was painted in a classy shade of black with darkened windows and gray alloy wheels. The license plates are from Shandong Province.
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This is an ArcFox Alpha S, a full-electric Chinese sedan-coupe, or you could call it an SUV-coupe. ArcFox calls it a sedan. I met this light-gray Alpha S in Beijing on a rainy day in the summer of 2023.
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A Changhe A6, seen in front of a Changhe dealer in Tai’an in Shandong Province in the summer of 2018. The A6 was painted bright red with darkened windows and black mirror stalks. The car stood on a light red carpet, a rather crappy carpet for that matter. And faded. It was once as red as the car, probably, but it had almost turned into pink.
