About China's Coolest Cars
Here we have a cool Bentley Flying Spur sedan, seen in Beijing in 2017. The Flying Spur looked great in ‘Fireglow’ dark red with darkened windows and the factory-standard silver gray 5-spoke alloy wheels.
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A beautiful Bentley Continental 4.0 GT V8, seen in 2017 in the Chinese capital Beijing. The big Bentley was painted in a fiery bright color that Bentley called ‘St James Red’, and it does look great on the car.
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A stately Bentley Arnage sedan, seen at a restaurant in the mountains to the north of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2011. The Arnage was painted in a pretty shade of dark green and loaded with chrome. The license plates, with a rare triple 3 sequence, are of Jiangsu province. That’s a driving distance of at least 1000 kilometers. Must have been quite a ride in that big Bentley.
The Bentley Arnage was officially sold in China from 2004 until 2009. The car on the photo is a 2005 Arnage R, powered by the massive 6.75 liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine, good for 450 hp and 875 Nm. Power went to the rear wheels via a six-speed automatic gearbox. Price in China was a sweet 4.98 million yuan. The Arnage never sold very well on the Chinese market and these early examples are particularly rare.
A rare Bentley Continental GT Coupe Design Series China, seen in central Beijing in 2014, parked neatly on the pavement. It was painted in a pretty kind of blue, matching nicely with mega shiny wheels and trim.
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A big Bentley Bentayga SUV, seen on a cold winter’s day in central Beijing earlier this month by Friend of the Site Lao Wei, thank you for the photos! The Bentley is parked in front of a small restaurant, protected by yellow-black traffic cones that are a very common sight at road-side parking lots.
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A Bentley Continental GT Convertible Design Series China, seen in east Beijing in 2012. The big Bentley looked brilliant in the afternoon sun, parked behind a shiny gray fence that somehow matches nicely with the car.
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A stealthy Bentley Continental GT, seen in Beijing in 2012. The big ‘Ben was wrapped in a matte black wrap, and further dressed up with darkened windows and multi-spoke matte gray alloys.
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We all love a good Bentley, even more so when the numbers add up. That day, back in the great year of 2013, I met this fine Bentley Continental GT in central Beijing, not far from the east section of the Second Ring Road.
There are a lot of Bentley’s in Beijing but this fine example was especially notable because of its triple 7 license plate. That is a very rare sight. In Chinese numerology, seven is a good number for relationships, but it also sounds like “to deceive”, and as a slang word for penis in Cantonese. Take your pick! The Q indicates this Bentley is registered as a company-car.
Back in the 2010’s Bentley was everywhere in China. It is a bit less obvious now, de to the changing political winds. In 2013, price of the Continental GT started just above 4 million yuan, which translated to some $660.000.
A pretty pink Bentley Continental GT, seen in May 2011 opposite the Opposite House hotel in the Sanlitun bar area in Beijing. I sat on a terrace across the street and there was a big bright sun, hence the somewhat un-sharp picture. Note the flyer under the door handle, which the driver hadn’t care to take away. As far as I could see the driver was a female, with long black hair and large sunglasses.
Beijing’s famous dust makes classy cars even classier. Case in point: this majestic Bentley Azure Mulliner, seen in 2014 at the Beijing Tuning Tribe. The car was at SCC for maintenance and stood uncovered on a parking lot.
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