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A beautiful BMW 330 Ci, as seen on a car market in the west of the Chinese capital Beijing. The speedy Bimmer was a bit dusty but otherwise in great shape, painted in Titanium Silver and still rolling on the original alloy wheels.
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This has to be one of the rarest cars in China I have ever seen. There are only a few dozen E46 BMW 3-Series coupes in the country. And, as far as I know, this is the only one in red with black license plates and with a manual gearbox! Yes, this sporty little Bimmer is rarer than most Ferraris. I saw it in Beijing back in 2016 and it looked brilliant.
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An extremely beautiful BMW 5-Series Touring, seen close to the Third Ring Road in east Beijing in 2014. The good Bimmer looked picture perfect, painted in dark green and prettied up by 20 inch tires with sporty multi-spoke wheels. The E39 BMW 5-Series was manufactured from 1995 until 2004 with a facelift in 2001, this is a pre-facelifted car.
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We relentlessly continue with our wrapped cars theme tonight. This here is a BMW X6 SUV-coupe, seen in 2013 in the Chinese capital Beijing. The Bimmer was wrapped in a matte black ‘carbon’ wrap and fitted with a badass after-market body kit. What, is not to love?
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A BMW i3, seen in Beijing in 2019. The Bimmer was looking good in a brown-black paint job with darkened windows. 京Q license plates indicate this is a company-owned car.
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A pink BMW 320 Li, seen in China in October 2015. The BMW was wrapped from heat to toe in a shiny pink wrap, giving lots of color to the gray surroundings. The wrap was properly applied and covered the door handles and mirrors. The chrome trim was left as it was, making for a nice contrast with the pink body and darkened windows.
A rare E36 BMW 325is Coupe, Spotted in China in the Dongba area in the far eastern suburbs of Beijing in November 2015. The good 3 was painted in green and in reasonable shape. The paint on the bonnet, roof, and boot lid was heavily damaged, likely caused by bad Bimmer-hating weather.
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A beautiful BMW 850 CSi, seen in June 2015 in Lido area in Beijing. I first met her in 2012. At that time, it looked like a totally new car. And even in 2015, she looked factory fresh. The owner clearly put in a lot of time and money to keep this car alive.
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As our good readers may know, the team at CoolCarsInChina has a very healthy obsession with license plates: black plates, embassy plates, white plates, and otherwise special plates. The license plates of this F01 BMW 740Li fall in that final category: 京N·77AA7. That’s a triple seven on a 7-Series. That can’t be a coincidence and it likely wasn’t any. Great plate for a great car. I met it in east Beijing in 2015.
The fifth generation F01 BMW 7-Series was made from 2008 until 2015, it was only the second generation 7-Series that was officially sold in China. Beige color was a popular color on the Chinese car market. I remember many were sold in this shade. Our 京N·77AA7 has a beige interior too.
BMW only sold the long-wheelbase L models in China, and only powered by petrol engines. The 740Li was powered by a 3.0 liter win-turbocharged six-in-line with output of 322 hp and 450 Nm. Top speed was 250 km/h and 0-100 was all gone in a speedy 6 seconds. Price started at 1.18 million yuan (2009). Lot of money but lot of car, especially with that license plate!
