About China's Coolest Cars
A fourth generation Dodge Caravan minivan, seen in Beijing in 2018. The Caravan was in a great shape for its years, painted in black with darkened windows and with the original factory wheels. This Caravan was manufactured in China by SouEast under a deal with Chrysler.
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A streamlined Chrysler Intrepid sedan, seen in the summer of 2015 in Beijing, capital of China. The good Chrysler was is a great shape, painted in silver with tinted windows and fitted with sporty five-spoke alloy wheels. The Chrysler Intrepid was only sold in Canada. Elsewhere, it was known as the Dodge Intrepid.
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A Chysler Sebring Touring convertible, seen in the north of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2020. The pretty American cabriolet was in a very good shape, painted in dark red with a back top, a black grille, darkened windows, and a set of sporty after-market alloy wheels.
A gigantic Chrysler Concorde LX sedan, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2019. The Concorde was in a fine shape, painted in a purple shade of black and fitted with the original alloy wheels, which were in dire need of a cleanup.
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An enormous Chrysler 300C stretched limousine, seen in the winter of 2019 in China’s Hebei Province. The 300C was extended by at least five meters in the middle, making it the longest 300C I had ever seen.
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A Chrysler PT Cruiser, seen in east Beijing in the early spring of 2016. The PT Cruiser is always an odd car too process. It is oddly ugly on one side, and oddly cool on the other.
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A gorgeous second-generation Chrysler Concorde sedan, seen in the Chinese capital Beijing in 2010. The gigantic American sedan was in a good general shape, with shiny paint, darkened rear windows, and factory original alloys.
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A very nice Plymouth Sundance, seen back in the great autumn of 2012 in Beijing. The vehicle seemed in fine condition, painted in white with a red brown stripe over the sides. Note the odd placement of the antenna.
And that day in 2010 I went to a new-energy show in Beijing. Local hero Beijing Auto Industry Corporation (BAIC) had a big booth on the show with all sorts of Beijing-branded concept cars including two EVs.
BAIC was on a roll those days. They had just purchased the rights to the Saab 9-5 and Saab 9-3 from General Motors, including the 2.0 and 2.3 turbo engines. The Beijing C71 was a concept car based on the Saab 9-5. It got a modernized new front, a new rear, new badges, and new wheels.
This is a Sanxing SXZ6490 second generation Dodge Caravan. Sanxing Auto, translated as 3-Star, was a Guangdong-based company that made a wild range of cars in the 1990’s and early 2002’s.
