A Mazda 6 sedan, seen in Beijing in 2013. The good Mazda was wrapped in a matte pink wrap and further sexed up with pink wheels and darkened windows. The triple 6 license plate completes the already pretty picture.
Category: First Auto Works (FAW)
Hongqi HQ300 Is A Chinese-Japanese Sedan At Home In Changchun
A Hongqi HQ300 sedan, seen in the great city of Changchun in 2016. The good Hongqi was painted in black, like 99.9% of these cars always were. It was in a fine shape with the original alloy wheels and the ultra cool Hongqi ornament on the hood.
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A Very Early FAW-Volkswagen Audi 100 In China
A super rare super early FAW-Volkswagen Audi 100 sedan, seen in 2015 in the Wangjing District in the the Chinese capital Beijing. The good Audi was in a reasonable shape for its age; paint was a bit tired and there was some damage under the left light headlight.
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Hongqi CA7220E Is Another Audi-based Chinese Sedan
A Hongqi CA7220E sedan, seen in central Beijing in 2011. The good Hongqi was very dusty but in a fine overall shape. It still had the red flag hood ornament and the original 5-spoke sporty wheels.
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Hongqi E-HS3 Is A Cool Chinese Electric Crossover SUV
This is the Hongqi E-HS3, a cool electric crossover SUV from China. I saw it at a Hongqi dealer in the cold Beijing winter in late December 2020. It looked great in red with its huge shiny grille, the Hongqi hood ornament, and pretty alloy wheels.
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Hongqi H7 2.5 V6 Is A Large Chinese Sedan With Japanese DNA
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.
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Hongqi CA7200E3L Is A Long Wheelbase Chinese Limousine Based On The Audi 100
A majestic Hongqi CA7200E3L, seen in the winter of 2011 alongside the Second Ring Road in Beijing. The big Red Flag was in a great shape. As always, it was painted in black. And also as always, it was very dusty.
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This MK2 Jetta was THE ultimate taxi in China!
The MK2 Volkswagen Jetta can be called the people’s car of China, its success together with the Santana in the Chinese market from the early 90s till well into the millennium the reason that Volkswagen is currently the most popular-selling car brand in China…although with the way ID4 sales are going this might be at risk in the future.
Anyways, the Jetta was also for a long time the most popular taxi-model in mainland China, and I remember very well often getting rides in examples pushing over 800,000km (600k miles)!
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Hongqi HS5 Is A Compact Luxury Chinese SUV
A Hongqi HS5, seen in Beijing in 2019. The Hongqi HS5 is a premium SUV manufactured by China’s famous Hongqi brand, best known for their large state limousines. The Hongqi HS5 launched on the Chinese car market in 2019.
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The Besturn B30 Is An Unknown Chinese Sedan
A very nice Besturn B30 sedan, seen in Beijing in 2016. The good Besturn was painted in white and fitted with factory-standard sporty five spoke wheels. Besturn was a brand under First Auto Works (FAW). In 2018 the English name changed to Bestune but the Chinese name remained the same (奔腾, Benteng).
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