About China's Coolest Cars
A Lincoln Town Car Cartier L, seen in the Lido area in Beijing back in 2016. The big American sedan was in great shape, painted in a classy shade of black with a shipload of shiny chrome. License plates are from Tianjin Municipality.
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A Lincoln Town Car stretched limousine, seen in Tai’an in Shandong Province in the summer of 2018. The enormous machine was in a great shape and perfectly maintained. The white paint looked as new and the chrome bits were as shiny as ever.
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A first generation Lincoln Town Car with black license plates, seen in central Beijing in early 2012. The big American sedan was in a perfect shape and looked almost as new. It was painted in pearl white with a dark-red vinyl top, further made pretty with darkened windows and still fitted with the original factory alloy wheels.
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A massive Lincoln MKT, seen in Beijing in 2019, painted in a dark shade of black with gray multi spoke alloys. The Lincoln MKT has always been an interesting and somewhat odd car, mixing elements of a wagon and an SUV. It shares much of its underpinnings with the similarly interesting Ford Flex.
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A beautiful black Lincoln Town Car, seen on a snowy day in front of a Buick dealer in China. The big Lincoln had some trouble down at the rear axle but looked otherwise okay. The blue 京A·U0448 license plate is as old as the car, and indicates this Lincoln was one of the very first privately registered cars in Beijing.
The second generation Lincoln Town Car was made from 1990 until 1997, and some were officially sold in China by General Motors. Power came from a 4.6 liter V8 engine with an output of 210 hp. The motor was mated to a 4-speed automatic, sending horses to the rear wheels. This generation Town Car was also the basis for the Hongqi CA7460 series.
An ultra long Lincoln Town Car Royale stretched limousine, seen in the far west of Beijing on a sunny day. The limousine was available for rent, but it looked a bit neglected.
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This is one of my favorite cars ever: the massive Hongqi Qijian CA7460 sedan, seen here at the Poly Theater in central Beijing. The Hongqi was in super shape, totally clean and largely original.
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This is, without a doubt, the best Lincoln Town Car I have ever seen in China. It is also the last of the big-barge luxurious American cars, a kind of vehicle that has never returned. Lincoln makes small cars now, Cadillac makes sporty things, and Chrysler makes Fiats.
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