About China's Coolest Cars
This is a Nissan N7, a China-only electric sedan based on Chinese technology. The Nissan N7 has 218 hp on the front wheels and a CLTC range of 510 kilometers. It costs $19.6K.
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Here’s an Avatr 06, a pretty Chinese sports sedan. It has eye-catching headlights and a Huawei lidar on the roof. The White/Black car in the photos is the EREV version, with a combined range of 1250 kilometers.
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This is the AUDI E5 Sportback, seen on a local auto show in the Sanlitun District in Beijing. The E5 Sportback is a sporty wagon-like vehicle with an interesting design. The top-spec variant has 787 hp.
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On a hot summer’s day, I went to a Li Auto dealer in Beijing to check out the new i8 SUV and the brand’s many other models. It was about 35 degrees Celsius outside, so I was happy to step inside the ice-cold shop.
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Here’s a pretty Citroen C-Elysee hatchback, seen in the south of Beijing in China earlier this summer. The C-Elysee looked fantastic, very well-maintained, almost as-new. It is rare to see a Chinese Citroen of this age in this shape.
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Here’s a Yuanhang H8, seen near a Yuanhang shop in east Beijing. The H8 is a rare but powerful electric SUV. It has AWD with 670 hp and 745 Nm. The car in the photos is painted in Snow Top White and fitted with dark gray 20-spoke alloy wheels.
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Here’s a Neta S Shooting Brake, seen at a car market in east Beijing. Station wagons are popular in China right now. Many car makers offer new wagons, but Neta was one of the first.
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This is a Wuling Air EV, seen in a residential area in south Beijing. The bizarre machine looked like it had time-traveled from a faraway future. The Air EV is a 30 kW rear-wheel drive car with a 300-km range.
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This is a Deepal S05, a Chinese electric crossover. I met the Deepal in a residential area in the far south of the Chinese capital, Beijing. It had been raining the whole afternoon, so the S05 looked a little muddy.
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The Forthing Xinghai S7 is a stylish Chinese NEV sedan. I spotted it earlier this summer, parked right in front of a Buick dealership in south Beijing. Interestingly, the Xinghai S7 competes directly with the upcoming Buick Electra L7, so maybe the Buick team wanted to have a closer look at one of their future rivals.
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