A very nice Volkswagen Passat GL, seen in the far east of Beijing in 2015. The vehicle appeared to be in a pretty good shape although it seemed that the black paint was an over-spray.
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Volkswagen Golf R Has A Purple Black Wrap In China
A very spacey Volkswagen Golf R, seen in central Beijing next to Volkswagen’s China headquarters in 2010. The license plate is extra cool, as Volkswagen initially planned to call it the ‘R20’.
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Volkswagen New Beetle Is Matte Pink In China
A pretty Volkswagen New Beetle, seen in east Beijing in 2014. The jumpy Beetle was wrapped in a matte pink wrap, and further dressed up with a black Volkswagen badge, a black roof, dark-gray wheels, tinted windows, black mirrors, and cartoon-wrap side skirts.
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Volkswagen New Beetle Is A Leopard In China
A very different Volkswagen New Beetle. It is wrapped in a classy orange-yellow-brown leopard wrap. The wrap extends all over the car, including mirrors, bumpers, and the door handles. Continue reading “Volkswagen New Beetle Is A Leopard In China”
Washing The Taxi In China
A taxi car-washing place, seen in the not-so far east of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2011. In those days, the mandatory color was yellow, with taxi companies allowed to choose a second color.
The yellow shirt for taxi drivers was, and still is, mandatory as well. This famous shirt-rule came into effect in 2007 in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Volkswagen Santana Variant Is Very Unlucky In China
A dark blue Volkswagen Santana Variant, seen near Ikea in Beijing in 2009. The license plate reads 京E·04444. In Chinese culture and tradition, 4 is a very unlucky number, comparable with 13 in the West.
Most people, therefore, prefer to avoid a 4 on their license plate, fearing bad luck. The driver of this car is not so superstitious, he got himself four fours! That’s bad luck².
The Volkswagen Santana Variant station wagon was made by Shanghai-Volkswagen from 1987 until 2013, yes you read that right. It was a very popular carrier and today it has achieved somewhat of a cult status. Deservedly so!
Also note the Sinopec 2008 Olympics sticker on the left side of the window, this was for a nation-wide sponsored competition in 2007, just before the start of the Beijing Olympics. Whoever had the sticker on their car could win huge prizes. There was a TV show about it and what not. Also, in the background is a Beijing subway train.
Volkswagen Citi Golf CLX Is White In China
A super cool Volkswagen Citi Golf CLX, seen on a snowy winter’s day in 2009 in the faraway Tongzhou District in east Beijing, capital of China. The good Volkswagen stood parked on a corner near a public gym, complete with two table-tennis tables! That day, nobody was playing.
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Volkswagen Individual Touareg W12 Is Dark Blue In China
Here we have a very pretty Volkswagen Individual Touareg W12, seen on a second-hand car market in the great city of Chengdu in China in 2016. The massively impressive SUV was on sale for a steep 520.500 yuan. Good deal! When new in 2006, price was a far steeper 1.58 million yuan. Not many were sold in China, so seeing one in the wild is very special.
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Volkswagen Citi Golf Is Wine Red In China
This little wine-red beauty is a Volkswagen Citi Golf. The great VW was in good shape. Sure it was dusty, but was it not in the capital? The Volkswagen badge up front was made of metal and thus a bit rusty.
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A Volkswagen Santana 2000 Police-Fire Car In The Rain In Beijing
A Volkswagen Santana 2000 in heavy rain in Beijing. Note the cool Xiali sedan in the background on the right.
This vehicle belongs to the fire prevention and control (消防) department of the police, so it is a bit of both a police car and a fire brigade car. The white license plates are used by the police, People’s Armed Police (PAP), and by the armed forces.
I took this photo in 2010, when the old white license plates were still in use. WJ stands for wujing (武警), a collective abbreviation police and armed forces. 31 stands for Beijing.
The Santana 2000 was one of many Santana variants manufactured by the SAIC-Volkswagen joint venture in Shanghai. It was rather rare to see Shanghai-made cars in public service in Beijing, as the local government mostly bought locally-made cars, like Hyundais and Beijings, and such.
Anyway, with so much rain, the firefighters probably had an easy night!