About China's Coolest Cars
Here we have a rare first generation Volkswagen Sharan, seen at Volkswagen’s China headquarter’s in the Sanlitun embassy area in Beijing. The good Sharan has diplomatic license plates, and belongs to the German embassy.
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A fine Volkswagen Sharan MPV, seen in the far east of the Chinese capital Beijing. It was covered in a heavy load of China’s famous dust, painted in green, and standing on sporty five-spoke wheels.
This is the Volkswagen Jetta Sport, a sporty variant of the Jetta sedan. It comes with a racy body kit, fiery red paint, a black grille, shiny alloys, and a small spoiler on the back.
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This is a first generation Volkswagen LT28 van, painted in a fading yellow, with very old wheels, and equipped with a cooling system. What did it carry? German beer perhaps..?
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This big black barge is a Volkswagen Santana Vista 1.8, the last of the Brazilian Volkswagens in China. The Santana Vista was the successor of the Santana 3000, which in turn was the successor of the Santana 2000.
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A black Volkswagen Santana 2000 1.8 GSi, seen on the road in the Chinese capital Beijing. The old Volkswagen was in a reasonable shape, but clearly in need of some work and love.
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This gray monster is a real Volkswagen New Beetle RSi, one of only 250 examples made, and the only one in China. I found it in October 2016 on a car-repair market in Dongba, in the far east of Beijing. The great Beetle was dirty and dusty, and apparently abandoned.
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Production of the B6 Volkswagen Passat in China started in 2003 and ended all the way up in 2011. Over the years it was updated and facelifted several times. The car we have here is a 2007-2009 2.8 V6, the highest spec B6 Passat in China, and probably in the world.
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This is a Volkswagen Jetta CiX, painted in silver with black license plates. The old Jetta was in need of some maintenance, but overall in a decent shape.
A virgin white Volkswagen Santana 2000, with black bumpers and half-doors. The good Santana was in a very good shape, probably the best of kind that I have ever seen.
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