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Rolls-Royce Cullinan Is Turquoise Blue And Matte Gray In China

Rolls-Royce Cullinan

A Rolls-Royce Cullinan, seen in Beijing in 2021 by Joachim, thank you for the photo! The gigantic Roller is painted in an interesting bespoke color scheme with a turquoise blue body and the matte gray bonnet and roof. The windows are darkened and it stands on the standard 5-twin spoke wheels.

The Cullinan is a boat of car with suicide doors, 5.3 meters long and weighing a massive 2.7 ton. Price is steep too, starting at 6.1 million yuan. Happily, it has lots of power to move its weight. Engine is a 6.7 liter twin-turbocharged V12 engine with an output of 563 hp and 850 Nm.

The engine is mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission sending horses to all four wheels. Top speed is limited to 250 kilometers per hour and 0-100 is gone in 5.2 seconds. It takes a but of gasoline though, as the Cullinan drinks 14.9 liters per 100 kilometer, no matter which color is has.

Tesla Model S In Pink In China

A Tesla Model S, seen at a Tesla charging station in Beijing in January 2019 by Lao Wei, thank you for the picture! The Model S was wrapped in a matte pink rosé wrap, and further dressed up with darkened rear windows, dark headlight visors, and dark black wheels. Inside sits a female with a yellow cap on her head, it seems she is looking at her phone.

The wrap seems high quality and it is neatly wrapped around the whole car, leaving only the window frames and the door handles. Like in the rest of the world, Tesla only offers a very limited number of colors for their cars in China. Wraps are cheap so many Tesla’s get the wrapping treatment.

Current price of the Tesla Model S in 2019 started at 722.800 yuan, which was, and still is, very steep. The Model S never really took off in China but the X became quite popular. But Tesla sales really took off with the Tesla Model 3, and later on with the China-made Model 3.

BMW 850ci With Black License Plate Seen In Shanghai

BMW 850ci

A BMW 850ci, seen by reader Scott in Shanghai in 2016. The pretty coupe was in a great shape and painted in white, a color rarely seen on the 8-Series. It also has an equally rare black Shanghai 沪A·05682 license plate.

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Lada Samara 1.5i Is A Rare Russian Sedan In China

Lada Samara

A white Lada Samara 1.5i sedan, seen by my friend Amin K. in Beijing in 2012. The good Samara was in a reasonable shape, albeit dusty and in need of some love. The sporty alloys appear to be an after-market addition but the don’t look bad under the Lada. The blue 京A license plate is ultra old and ultra rare. It indicates that this very car was one of the earliest privately owned cars in Beijing.

The Lada Samara was made, in many forms and variants, from 1984 until 2013 (!). The four-door hatchback was the most common body style, followed by the sedan. The Samara 1.5i model debuted in 1995. It was powered by a 1.5 liter four-cylinder petrol engine with an output of 70 hp and 118 Nm. The engine was mated to a 5-speed manual, sending horses to the front wheels.

The Samara was imported into China in small quantities in period. Not via the normal business-to-business way, but more via government-to-government trade deals that could include all kinds of goods, from grain to construction equipment, from booze to cars. Happily, this Lada Samara 1.5i sedan survived the times for quite a bit, at least until 2012.

Mk2 Volkswagen Golf GTI In Pink In China

Pink Volkswagen Golf Mk2

A very striking Mk2 Volkswagen Golf GTI, seen by reader Ulrich in Shanghai in 2016. The great Golf is a work of art. It is painted in a very shiny pink with contrasting bumpers, mirrors, door handles, and other trim. The interior is in black leather with pink seatbelts and a pink steering wheel cover.

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Qiantu K50 Is A Rare Chinese Electric Super Car

A Qiantu K50, seen by my good friend Joachim C. in the great city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. The K50 is painted in a pretty smurf blue and further sexed up with darkened windows and black wheels. The Qiantu K50 was made by a company called Qiantu Motors, which in turn was a spinoff of the automotive technology company CH Auto. After a long and complex development period, the Qiantu K50 finally hit the market in 2018.

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BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo Is Pink In China

A very pink BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo, seen up in the mountains by Joachim, thank you for the photos!

The Bimmer is wrapped in a high quality pink wrap, and further sexed up with black wheels, darkened head lights, darkened side windows, a black grille, and even the mirror frames are in the same shade of black.

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