About China's Coolest Cars
It has been a while, but here we go with Part 9 of Black License Plate Mania in Beijing. In the first photo a Mercedes-Benz ML 430 with 京A·23893, as seen in a local maintenance shop, with the hood open.
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A beautiful Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan, seen in Beijing in May 2014. The compact German limousine was in great shape, black with darkened windows, and sitting on the original alloy wheels. Sadly, the Mercedes hood ornament was missing. But I didn’t care, because this old Benz had the oldest black license plate I had ever seen:
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A pretty Ford Probe, as seen in Beijing in 2012. It was painted in a fiery shade of red with darkened windows and white alloy wheels. The black license plates are from Tianjin Municipality.
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A first-generation Lexus SC400 coupe, as seen in Shanghai in 2014 by Antoine Chalendard. The SC400 looks great in dark red, with a gold Lexus logo and black Shanghai license plates.
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This has to be one of the rarest cars in China I have ever seen. There are only a few dozen E46 BMW 3-Series coupes in the country. And, as far as I know, this is the only one in red with black license plates and with a manual gearbox! Yes, this sporty little Bimmer is rarer than most Ferraris. I saw it in Beijing back in 2016 and it looked brilliant.
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A Honda Accord 2.2 EXi sedan, as seen in Beijing in the summer of 2016. The Honda looked great in dark green, with slightly tinted windows, the original wheel covers, and the iconic black license plates.
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Here we have a Honda Fit, painted in dark blue with darkened windows. I met it in November 2017 in south-central Beijing, The Honda Fit is normally not a super remarkable car but this particular example had ultra special black 京A·31313 license plates.
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A near perfect first generation Lexus RX300 with black license plates. I met the crossover SUV in November 2017 in Beijing. The Lexus was parked in front of a compound that was home to many long-term expats from Japan, so I regularly went there to find some cool Japanese cars.
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A Volvo 940 GL sedan with black license plates, seen in Beijing in 2013. The good Volvo was in a very good shape, painted in dark blue with darkened windows and fitted with pretty sporty alloy wheels.
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A Kia Pride hatchback with black license plates, seen in the suburbs of Beijing. The China-made Pride was painted in light gold, a popular color in period. It was clearly still used and in reasonable shape for its age.
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