About China's Coolest Cars
A Lexus LS400 sedan, seen in the winter of 2013 in Beijing, China. The LS400 was painted in a classy shade of red and dressed up considerably with a body kit. The kit included a reworked bumpers and wide side skirts.
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Welcome to Black License Plate Mania In Beijing Part 8 (Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7), where we look at cars with black license plates in the Chinese capital. On the first picture a Hyundai BMW 3-Series sedan with some M-bits with 京A·02230.
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A rare E36 BMW 325is Coupe, Spotted in China in the Dongba area in the far eastern suburbs of Beijing in November 2015. The good 3 was painted in green and in reasonable shape. The paint on the bonnet, roof, and boot lid was heavily damaged, likely caused by bad Bimmer-hating weather.
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Here we have a Toyota Carina E sedan, seen on a car market in Beijing in 2014. The good Toyota was in a fine shape, albeit a bit dusty. It was painted in dark green with tinted windows, and on old black license plates. The Carina E was a compact sedan, positioned above the Toyota Corolla.
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A Suzuki Vitara JX 3-door hardtop with black license plates, seen in 2014 on a car market in Beijing, capital of China. The good Suz’ was in a surprisingly good shape and appeared to be 100% original, up to the Dunlop GrandTrek AT2 tires. Only the paint was fading a little bit, it had a few scratches here and there, and the left-rear hubcap was missing. Not bad for such a fine old car.
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Welcome to Black License Plate Mania In Beijing Part 7 (Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6), where we look at cars with black license plates in the Chinese capital. On the first picture a Hyundai Tiburion with 京A·27197.
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A beautiful fourth generation Honda Accord sedan, seen on a car market in Beijing in 2016. It was in a reasonable shape and very much in need of a good cleanup and some love. The good Honda has a black 京A· 40108 license plate. And that makes it the fourth 4th-generation Accord with such plates that I have seen. Earlier on I met 京A·07472 and 京A·03383 and 京A·04621. But this is the first one in red!
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A Lexus LS400 sedan with black license plates, seen on a small car repair area in north Beijing in 2015. The good Lexus was covered with a thick layer of dust but it didn’t seem abandoned. It was painted in wine red and had its original allow wheels on.
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A first generation Lincoln Town Car with black license plates, seen in central Beijing in early 2012. The big American sedan was in a perfect shape and looked almost as new. It was painted in pearl white with a dark-red vinyl top, further made pretty with darkened windows and still fitted with the original factory alloy wheels.
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One of the most interesting things about life in Beijing is the unpredictability and spontaneity of the place – its honestly a city where you’ll rarely meet the same people or have the same experiences day-to-day. This also applied until fairly recently to the car-scene in the city, and what brings us to this Lancia Thema, one of the most interesting and unique cars I came across in China’s capital.
