About China's Coolest Cars
This is a W140 Mercedes-Benz S 280, seen in a central Beijing office area in February 2013. The big Mercedes looked absolutely perfect! It was very rare to see a W140 in this condition in China – especially in the winter. The owner clearly took very good care of his S 280.
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This is a Mercedes-Benz 600 SEL Pullman stretched limousine, based on the W140 S-Class. I saw this great-looking limousine at a car market in East Beijing in 2017. It stood alone in front of an abandoned shop – seemingly abandoned. Happily, it seemed in reasonable shape.
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A super pretty W220 Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG, as seen on a car market in Beijing. The big Mercedes was in good shape, painted in Polar White, and fitted with the original AMG five-spoke alloy wheels.
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A W140 Mercedes-Benz S600 sedan, seen in Hebei Province in China in December 2019. It was cold and there was snow, but the big Merc’ made me feel warm again. The big German machine was painted in black with shiny gold details, suspension was lowered and it stood on extra wide wheels with gold-black BBS alloys. Continue reading “Mercedes-Benz S600 Is A Kind Of Drift Car In China”
On that autumn day in 2012, in a small public park, not a parking lot, I came across this interesting duo: a Cadillac Sedan DeVille stretched limousine and a W126 Mercedes-Benz S280 SEL.
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An advertisement for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, seen in a residential compound in Beijing in 2009, shows a brown example with sporty five-spoke alloys. It is always interesting to see carmakers advertise their most expensive offerings in such a way, even in a luxury-crazy market like China. Mercedes started selling the W221 S-Class in China in 2006, initially only in S300 trim. Later on, they added the S350, S500, and S600 to the lineup. The price of the base S-Class in 2009 started at 9.93 million yuan.
A very beautiful Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL in China, seen at a small car restoration shop north of Northern Section of the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing. The great Mercedes was in very good shape and fully original.
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A black and beautiful Mercedes-Benz S600 Pullman limousine, seen at the Goldenport race track in Beijing. The big Benz was in very good shape. AMG alloys are a great idea for a stately limousine.
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A super clean W126 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL. It is painted in light yellow, a typical shade for taxis in Germany, and it also has ultra basic wheel covers, and that is typical taxi too. And guess what? There were indeed W126 taxis, although I have’t been able to find a 560 SEL taxi.
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A very clean W140 Mercedes-Benz S500, seen in the far west of the Chinese capital, Beijing. The big S was in great shape, smooth in paint, and completely original down to its wheels.
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