Landwind X7 Was Not A Range Rover Evoque

Here’s a Landwind X7, seen alongside the road on a hot summer day in Beijing in 2018. The X7 was painted in Kunlun White, named after the Kunlun Mountains. It was in great shape, with darkened windows and the original multi-spoke alloy wheels.

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A Lucky ‘8’ Overload On The Fifth Ring Road In China

Back we go to our license-plate obsession mode. We are talking May 2015, driving on the mighty Fifth Ring Road in the Chinese capital Beijing. Sitting on the front-passenger seat, I suddenly see an old Range Rover with Inner Mongolia license plates, with an even older Jinbei van in front. License plates: 京·7886 and 蒙D·A8888

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