About China's Coolest Cars
A Volkswagen Passat R36 Variant, seen on the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing in 2016. The speedy wagon was in super shape, painted in metallic gray with darkened windows and standing on gray multispoke alloy wheels. But the coolest detail is the matching 京N·QR360 license plate.
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A Volkswagen Santana 2000 police car, seen at a police show in 2011. I always loved to go to police equipment shows in China to check out new police cars. I went there just for fun, but there were also real coppers shopping for new wheels. Naturally, they arrived with their own police cars, like this Volkswagen Santana 2000.
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A black Volkswagen Passat Lingyu 1.8T, seen on the side road of the Second Ring Road in Beijing. It had a very special 京C·H0000 four zero license plate, ultra rare so great to see one on the road.
The Passat Lingyu was made from 2005 until 2011 by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture. It was the successor of the B5 Volkswagen Passat. The 1.8T model was powered by a 1.8 liter turbocharged petrol engine with an output of 163 hp and 220 Nm. Price started at 181.800 yuan.
A pretty Volkswagen Passat Limited Edition, seen in China’s capital Beijing in 2019. The Limited Edition was launched in 2004 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Shanghai-VW joint venture.
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A very nice Volkswagen Passat GL, seen in the far east of Beijing in 2015. The vehicle appeared to be in a pretty good shape although it seemed that the black paint was an over-spray.
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Production of the B6 Volkswagen Passat in China started in 2003 and ended all the way up in 2011. Over the years it was updated and facelifted several times. The car we have here is a 2007-2009 2.8 V6, the highest spec B6 Passat in China, and probably in the world.
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