Archive for the ‘Spotted in China’ Category

Lime-green Citroen C2 from China likes Football

Published on May 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

Citroen C2 from China

Seen at the Worker’s Stadium in Beijing, home of the Beijing Guoan Football Club, the strongest team in the capital. This fine lime-green Citroen C2 is clearly a Guoan fan, it is painted in the team’s colors with a large logo on the ‘carbon fiber’ bonnet. Dedication, we dig.

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Bling! Lamborghini Gallardo in Gold from China

Published on May 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

Lamborghini Gallardo in Gold from China

Bling in Beijing! Seen yesterday evening on a parking lot in front of a kareoke bar, a very shiny Lamborghini Gallardo. The gold was painted, no wrapping here, and it was in fact so shiny I saw it beaming from 200 meters afar.

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Spotted in China: BMW Z8 in blue

Published on May 16, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

BMW Z8 China

Here we have a very nice sportsmachine, seen in Beijing by reader Ali Khalili (thank you for the pics!). This is the incredible BMW Z8, by far the most beautiful roadster BMW has ever made. Look at those front tires!, this monster has been used…

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Spotted in China: the Yangzhou Kaiersimai TM-12 EV Sportscar

Published on May 16, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

Kaiersimai TM-12 EV Sportscar

I love the smell of electric cars in the morning! Here we have a very special electric mini sportscar, seen by reader Lao Wei (thank you!) in southern Beijing. This is the Yangzhou Kaiersimai TM-12 EV Sportscar. In Chinese it is advertised as: Diandongxiaopaoche (电动小跑车), or Small Electric Race Car. Let’s see how fast it is!

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A slightly overloaded truck in Beijing

Published on May 15, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

overloaded truck China

Here we have a slightly overloaded truck, seen on the outskirts of Beijing by reader Kael. This way of loading a truck is very much forbidden in the capital but the further from the center you get the less police cares.

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Spotted in China: Wald Mercedes-Benz C-class Black Bison Edition

Published on May 15, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

Wald Mercedes-Benz C-class Black Bison Edition

Parked next to a hotel not far from my home in Beijing, this is the mad Wald Mercedes-Benz C-class Black Bison Edition. Good name! Wald is a tuner from Japan, doing everything from Rolls-Royce to Nissan. The Black Bison Edition was born in 2008 and is based 0n the C63 AMG.

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A Porsche 911 with an Ugly body kit from China

Published on May 15, 2012 by Joey Wang

Porsche 911 tuning China

How to make a fine Porsche 911 very ugly? China has the answer: wrap a foam-based body kit around it, and a weird sorta wing. Foam-based body kits are very popular in China for customizing cheap cars, like Chery’s and such, but this is the first time I’ve seen the stuff applied on a Porsche. Poor car lives in Tianhe District in the great city of Guangzhou.

Spotted in China: Lexus LFA

Published on May 14, 2012 by W.E. Ning

Lexus LFA China

A fantastic car seen in the Sanlitun bar district in Beijing. This is the mighty Lexus LFA in red and only the second LFA we saw in China up until now. The other one, in the same red paint, lives somewhere in the great city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province.

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Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in matte-black from China

Published on May 14, 2012 by Joey Wang

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in matte-black

A very sleek Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in matte-black, seen by a reader (thanks!) in downtown Shanghai. The stealthy scheme does the mighty machine many a favor, it is now even more a low flying and extremely dangerous airmachine, ready to kill…

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Spotted in China: Chevrolet Cruze Transformers Edition

Published on May 12, 2012 by Joey Wang

Chevrolet Cruze Transformers Edition

A very fine find here in Beijing. This is the Chevrolet Cruze Transformers Edition, it was launched on the China car market in July 2011, just before the 3th Transformers movie arrived in Chinese cinema’s. The Transformer franchise is extremely popular in China, especially one Bumblebee, and GM wanted to cash in.

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