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Old Apr 21, 2023 | 08:02 AM
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Default Hongqi L5- the Chinese Rolls Royce
Second generation of China's new state flagship luxury sedan that costs almost $1 million USD. It does surprisingly still come with a V8 and V12.

New Hongqi L5 Debuts With Familiar Retro Looks As China’s Poshest And Most Expensive Car


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Terrible. I could never support the Chinese
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Terrible. I could never support the Chinese
Don't worry, you will never get one here anyway. It is for their own domestic market.
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I don't care much for the exterior but I like the interior. Looks like jade on some of the trimming.
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I am totally lost for words. haha
It looks like a mutt to me.

Don't know why but the headlights remind me of 1960's Chevy and I see pieces and patterns of other cars in it too.

Definatley a unicorn. lol
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like many westerners i was probably first made aware of the hongqi by the grand tour, after seeing clarkson's review i became a big fan

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Terrible. I could never support the Chinese
You can start by not buying an iPhone or Google Pixel
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You can start by not buying an iPhone or Google Pixel
‘Apple is an American company.
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
‘Apple is an American company.
LOL
Proudly designed in Commiformia and manufactured in the Motherland
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Proudly designed in Commiformia and manufactured in the Motherland
‘Yes. Very disappointing. Now Apple is moving production to India.
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Is the interior trimmed with actual jade? The exterior looks like pure communism to me and the color scheme is extremely eastern but that's not something I can hold against it all things considered.
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It won't sell, rich chinese people don't want to be seen in a chinese car.
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It won't sell, rich chinese people don't want to be seen in a chinese car.
CCP party members will use these
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It won't sell, rich chinese people don't want to be seen in a chinese car.
Its a nice car but the brand power just isn't there. Mercedes still has very strong brand power(whatever that means). But I don't like their interior designs.
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Its a nice car but the brand power just isn't there. Mercedes still has very strong brand power(whatever that means). But I don't like their interior designs.
‘I didn’t know they did in China
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