Luxury cars in China

China has emerged as a nation of car superconsumers with showrooms part and parcel of its buzzing shopping districts
  
  


A cleaner sweeps the floor in a luxury car showroom in Beijing
A cleaner sweeps the floor in a luxury car showroom in Beijing Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
Luxury cars in China: A party official's Audi A6 outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
A party official's black Audi A6, with tinted windows, sits parked outside of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images
Luxury cars in China: rush hour in central Beijing
Vehicles drive on the Three Ring Road and Jianwai Street during the evening rush hour in central Beijing Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
Luxury cars in China: A BMW 745Li in central Beijing
A BMW 745Li car is displayed inside a dealership in central Beijing Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
Luxury cars in China: A girl plays in a car, modelled on a Porsche, in a hutong in Beijing
A girl plays in a car, modelled on a Porsche, in a hutong in Beijing Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Luxury cars in China: A gold-plated Infiniti luxury sports car in Nanjing
A gold-plated Infiniti luxury sports car is taken on a test drive in Nanjing Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Luxury cars in China: employees clean the floor at the Shanghai Automobile Industry Exhibition
Employees clean the floor as a model poses next to a vehicle during the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
Luxury cars in China: Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition
Former Ferrari Formula One driver Michael Schumacher presents the release of the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition in Beijing. The paintwork on the car is inspired by the crackle glaze frequently used in Chinese ceramics Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
Luxury cars in China: people sit inside a Hammer Limousine in China
Wedding guests are driven to a reception in a rented Hummer Limousine in Shanghai Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters
Luxury cars in China: workers destroy a Lamborghini Gallardo
Workers destroy a Lamborghini Gallardo L140 luxury sports car to mark World Consumer Rights Day in Qingdao. The car's owner hired people to publicly destroy the vehicle when it failed to function after a service by an official Lamborghini service station Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Luxury cars in China: stretch Lincoln limousines at a funeral in Wenling
A businessman throws a lavish funeral for his mother, using a fleet of eight stretch Lincoln limousines and other luxury cars to transport family members, as thousands mourners turned up for the over five-million yuan ($770,000) event, in Wenling Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Luxury cars in China: A Mercedes Benz adorned with Swarovski crystals in China
A Mercedes Benz adorned with Swarovski crystals sits in a garage during the Shanghai International Circuit Club Challenge Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images
 

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