40 Wild Chinese Cars We’ll Probably Never Get From hypercars to robo-vans, these bold, bizarre, and brilliant Beijing Auto Show standouts are redefining the global auto race and show what the US is missing. While the rest of the world seems to have given up on auto shows—Frankfurt downsized and moved to Munich, Tokyo shrunk down to a mobility show, and Detroit just rolled up and died—Beijing just went bonkers. Last week, there were hypercars that got to 60 in under a second, practical crossover EVs, and even sedans that allow you to interact with your HMI without driving you crazy. The Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, also known as Auto China, featured almost 100 acres of cars strewn across 17 halls at two venues—the China International Exhibition Center and the Capital International Exhibition Center—over the course of 10 days. There were 1,451 vehicles featured, 181 world premieres, 71 concept cars, and over 1.28 million visitors. Here are 40 or so of those 1,451. Car shows are done? Not in China, comrade! Mark Vaughn grew up in a Ford family and spent many hours holding a trouble light over a straight-six miraculously fed by a single-barrel carburetor while his father cursed the Blue Oval, all its products and everyone who ever worked there. This was his introduction to objective automotive criticism. He started writing for City News Service in Los Angeles, then moved to Europe and became editor of a car magazine called, creatively, Auto. He decided Auto should cover Formula 1, sports prototypes and touring cars—no one stopped him! From there he interviewed with Autoweek at the 1989 Frankfurt motor show and has been with us ever since. BYD Gains Ground Globally as EV Sales Surge More R2 Models on the Way from Rivian Harley-Davidson Targets Younger Riders with New