Cars in Jiji, Taiwan
I had to scan some pics for a story tonight and added these off my films to the tally, for the petrolheads out there. (As with most on this site, these images are copyrighted. I am a bit more precious about my film stuff.)
I spotted this Jaguar XJ12 Series II in Jiji, Taiwan. Taiwan is home to a lot of old Buicks and plenty of Japanese-derived models, but a classic British car is about as rare as a virgin in a maternity ward. This XJ12 has plenty of chrome and has the growler on the hubcaps as you’d expect, but there’s a beautiful fluted grille from the Daimler. I can only imagine that this is the form in which XJ12s arrived in Taiwan in the 1970s. It’s a miracle this one even lasted so long.
Here’s another Chinese oddity just up the road, parked outside the Jiji railway station:
Some cops use Mondeos as police cruisers, while among civilian buyers it’s considered an upmarket luxury car with German roots. That part may be true, but these, like the Mazda Familia-based Ford Tierra (not a typo), come out of a local plant in Taiwan and are even exported to Red China.
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