High, wide and fuel-hungry, the gleaming black Cadillac Escalade SUV on display at the Beijing auto show hardly seems like the car for an era of record oil prices.

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Bugatti_Veyron 16.4

Buick Riviera

Cadillac CTS

Cadillac Provoq Fuel Cell

Chevrolet Volt

Chrysler Hollywood

Citroen Cactus

Dodge Zeo Li-Ion Electric

Fiat 500

Fiat Bravo

Fiat Punto

Ford Fiesta

Geely G E

Geely TX4

Jaguar XF

Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara

Longbo Hummer

Longbo Hummer

Mazda Taiki

Mazda Taiki

Mercedes-Benz SL500

Opel Flextreme

Renault Altica

Smart ForTwo

Spyder C8

Toyota FT-HS

Toyota Hybrid