The Beijing Auto BJ40 Dark Knight Edition has been launched on the Chinese car market, priced at 176.800 yuan. The Dark Knight is a special edition based on the Beijing Auto BJ40. The Dark Knight comes with a chromed grille, LED strips under the headlights, black side bars, chromed door handles, chromed fuel cap, chromed exhaust pipes, and superbly cool piano black 8-spoke alloys with a matte gray hub.

The alloys are as cool as they come but the tires are far too small, making for a slightly odd looking ensemble. The Dark Knight is also equipped with a new and improved variant of the Beijing Auto four-wheel drive system, the new system will be fitted on the while BJ40 range before the end of this year.

The engine is unchanged; a 2.4 liter four-cylinder petrol engine with 143hp and 217nm, mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. Tiny output will never make the BJ40 is runner, but shiny bits make it at least a bit of a looker. Now for those wheels…