Shareable sports cars are a thing now... obviously

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After share fridges, sleep pods and share umbrellas, we thought China's sharing economy had peaked. Alas, we were wrong. According to various sources, you can now hire shareable luxury cars in Hangzhou – and we can't see anything going wrong with that at all...

The app is called 至尊宝 (zhi zun bao), which roughly translates into 'the supreme treasure'. According to People's Daily, you'll reportedly be able to hire a sports car for the ridiculously cheap price of 1.5RMB per hour. Great news for those of you who want to impress a date, are in a rush to get to work, or are desperately trying to compensate for something...

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Following a promotional period, prices are expected to range between 300 and 600RMB per hour, while cars such as the McLaren P1 will reportedly set you back a whopping 15,000RMB for 60 minutes, presumably most of which you'll spend tailgating in Hangzhou traffic.

We aren't sure if this initiative will make it to Shanghai (and part of us hopes it won't), but if the thought of shareable sports cars gets your motor running (sorry), '阅读原文' below to find out all you need to know to get hold of a Chinese driving license.

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