The Chinese are Coming....

But first they are taking a detour through Mexico. The Autochannel posted a story that Chinese Zhongxing will assemble pickups and SUV's in Tijuana, Mexico with the intent of exporting them to the U.S. Read the story here at theautochannel.com. According to a story posted June 9th by the LA Times, the company setup to handle the importing will be headed by Steve Saleen. The company is ZX Automobile Co. of North America Inc. and Mr. Saleen is its new CEO. You know Steve from the Saleen 7 and Saleen Mustang but now is setting his sites on delivering you low cost Chinese import autos. The prices quoted by the LA Times put the price at "less than $14,000", no word yet on incentives or warranty. You can read the LA Times story here.