ZX Auto

In the latter half of the 2000s, the company sought access to the US market{{cite web | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/about/great-event.asp | title=Proud Moments | publisher=ZX Auto | work=About ZXAUTO | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111206213443/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/about/great-event.asp | archive-date = 6 December 2011}} with the help of US company Capital Corp,Fairclough, G. (7 November 2006). "Bumper crop: As barriers fall in auto business, china jumps in" Wall Street Journal and it participated in the 2007 National Automobile Dealers Association convention.Bursa, M. (2007). China automotive market review: Management briefing: Exports to the US. Just-Auto News While US sales were touted as late as 2008,Reed, J. (16 January 2008). ZXAuto to lead chinese assault on US car market. Financial Times. the company has yet to sell its models in developed countries. Products are available in some EU member states, however.

During the Libyan civil war, only 6 ZX Auto Grand Tiger pick-up trucks{{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news35.asp | title=China-made pickup being known for Libyan War | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111104074103/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news32.asp | archive-date = 4 November 2011}} found their way into rebel hands{{cite news | url=http://www.chinacartimes.com/2012/07/15/zx-auto-truck-war-gadhaffi/ | title=How I took my ZX Auto Grand Tiger To War Against Gaddafi | work=chinacartimes.com | date=15 July 2012 | access-date=2 August 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720003705/http://www.chinacartimes.com/2012/07/15/zx-auto-truck-war-gadhaffi/ | archive-date=20 July 2012 }} and were turned into technicals replete with mounted guns.{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmontlake/2011/09/23/libyan-war-offers-mixed-blessings-for-chinas-zx-auto/ | title=Libyan War Offers Mixed Blessings for China's ZX Auto | work=Forbes | date=23 September 2011 | access-date=2 August 2012 | author=Montlake, Simon}} As the conflict progressed, pro-Qaddafi forces also began using pick-ups after NATO aerial bombing raids disabled their armoured vehicles. Some of the ZX Auto Grand Tiger pickups used in this civil war may have been branded as Tayo Auto Grandhiland.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} When fighting commenced in 2011, there were at least 15,000 ZX Auto pick-ups already in the country.For 2003 shipment of 4,000 pick-ups and c. 2008 shipment of 5,000, see {{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news20.asp | title=ZXAUTO exports 5,000 pickups to Libya | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111104073936/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news20.asp

| archive-date = 4 November 2011}}

• For 2009 shipment of 6,000 pick-ups, see {{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news35.asp | title=China-made pickup being known for Libyan War | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111104074103/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news32.asp | archive-date = 4 November 2011}}

Some sales are to Chinese state organizations.

• {{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news13.asp | title=Delivery Landmark to Hebei Public Security Bureau | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120103192411/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news13.asp

| archive-date = 3 January 2012}}

• {{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news12.asp | title=Delivery Ceremony of ZXAUTO Grand Tiger Pick-ups to HaiNan Traffic Bureau as Construction Vehicles | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111216144542/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news12.asp

| archive-date = 16 December 2011}}

• {{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news36.asp | title=Focusing on requirement features of government procurement, ZXAUTO won 264 units of police order | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111207070847/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news36.asp

| archive-date =7 December 2011}}

In 2014, the company removed a reference to co-ownership by Taiwan Unite Leading Co and Hebei Tianye Automobile Group Co Ltd from its website.See differences between archived ZX Auto websites.

• 28 Dec 2013 archive {{cite web | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/about/introduction.asp | title=About ZX auto: Introduction | publisher=ZX Auto | work=zxauto.com.cn | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131228135640/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/about/introduction.asp| access-date=2 May 2015| archive-date =28 December 2013|quote=Hebei Zhongxing Automobile Co., Ltd. is a joint venture of Taiwan Unite Leading Co. and Hebei Tianye Automobile Group Co., Ltd.}}
• 1 Feb 2014 archive {{cite web | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/about/introduction.asp | title=About ZX auto: Introduction | publisher=ZX Auto | work=zxauto.com.cn | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140201102416/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/about/introduction.asp| access-date=2 May 2015 | archive-date =1 February 2014|quote=Hebei Zhongxing Automobile Co., Ltd.'s (ZXAUTO) predecessor was founded in 1949 and in Dec 1999 transformed into a joint venture company...}} Website modifications also included changing the year of the company's formation from 1999 to 1949 although 1999 remained referenced as the year ZX Auto was "transformed into a joint venture company."

ZX Auto has two vehicle factories and a R&D center. While one factory and the R&D center are likely located in Baoding, Hebei, where the company is based,{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} the second factory may be in Changchun as ZX Auto has part-ownership of a production base in this city with Changling Group Co Ltd.{{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news15.asp | title=ZXAUTO and ChangLing joint sedan factory has been established successfully | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120103192416/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news15.asp

| archive-date =3 January 2012}} In late 2010, it started construction of a new plant in Yichang, Hubei, that will build SUVs and sedans.{{cite news|url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2010/11/zhongxing-breaks-ground-on-suv-plant-in-yichang-eyeing-sedan-market/ |title=Zhongxing Breaks Ground on SUV Plant in Yichang, Eyeing Sedan Market |publisher=ChinaAutoWeb.com|date=29 November 2010}} As of late 2014, the company does reference a Baoding production base on its website claiming a production capacity of 50,000 units.{{cite web | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/about/introduction.asp | title=About ZX Auto: Introduction | publisher=ZX Auto | work=zxauto.com.cn | access-date=2 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207154600/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/about/introduction.asp|archive-date=7 December 2014}}

Some of its products are assembled in small, overseas factories from knock-down kits, and ZX Auto states that the majority of its exports are in the form of these kits.{{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news30.asp | title=Grandtiger won dual champions in Iran in terms of product quality and customer satisfaction | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120103192040/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news30.asp

| archive-date =3 January 2012}} The companies that own these factories and do the final assembly are not necessarily affiliated with ZX Auto. Such assembly has commenced in Egypt, Iran, and Jordan, where a 5,000 unit/year factory was under construction as of 2008.For Egypt assembly, see {{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news14.asp | title=The First Chinese SUV Brand in the Biggest Market in North Africa | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110902234550/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news14.asp

| archive-date =2 September 2011}}

• For Iran assembly, see {{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news30.asp | title=Grandtiger won dual champions in Iran in terms of product quality and customer satisfaction | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120103192040/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news30.asp

| archive-date =3 January 2012}}

• For Jordan construction c. 2008, see {{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news7.asp | title=Cornerstone of ZXAUTO KD Plant in Jordan | work=ZX Auto | date=n.d. | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120103192540/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news7.asp

| archive-date =3 January 2012}} As of 2011, the company hopes new knock-down factories will spring up in Mexico and Malaysia.{{cite news | url=http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news32.asp | title=2250 units of GRANDTIGER pickups rolled into Middle Eastern market in January 2011 | work=ZX Auto | year=2011 | access-date=2 August 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120103192312/http://www.zxauto.com.cn/en/news/news32.asp

| archive-date =3 January 2012}} In Poland, a pick-up, the Grand Tiger, is produced and sold by Polish company POL-MOT Warfama. Probably assembled from knock-down kits,{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} Polish models sport an engine that complies with EU regulations.{{cite web | url=http://www.marketplace.org/topics/world/poland-sees-china-links-key-growth | title=Poland sees China links as key to growth | publisher=American Public Media/National Public Radio | work=Marketplace | date=28 December 2011 | access-date=2 August 2012}}

• ZX Grand Tiger ({{lang|zh|小老虎}}) pick-up
• ZX Weihu ({{lang|zh|威虎}}) pick-up
• ZX Terralord ({{lang|zh|领主}}) pick-up
• ZX Weishi ({{lang|zh|威狮}})/ G9 pick-up
• ZX C3 Urban Ark CUV/ ZX Cross Van

• ZX Admiral SUV and pick-up
• ZX Chanling ({{lang|zh|昌铃}}) pick-up
• ZX Landmark SUV

{{gallery

| File:Zhongxing Admiral China 2014-04-24.jpg|Zhongxing Admiral

| File:Zhongxing Grand Tiger 2 China 2016-04-09.jpg|Zhongxing Grand Tiger

| File:Zhongxing Grand Tiger China 2016-04-01.jpg|Zhongxing Weihu (Grand Tiger TUV)

| Zhongxing Terralord 01 China 2017-04-05.jpg|Zhongxing Terralord

| File:Zhongxing C3 Urban Ark China 2014-04-18.jpg|ZX C3 Urban Ark

| File:Zhongxing Landmark 01 China 2014-04-30.JPG|ZX Landmark

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• [http://en.zxauto.com.cn/ Official website]
• [http://warfama.pl/EN/Automotive Polish producer page]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20141221144642/http://www.orientsm.com/ Malaysian reseller website]

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