Saleen S7

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#669966" TEXT="#080000" background="5c801573.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>HotV8 Sports Car Buyers Guide</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HotV8 Sports Car Buyers Guide">home</A>                                            <B>back to</B>  <A HREF="fastest_cars_in_the_usa.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fastest CARS In The USA">Fastest CARS In The USA</A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="sports_car_index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sports Car Index">Sports Car Index</A>   |   <A HREF="editorial.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Editorial">Editorial</A>   |   <A HREF="auto_racing.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Auto Racing">Auto Racing</A>   |   <A HREF="boat_racing.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boat Racing">Boat Racing</A>   |   <A HREF="about_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us">About Us</A></div> <div> <I><B>Saleen S7</B></I></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="4a0d2013.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="ford_gt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ford GT">Ford GT</A></div> <div> <A HREF="gt500_mustang.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GT500 Mustang">GT500 Mustang</A></div> <div> <A HREF="aero_tt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aero TT">Aero TT</A></div> <div> <A HREF="silva_gt3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Silva GT3">Silva GT3</A></div> <div> <A HREF="viper_srt10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Viper SRT10">Viper SRT10</A></div> <div> <A HREF="corvette_z06.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Corvette Z06">Corvette Z06</A></div> <div> <A HREF="tesla_roadster.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tesla Roadster">Tesla Roadster</A></div> <div> <A HREF="mercedes_benz_slr_mclaren.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MercedesBenz SLR McLaren">Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren</A></div> <div> <A HREF="dodge_charger_srt8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dodge Charger SRT8">Dodge Charger SRT8</A></div> <div> <A HREF="chrysler_crossfire.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chrysler Crossfire">Chrysler Crossfire</A></div> <div> <A HREF="mosler_mt_900.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mosler MT 900">Mosler MT 900</A></div> <div> <A HREF="mullen_gt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mullen GT">Mullen GT</A></div> <div> <A HREF="panoz_esperante_gtlm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Panoz Esperante GTLM">Panoz Esperante GTLM</A></div> <div> <A HREF="bugatti_veyron.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bugatti Veyron">Bugatti Veyron</A></div> <div> <A HREF="ferrari_f430_spider.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ferrari F430 Spider">Ferrari F430 Spider</A></div> <div> <A HREF="porsche_911_turbo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Porsche 911 Turbo">Porsche 911 Turbo</A></div> <div> <A HREF="panoz_esperante_gtlm10d.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Panoz Esperante GTLM">Panoz Esperante GTLM</A></div> <div> <B>Saleen S7</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="53b50e00.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="224" ALT="saleen s7" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="0">Saleen S7 Twin Turbo <IMG SRC="4ac460e0.png" border=0 width="70" height="14" ALT="2 points" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Top speed: 240 to 260 miles per hour (estimated)</div> <div> <B>0-to-60 mph acceleration time:</B> 2.8 seconds</div> <div> <B>Power-to-weight ratio:</B> 3.9 lb/hp</div> <div> <B>Engine specs: </B>7.0-liter V8; 750 hp</div> <div> <B>MSRP: </B>$585,000</div> <bR> <div> The S7 is a muscular cheetah on wheels.</div> <bR> <div> This hand-built supercar can even drive upside down. It will not only turn heads, but it will ruffle hair as the S7’s turbocharged 750-hp engine roars to life.</div> <bR> <div> After receiving a 200-hp power boost in 2005, this lightweight sports car can now outrace close competitors like the 2007 Lamborghini Murciélago LP640.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="54b90180.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="280" ALT="Saleen S7 Twin Turbo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The thunderous S7 is a two-seat, sans-airbags missile. It is race-inspired with a cockpit-like interior, allowing for snug sport seats that feel a bit cramped.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="53cb4780.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The S7 is equipped with features such as a DVD player and a rearview video monitor to compensate for the lack of a large rear window</div> <bR> <div> Chinese SUVs set for Mexico debut on route to U.S.</div> <div> China automaker hires Steve Saleen</div> <div> Culled from AutoNews.com</div> <div> 06/11/2007</div> <div> Reuters</div> <div> June 13, 2007</div> <div>      </div> <div> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- A Chinese automaker will begin exporting pickups and SUVs to Mexico this year as a springboard to break into the U.S. market, its U.S. partner in the venture said on Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> The SUVs will sell for a little over $12,000 in Mexico and will be the first Chinese vehicles to sell in U.S. showrooms, said Bill Pollack, chairman of New Jersey-based Chamco Auto.</div> <bR> <div> He said he brokered a deal allowing China's Zhongxing Automobile to export 50,000 vehicles duty-free to Mexico and build a plant in the border city Tijuana to assemble models for export to the United States.</div> <bR> <div> They will be similar to popular models made by U.S. and international companies and will be cheaper.</div> <bR> <div> "Our plan is to average 20 percent below comparably equipped brand-name competitors," Pollack told Reuters.</div> <bR> <div> China's domestic car industry is heating up and is looking to break into the lucrative North American market.</div> <bR> <div> Assembling the Zhongxing vehicles in Tijuana will make them Mexican under North American free trade rules, so they can be exported to the United States duty free, Pollack said.</div> <bR> <div> Zhongxing is among a handful of upstart Chinese automakers, including Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. and Chery Automobile.</div> <bR> <div> Chamco, Zhongxing's exclusive dealer in North America, expects to sell as many as 20,000 vehicles in Mexico in its first year and have the Tijuana plant supplying U.S. consumers within two years.</div> <bR> <div> Mexico is already a major auto manufacturer, with Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Ford Motor Co., Volkswagen AG and other big names exporting a combined 1.5 million cars and trucks to mostly U.S. consumers last year.</div> <bR> <div> In the 1990s, Mexico attracted a wave of foreign manufacturers to Tijuana and other cities along the U.S. border after it joined the North American Free Trade Agreement.</div> <bR> <div> Zhongxing is located in the northern province of Hebei near Beijing. It sells almost a third of its vehicles to customers in around 50 developing nations, but the company, backed by Taiwanese investors, has little experience in wealthier markets.</div> <bR> <div> Its models meet European and Mexican safety and emissions standards and vehicles produced in Mexico will be adapted to U.S. regulations, Pollack said.</div> <bR> <div> Japanese automakers such as Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corp. have steadily grown their share of the U.S. market and China is eager to move in. Its fast- growing and often cheap manufacturing exports are already seen by some as a threat to U.S. job</div> <bR> <div> Ex-racer and performance car builder Steve Saleen will help bring Chinese vehicles to North America.</div> <div> Saleen joins N.J. importer of Chinese cars</div> <div> Diana T. Kurylko</div> <div> You may e-mail Diana T. Kurylko at dkurylko@crain.com</div> <div> Automotive News</div> <div> June 7, 2007</div> <bR> <div> Saleen has joined ZX Automobile Co. of North America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Chamco Auto. Chamco plans to launch a Chinese-made pickup and SUV in Mexico this summer and in the United States next year. The company had an exhibit to recruit dealers at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Las Vegas in February.</div> <bR> <div> Saleen, 56, is the new CEO of ZXNA, which will run operations and help set up Chamco's dealership network in North America. Chamco, short for China American Cooperative Automotive Inc., has headquarters in Parsippany, N.J.</div> <bR> <div> Saleen will base his operation in Irvine, Calif., where the engineering and sales offices will be.</div> <bR> <div> ZXNA has the exclusive import and distribution contracts for North America from Chinese automaker Hebei Zhongxing Automobile Co.</div> <bR> <div> Last month, Saleen resigned from Saleen Inc., the company he founded in 1984. Saleen Inc. has produced more than 12,000 specialty cars. It makes the Saleen S7, S281 Mustang, S331 Sport Truck and the Saleen/Parnelli Jones limited-edition Mustang. Saleen Inc.'s Michigan plant painted and assembled the Ford GT supercar for Ford Motor Co.</div> <bR> <div> Killer Toothpaste from China</div> <div> That's the latest threat from China's chaotic and, some charge, dangerously unpoliced food and drug products -- many of which are marketed in the U.S. under various names.  What do you think should be done to protect U.S. consumers from dangers posed by China's failures to protect consumers of its products?</div> <bR> <div> Lately, it seems as if every time a new warning is issued about another of China's consumer products sold in the U.S., there are immediately news stories from Beijing about how improvements are being made.</div> <bR> <div> For good measure, a death sentence was even imposed upon one high-ranking Chinese official.  <A HREF="http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-worldissues&tid=114104" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/fo">+ China and the Corrupt Capitalist</A></div> <bR> <div> That follows a continuing series of increasingly frightening revelations about the apparent lack of adequate inspections and consequent danger of some of what China is shipping to the United States and other countries.  <A HREF="http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-worldissues&tid=114079" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/fo">+ U.S. Gets Tainted Food from China</A></div> <bR> <div> This time, it's what might be called a "generic brand" toothpaste, marketed under one or more ubiquitous names such as "ShiR Fresh Mint Fluoride Paste."</div> <bR> <div> At first, it was thought that the products affected were exported only to Puerto Rico.  That's also been the assumption in earlier cases of tainted products from China.  But, as in the earlier cases, many more products may be affected than those originally named.</div> <bR> <div> As a result, the United States Food and Drug Administration FDA is issuing a warning to Americans to throw away any toothpaste made in China, no matter what name it carries.</div> <bR> <div> According to the FDA, the tainted products from China may contain diethylene glycol. </div> <bR> <div> Most people are more familiar with diethylene glycol in the form of antifreeze.</div> <bR> <div> A colorless, odorless liquid, it might be unnoticed when mixed with toothpaste, as was apparently done in the cases prompting the current warning.</div> <bR> <div> Early in the 20th century, diethylene glycol was sometimes ingested by people looking for alcohol to drink.  The result was often death.  Even for those who didn't die, the chemical can act like a fixative on the optic nerve, quickly causing permanent blindness.</div> <bR> <div> To be on the safe side, FDA is saying don't fuss with any toothpaste made in China. </div> <bR> <div> As reported tonight by Waco, Texas' KWTX, "The agency is not aware of any reports in the United States of poisoning from toothpaste, but it did find the antifreeze ingredient in a shipment at the US border and at an unidentified retail store."</div> <bR> <div> Related story:</div> <div> + <A HREF="http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-health&tid=375" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/fo">China: More Poisoned Products</A>?</div> </td> </tr></table></body>