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Zongshen always had manufactured that engine; it’s their design. The production of the Megelli was done at Hisun and now has been moved to Zongshen and the brand name Megelli may continue or may not?
The Zongshen RX3 is being offered in China with that same engine and with EFI legally, so it’s likely these will follow into the market in China.
It’s not likely you will see Zongshen reenter the US Market, other then what is sold under the Piaggio brand name. Zongshen manufactures one scooter for Piaggio that is offered in the USA, the Typhoon those sell for $2,000.00 for a 50cc and for $2,900.00 for the 125cc version. Piaggio shifted the production of their Fly 50/150 scooters to Vietnam. Zongshen can currently earn more as an OEM for Piaggio, the Piaggio brand has more value in the market.
I imagine you could purchase the 250cc models from Zongshen as a wholesaler, but bet that the prices would make the models economically infeasible to sell in the USA. Even if you could get them to a dealer at a cost to them of $2,500.00 each, the margins would be so small and sales so weak…it would not be worth the effort. You would need to buy many of them and sell them all to keep going and there simply is not that kind of demand here.
The only feasible way to bring them to the USA would be through another brand, like
Aprillia, which is owned by Piaggio, then it, would save costs since they could be sold through an existing system in the USA. Aprillia also sell a Zongshen the SR Motard is made by Zongshen and sells for $2,000.00 the 2-stroke factory is made in Italy and is 2-stroke it sells for $3,300.00.
If they refined these bikes, they might be able to get $4,000.00 for them? But they already get too much attention maybe to pass as Aprillia? I am sure that the Italian do not want discount their brand name either.
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