RELATED PARTIES (Schedule Of Amount Due To/From Related Parties) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due from related parties	$ 3,093	$ 1,137
Amount due to related parties	1,159	2,122
Advance payment to Jonway Group		11,616
Sanmen Branch of Zhejiang UFO Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due from related parties	3,093	978
Jonway Group [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due from related parties		159
Amount due to related parties	122	2,104
Advance payment to Jonway Group		11,616
Jonway Motor Cycle [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due to related parties	181	18
Taizhou Huadu [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due to related parties	431
Shanghai Zapple [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due to related parties	36
Hangzhou Zapple [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due to related parties	147
Betterworld [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due to related parties	152
Cathaya Capital [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount due to related parties	$ 90