NAIAS 2008: Bizarre Chinese Amphibian

John’s already documented evidence of erratic behavior in Detroit from Chinese automakers, who seem to be stealing pages from the Jackass playbook to furnish the script for their NAIAS performance. I guess when you build cars that crush occupants flat in the course of otherwise non-fatal collisions, you need all the smoke and mirrors you can get. But wait’ll you see the vehicles the Chinese are showing! Jalopnik tracked down a pair of bulbous offerings from the Tang Hua company: the bizarrely-named "Book of Songs," which resembles neither a book or a song; and something that looks like a catnip toy, below, called the Detroit Fish. True to its name, the Fish is actually an amphibious vehicle as well as an EV, which automatically endears it to my heart. But to promote this strange creature, the enterprising Chinese are going to try to foist one upon none other than George W. Bush, for use as a runabout at his Texas ranch. I’m sure the prez will be stoked!