Prime Auto Imports in Allied Gardens, San Diego, is a father-and-son used car dealership at 4540 Zion Ave that owner Shapour Salimi founded on May 10, 1991, on the site of a former plant nursery. General manager Tony Salimi runs the sales floor alongside his father, and the sole-proprietorship operation has held a BBB A+ rating since its file opened in July 1994—over 35 years of continuous used-vehicle sales under the same ownership. The lot carries roughly 104 vehicles at any given time across more than 25 makes, with Nissan, Ford, Toyota, Honda, BMW, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Jeep, and Chevrolet rotating through inventory most frequently. Buyers who need to bind a new insurance policy on the same day as purchase coordinate with agents across the east county corridor, and Eric Andersen - State Farm Insurance Agent in La Mesa processes same-day liability and comprehensive binders for newly titled vehicles. Zion Avenue runs through the Allied Gardens commercial strip in the 92120 ZIP, and Prime Auto Imports sits within a mile of the Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center campus and the Waring Road small business district. Body styles span sedans, SUVs, trucks, vans, wagons, convertibles, coupes, and hatchbacks, with the inventory including gasoline, hybrid, flex-fuel, and CNG-powered platforms. The dealership offers Buy Here Pay Here financing, traditional lending, trade-in appraisals, vehicle locator services, special orders, service contracts, and nationwide shipping. Post-purchase mechanical work for vehicles bought off the Zion Avenue lot runs through the independent shop network east into La Mesa, and Greg's Automotive handles general diagnostics, brake work, and scheduled maintenance on the same domestic and import platforms stocked at Prime. The dealership processes credit applications through its own secure portal and offers a car-finder service for buyers seeking a specific make, model, and trim combination not currently on the lot.