Chapter 578 The Birth of the Divine Car (Fourth update, please subscribe)
It was another early morning, as usual, after waking up from his dream, Zhang San could vaguely smell the perfume in the air.
It’s the smell of Mariko. The two of them take turns to accompany him every day, one stays with him, and the other takes care of the children. It has always been like this.
This is life.
While feeling emotional, Zhang San had a satisfied smile on his face.
Riding a bicycle to the company, Zhang Shan just changed clothes in the locker room when he heard someone shouting over there.
"Hurry up, go to the assembly workshop later, our car is built!"
If it were normal, there would definitely be the sound of the lathe cutting and the small forging hammer coming from the workshop. The knocking sound...
Amidst these messy sounds that symbolize the power of metal, the workers are busy working at their respective posts.
But today the workshop is different from usual. The workshop was crowded with people inside and outside.
On the other side of the workshop, a car has taken shape. A two-cylinder air-cooled engine has been installed at the rear of the car. The car is no longer an empty frame. It has a hammered hood and fenders. They were all installed, and the black paint shone brightly.
At this time, the eyes of the Porsche father and son are all fixed on this car. Although they are both experts in car design, since your request, they have tried their best to design a car that satisfies the other party.
It is easy to design a car, but it is not easy to design a car with a price of less than 500 yuan or even 400 yuan.
“The Beetle is now $680!”
In the past year, the price of the Beetle has increased by 15% due to raw materials, labor and many other reasons.
How to design a cheaper car that still meets your needs?
This is not an easy task.
This requires not only wisdom, but also sweat. After nearly a year, with the efforts of the Porsche father and son and the company's engineers, they finally built a brand new car.
The car's engine is still the two-cylinder air-cooled engine derived from the Volkswagen Beetle. Although it is designed based on the Volkswagen Beetle, its appearance has undergone earth-shaking changes. Compared with the roundness of the Beetle, Its appearance looks a bit square, and the square shape of the car increases the overall appearance of the car.
Siting in the car, Porsche felt what was inside the car and couldn't help but say.
"Kobayashi and the others are doing a really good job!"
The Kobayashi that Porsche refers to are several Japanese engineers in the company. They may not be as good as the German engineers in some aspects, but they definitely have their advantages in space utilization. Uniquely, through their efforts, the space utilization has been greatly improved, making it look more spacious than the Beetle at first glance.
Step on the clutch, turn the key, and start the ignition!
“Thud…thud…”
The engine behind the car body soon made a pleasant starting sound. Although it was the same model as the Beetle’s engine, it sounded quieter. The operating frequency is smoother.
Although standing on the periphery of the crowd, Zhang San could still see the black car with his height advantage.
Is this a car we can all afford?
It looks so beautiful!
Clenched his fists with both hands, Zhang San, like many people, was full of expectations for this car. After all, he knew how to drive a car when he was in the army, and often drove a jeep when he was in Japan. He went out to play with Mariko, and later added Aiko. He was eager to have his own car.
“When I buy a car, I will take them to Semporna to have some fun...”
Under the gaze of everyone, the black car slowly drove out of the workshop with a pleasant roar.
This is the first prototype, in fact, a dozen more are about to be built and will be tested over the next few months.
Although it was just a prototype car, when it drove out of the workshop and saw the car's shiny paint shining in the sun, people were still jumping and laughing with excitement, otherwise... this is true It is their car, not only produced by them, but also the car that will enter their families in the future.
“This is our car, our car...”
People jumped and laughed excitedly. At this moment, it seemed that everyone saw it entering thousands of households. That scene.
A few days later, the two test vehicles passed the preliminary test at the test track. It can be said that they were basically successful.
As a result, one of the cars was quickly delivered to the presidential residence.
“Is this our car?”
Looking at the car in front of him, Li Yian looked a little excited. "Yes, Your Excellency."
Dr. Porsche said with some pride.
“Its body length is 3882mm, 1708mm, and 1426mm, but its wheelbase is 2702mm. In comparison, although the Beetle’s length is 4278mm, its wheelbase is only 2537mm, so in In terms of internal space, its performance is even better..."
During the Porsche introduction, Li Yian had already sat in the driver's seat and personally felt the space of the car and said.
"Indeed, this space is very spacious, much more spacious than the Beetle!"
Especially in the back row, Li Yian, a tall man of 1.8 meters, stood on the legs of the back row The space is still enough for two punches. This kind of space performance is very good.
After feeling around in the car, Li Yian got out of the car and asked.
“What are the results of the test?”
“There is still a road test, but the preliminary test was very successful, so there should be no problems. After all, it basically uses the Beetle’s framework. But it’s smaller, but the speed has also increased a lot.”
You Porsche father and son have been eating Beetles for a long time. Looking at the car that he has modified, Li Yian doesn’t care much about its appearance now. Yes, it doesn’t mean that only Volkswagen has Beetles.
In fact, it looks nothing like the Beetle now. Except for the rear-mounted engine, it is more like a Beetle than a new energy vehicle of later generations. At least they look somewhat similar.
"What's its price?"
Compared with anything else, Li Yian cares more about price. He even doesn't care at all whether this car can be exported. The key issue is price. After all, as a popular car, He said that people are very sensitive to price, and 500 yuan is the limit that he can accept. At least in the next five years, it will be the limit that ordinary people can accept.
“499 yuan!”
Porsche gave a number. Obviously, this price is almost the highest price Li Yian can accept.
“Because of its smaller size, it uses less raw materials than the Beetle, and the cost of raw materials is much lower, which further reduces production costs. According to calculations, after the production line is put into production, we can Control the ex-factory price at around 499 yuan, and the fluctuation will not exceed 5%.”
It seems like a simple answer, but behind it is the hard work of hundreds of engineers for a year. In order to reduce costs, they have gone to great lengths to reduce costs, even choosing thinner steel plates. Although the steel plates have become thinner, thanks to With the advancement of metallurgical technology, the performance has not been reduced at all after switching to new steel materials, even to a certain extent.
In fact, in the past few years, thanks to the car production of Foton Motor and BMW and Alfa Romeo, Donghai Steel has been able to provide all automotive steel, and has even established a structural steel laboratory in the metal laboratory. The scientific research team conducts research and analysis on the main steel technologies used in automobiles, such as gear steel, steel for various shafts, etc. Then we will carry out trial production and then get it to several automobile companies for testing.
Under the guidance of German engineers, after repeated tests and trial production, domestic production and supply was gradually realized. Cold-rolled thin steel plates for automobile bodies were imported from foreign countries in the early days, and then cold-rolled by Donghai Steel. The domestic self-sufficiency rate of automobile steel has been increased to 98%, basically achieving domestic self-sufficiency of automobile steel.
During this process, Donghai Steel Company also developed a number of new automotive steels, including automotive sheets with higher hardness. This lays a good foundation for weight reduction of the car.
Listening to the introduction of Porsche, Li Yian thought of the "thin steel plate" in another world. In the future, will no one think that its anti-collision ability is poor?
But then he smiled again. The weight of the car in these days is only a few hundred kilograms, so there is basically no need to consider things like collision avoidance.
"Well, that's only 500 yuan. Try to keep it within this price..."
Li Yian smiled as he patted the body of the car.
“Only on the basis of this price, can it be our People’s Car!”
Of course, this People’s Car is simple and crude. According to the standards of the future market, it is a typical example. A low-end version of a beggar among beggars. However, this does not prevent it from being the first car of a Nanyang family.
"With it, the life of Nanyang people will enter true modernization - well, it doesn't have a name now, does it?
"Yes, Your Excellency, we don't have a brand name yet. "
Looking at the car in front of him, thinking of the best-selling national car in China from another world, Li Yian said.
"Call it Wuling! ”
After thinking for a moment, Li Yian added.
"Let's call it Wuling...Bingo!"
(End of this chapter)