Chapter 348 Santana Localization Community
“If you can persuade a few more classmates to follow them to Nanshan Science and Technology, Jiang Hui will definitely have a deeper impression of you.”
“ After all, now I don’t obey the rules There are still too few college students who go directly to foreign-funded enterprises."
"I will mention your efforts to Jiang Hui, which will definitely be beneficial to your future development."
Ji Hua said. I am confident in my son's technical level.
Although Capital University of Technology is not as good as Qingbei University, it is not that easy to pass.
The most important thing is that in the major of vehicle engineering, Capital Institute of Technology is currently the best.
In particular, the principal, Zhu Jiansheng, was the dean of the Department of Vehicle Engineering. He also led the teachers and students of the School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering to develop important products such as the Hummer military vehicle. Today, his status in the Chinese automobile industry is No one can easily shake it.
There is basically no one who is more professional than him, and even if there is, the level is not as good as his.
No one with a higher level than him has better skills than him.
And he is not yet 60 years old this year, and he will have a long time to continue to influence China's automobile industry.
“Senior Brother Jiang is still very popular among the students in our department. As long as everyone feels hope, I think it won’t be a big problem to persuade some people to go to their company.”
“But compared to going to Nanshan Science and Technology, I think it might be better to persuade students to go to BMW. It’s easier.”
“After all, BMW’s current BMW Light is the monthly sales champion, and it will launch a second product soon. Our teacher has introduced this information in class. "
Ji Xia is naturally able to understand his father's good intentions.
Based on the relationship between Ji Hua and Jiang Hui, Ji Xia will receive some care after going to Nanshan Science and Technology. Coupled with his status as a college student, it is inevitable that his future will be bright.
But if you can make some contributions to the company before joining the company, that would obviously be great.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you go to the factory that Jiang Hui is responsible for."
"After you go back to school tomorrow night, find someone to communicate with you first, and then you can be fine when you go home next Saturday Tell me.”
With this conversation between Ji Hua and Ji Xia, it is obvious that among the graduates of the Department of Vehicle Engineering of the Capital Institute of Technology this year, there will be a further increase in the number of people working for the BMW Group.
Of course, this is definitely a later story.
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"Wang Le, when can the design department design our new generation of Hongqi?"
"BMW will do it next year. We are about to launch our own sedan product. It is said that it will directly use 5MT manual transmission technology and match it with a 2.5L engine. At that time, it will directly take away a large piece of the official car market.”
“Santana is already taking a piece of the official car cake, and the BJ310 of the Capital Automobile Factory is also grabbing this piece of cake. Now BMW is also taking away a piece of the official car cake. Come on, if we don’t push out the red flag, nothing will happen to us.”
Geng Weidong called the chief engineer, deputy chief engineer Yu Jiang, and director of the design department Wang Le to his office after hearing the bid.
Zhao Guangming, the deputy director in charge of the Beijing Office, was also sitting next to him and was discussing countermeasures based on the latest situation at BMW.
"Director, our Hongqi is now designed according to the Audi 100, and the appearance has been determined."
"The key now is that Audi is willing to combine the engine and Sell the gearbox to us, otherwise it may take many years to complete it with our own efforts.”
Wang Le is also under a lot of pressure now.
FAW's design department was originally a soy sauce existence, with little design pressure.
But the situation has been different in the past few years. Wang Le has several more white hairs on his head.
“The engines of the Audi 100 include 1.8L and 2.3L engines. Compared with BMW’s 2.5L engine, there is probably no particular advantage.”
“And in terms of gearbox , it is also equipped with 5MT, which is also the same as BMW. "
"Should we consider developing more advanced products? "
Although Geng Weidong was an expert, the questions he asked made Wang Le feel like an outsider.
He also wants to develop new engines and new gearboxes.
But he knows best the strength of the FAW Design Department.
Although there are a lot of college students inside, these people can do some basic work, but they are not capable enough to creatively develop new products.
And the various existing production equipment and testing equipment are not enough to support them in developing very competitive new products.
"Director, I will talk to people from Audi again. If they are willing to sell us a 2.3L engine and a 5MT manual transmission, that would be the best."
"If it doesn't work, we will Just take the prototype and learn from it for development.”
Wen Tiaoshu is an old-school technician and is not interested in patents or non-patents at all.
In his opinion, since the factory attaches great importance to the Hongqi project and must build a sales-worthy Hongqi sedan, there should be no need to have so many scruples.
This is China anyway, and even if Audi has any objections, he can only knock out his teeth and swallow them.
"BMW's sedan will be on the market next year, and it would be best for us to launch new products next year."
"In this case, there will not be enough time for our own development. At the beginning, we might consider getting Audi It’s better to do the shopping on the side.”
Wang Le has a strong desire to survive.
He is about to retire after hearing the tender, but he talks casually. Anyway, when the time comes, there is a high probability that he will not be hit.
But Wang Le is different.
Even if there are samples of Audi's engines and gearboxes, it is not that easy to imitate and develop them.
Otherwise, China’s automobile industry would not be what it is now.
“From a schedule perspective, what Wang Le said makes sense.”
“But if the gearbox and engine are imported directly from Audi, then our new generation of Hongqi sedan , the production cost is estimated to be not low, and it will also consume a lot of foreign exchange.”
Deputy Chief Engineer Yu Jiang also expressed his opinion next to him.
He is also considered to be a relatively technical person in FAW, and there is a high probability that he will take over the job from the bidder and become FAW's new chief engineer in the future.
“It’s easy to talk about foreign exchange. The country’s foreign exchange situation has been better than before in the past two years. If I try hard, I should still be able to win some.”
Geng Weidong’s comments on FAW’s domestic performance The influence is quite confident.
For factories such as Shanghai Automobile Factory, tight foreign exchange quotas have restricted their increase in the number of models such as Santana.
But when it comes to FAW, as long as the new Hongqi sedan is really popular, Geng Weidong feels that foreign exchange will not be a problem.
The top priority is to come up with a competitive product.
“Our design department will try our best to finalize the design plan of the new Hongqi sedan within this year.”
Since it is determined that the same engine and gearbox of the Audi 100 will be used, then basically The above is a simple modification based on the Audi 100 as a new Hongqi sedan. Wang Le is still confident that these modifications can be completed on time. Soon, FAW began to take action.
As for the news on BMW, it is also taking action, and it is Shanghai Volkswagen.
Their Santana is now very successful and demand exceeds supply.
"Director Yu, I think it is necessary to further accelerate the localization of Santana. Otherwise, when BMW's sedan products are released, they will definitely seize the official car market and cannibalize our Santana sales. There is room for development.”
As the Chinese executive deputy general manager assigned to Shanghai Volkswagen by the Shanghai Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Wang Huiliang also has a strong sense of crisis.
“Our Santana uses a 1.6L 4-cylinder in-line engine with a maximum horsepower of 87 horsepower and a maximum torque of 128 Nm/3000 rpm. It adopts a 4-speed manual transmission.”
“From a According to the news from the engine department, BMW’s new sedan uses a 2.5L engine and a 5MT manual transmission, and its overall power performance is much better than ours.”
"In this case, it is indeed very detrimental to our development."
Wang Huiliang didn't need to say anything, Yu Jin himself could feel the crisis.
Life at the Shanghai Automobile Manufacturing Factory was much better during this period, and Yu Jin, the factory director, was often entertained.
Many people came directly to Yu Jin in order to jump in line to pick up cars or find connections.
No matter what era you are in, finding a relationship definitely requires some effort.
These meanings made Yu Jin enjoy it very much.
“Yes, when the time comes, their output will not be restricted by foreign exchange quotas. They can supply as many vehicles as each unit wants to purchase at any time.”
“That Jiang Hui and Yiji They have a good relationship with the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Capital University of Technology endorses them, which is a big threat to us.”
Wang Huiliang took stock of various domestic automobile factories and felt that Shanghai Volkswagen’s biggest competitor was. It's a BMW.
Other FAW and Second Automobile Works are currently not their opponents.
Especially the Second Automobile Company, which has not even produced a single car, is no match for them.
“It is difficult to increase the production of Santana, which involves the issue of foreign exchange quota.”
“But the production of our Shanghai-branded cars can only be achieved by making certain changes to the production line. It is entirely possible to increase production.”
“It will be able to resist the impact of BMW to some extent.”
Wang Huiliang immediately became nervous when Yu Jin said this.
The Santana produced by Shanghai Volkswagen and the Hushang brand sedan produced by the Shanghai Automobile Factory are also in competition.
Even Santana is still being assembled using the production lines of the Shanghai Automobile Manufacturing Plant, and its own new factory has not yet been completed.
At this time, if the production increase of Shanghai brand cars is placed on a higher priority project, this will definitely not be a good thing for Shanghai Volkswagen.
“Director Yu, the Shanghai brand cars are high in cost, low in configuration, expensive in fuel, and old. They have been produced since 1958 for more than 20 years, and they have long been unable to keep up with market demand.”< br>
“In the past, everyone had no choice. We were basically the only domestic automobile factory that mass-produced cars on a large scale, so the sales of Shanghai-branded cars were pretty good. There were even scenes of people carrying money in sacks to buy them. ”
"But times have changed now. Whether it is Santana or the BJ310 of the Capital Automobile Factory, the performance is much better than that of the Shanghai brand sedan."
"Last year, the production and sales of our Shanghai brand sedan have dropped. Sliding to 3,000 units, it will soon be overtaken by Santana.”
Historically, the Shanghai brand sedan was produced from 1958 to the discontinuation of production in 1991, with a total of 79,525 units produced.
As the only mass-produced car in China before the reform, it has experienced its own moment of glory.
It’s just that the market is changing too fast. Shanghai-brand cars that look like classic cars can no longer keep up with the development of the times in all aspects.
Shanghai Automobile Manufacturing Plant does not have the ability to comprehensively upgrade it, so it is inevitable that it will eventually be eliminated by the market.
In this case, no matter which angle Wang Huiliang thinks about, he does not support picking up the Shanghai brand cars again and doing something special.
"What you said makes sense, but Hushang cars don't need to spend foreign exchange."
"Is it possible for us to install Santana's engine into Hushang cars, so that we can Dramatically improve the performance of the car while minimizing the use of foreign exchange.”
Yu Jin proposed a plan that sounded feasible.
However, Wang Huiliang immediately refuted it.
“The engine performance of Santana is better than that of Shanghai brand cars, but the difference between the two is too big.”
“One is a 1.6L engine and the other is a 2.2L engine , the weight and size alone are different.”
“This requires the launch of Shanghai brand cars. The engine room needs to be greatly improved, and the installation positions of a series of surrounding parts must be readjusted.”
“The most important thing is that even if the Santana engine is installed on a Hushang sedan, it will still be affected by the engine. Problems such as the matching of the entire body and chassis have led to a series of problems. ”
"This is not something that can be solved by simply replacing an engine, but a completely new project."
Wang Huiliang will definitely stand up and oppose it when he knows that it cannot be done.
For a person of his level, the relationship with Yu Jin is no longer a simple superior-subordinate relationship.
To a certain extent, they can also be considered competitors.
At least within the Shanghai Automobile Manufacturing Factory, Wang Huiliang and Yu Jin both have their own circles.
Everyone's interests are not completely consistent, and from time to time, people below will fight with each other.
"It won't work this way, that won't work either. Are we just going to watch BMW take away the market after its new sedan goes on the market?"
Yu Jin was very dissatisfied. Complained.
“Speed up the localization process of Santana to the greatest extent, form a Santana community, and let the relevant supporting factories work together with us.”
“This should be the most important thing we should do at this stage. .”
Wang Huiliang gave his opinion very definitely.
He is the executive deputy general manager of Shanghai Volkswagen. He is the same person in charge of the company as the general manager assigned by Volkswagen. Naturally, he hopes to develop Santana's business.
“Then set a goal to localize 50% of Santana’s parts within next year, ensuring that we have more foreign exchange to order parts to assemble more Santanas.”
Following Yu Jin's instructions, Shanghai Volkswagen also acted quickly.
The entire Chinese automobile industry has ushered in a wave of new changes and developments.
Historically, the rapid development of China's automobile industry is inseparable from the localization of Santana.
After Santana localized many auto parts, domestic supporting factories followed suit and made technological breakthroughs.
Especially in the development of private auto parts companies, the localization of Santana has made a great contribution.
(End of this chapter)