Chapter 398: Continuous moves, deadly moves
Toyota has always been very concerned about the movement of GM and Ford.
Today, when General Motors invites the media to participate in the test, it has been said so clearly that the test models have been said.
Toyota naturally got the news in advance and regarded it as an important emergencies to report with the domestic headquarters.
"President, we have cooperation with General Motors, but the other party used our LC70 to conduct crash tests with Buick G series models."
"Although I don't know why General Motors has the confidence to do such a thing."
"But the other party obviously wants to use LC70 as a stepping stone."
Saito Shoei was very depressed and reported to Shoichiro Toyoda about the unexpected situation in the American market.
Somewhere in the air, he had a not-so-good feeling.
Anyone who has normal brains thinks about this, and knows that the result will definitely be unfavorable to Toyota Motors.
Otherwise, why do GM do this?
"Our LC70 is not produced in the US -owned fund factory, and this car is very close to the G series models of General Motors."
"GM wants to suppress the LC70, this is a matter that meets the interests of the other party."
"It's just that you did not investigate before, do you know that the Buick G series models are OEM products introduced from the BMW Motor Group of Huaxia?"
"I admit that the design of this product is very amazing."
"Even the LC70 is not as good as it."
“But in terms of body structure design, I don’t think the BMW Group will be stronger than our Toyota.”
"Why is General Motors still doing this?"
"There must be something behind it that we haven't considered."
After reasoning logically, Toyoda Shoichiro felt the strangeness of this matter.
He couldn't figure out where the other party came from.
Do you want to do your hands and feet during the collision test?
It shouldn't.
If this is the case, it will be easily exposed later.
Even Toyota will know the results as long as it invites the media again to conduct tests.
"This problem is also investigating the Meriors Branch. It has not been fully figured out yet."
"But I think that considering the practice of General Motors, it is necessary for us to purchase a group of G series models from the market."
"Only in the future can we better deal with unknown situations."
Toyota Zhangichiro must have no opinion on Saito Shangying's proposal.
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General Motors Headquarters Test Center in Detroit.
A lot of media came today, and everyone was trying to record this very special crash test.
In the eyes of the media, General Motors' actions this time are undoubtedly causing trouble.
But do the media, I like business the most.
Otherwise, where does the news come from?
Dogs are not news, and people bitten dogs.
"Factory director, GM's influence is still very great."
"I have seen that mainstream car magazines, newspapers and TV stations have arranged for people to participate in this event."
"After the parties are promoted together, the effect will be very exciting."
"GM can be considered a great effort this time."
Liu Yushu is very much looking forward to today's test.
Once the expected effect is achieved, Nanshan Technology's hot stamping technology will inevitably be recognized by many OEMs in the future.
By then, various orders will probably be flown in on their own initiative.
This kind of good thing was something he was dreaming about in his dreams.
"The increase in sales of Buick G series models is directly related to General Motors' profits."
"And if this test is carried out according to the expected results, it can also greatly enhance the reputation of the Buick brand."
"This is very good for GM, they must be very positive."
Jiang Hui fully understands the practice of GM.
The knife that I sent by myself was too sharp, and GM can't wait to wave the competitors.
In recent years, Japanese car companies have put too much pressure on local American companies.
GM can't wait to suppress Dongye car company through this test.
The products of Toyota, Nissan, behind Honda, Hyundai, and even Volkswagen's competitors are in the scope of their collision.
It doesn't even need to be limited to off-road vehicles. Any threatening product from the other side can be brought out to collide with the Buick G series models.
When the time comes for the sharp collision comparison results, there will really be too many places to take advantage of.
"I am looking forward to the sales performance of the Buick G series models."
"Now it can already have a sales volume of about 5,000 vehicles per month. If this continues to increase significantly, wouldn't it be the monthly sales of this car in the United States to exceed 10,000 vehicles?"
"If it can be promoted in other markets, the annual sales of this product are expected to exceed 200,000 vehicles."
"This is definitely a historic moment for the Huaxia automotive industry."
"Even in the global automobile market, this is a very impressive result."
Liu Yushu was very excited now.
He feels he has witnessed the take-off of the BMW Group.
From the school, he has no regrets now, only deep expectations for the future.
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"Bang!"
Under a flash of lights, a Buick G350 and a Toyota LC70 collided with each other at a speed of fifty kilometers, making a loud noise.
The hood of the Buick G350 was significantly deformed, and parts such as fenders were also damaged.
But the entire cockpit is still in a relatively complete state, and there is no particularly obvious deformation.
The airbag also opened in time.
But Toyota LX70 is completely different.
The entire engine compartment was compressed, and the passenger compartment was squeezed into a ball.
The A-pillar was directly broken, and the front and rear seats were squeezed together.
As for the dummy used for testing in the driver's seat, it was naturally damaged beyond recognition.
No explanation is needed from the people at General Motors. The difference in the collision results is immediately clear to everyone.
Obviously, the collision performance of the Buick G350 crushed Toyota LX70 with an absolute advantage.
If this happens on the real road, the owner of the Buick will basically not be particularly damaged.
However, the owner of Toyota LX70 obviously can pick up a small life is not particularly high.
Even if he is immortal, he is basically useless. The people at General Motors didn't waste any time, and quickly arranged for a collision between the BAK G350 and the Nissan Patrol.
Needless to say.
The Buick G350, which uses a large number of thermal pressure molding parts, has absolute advantages in the collision test.
The situation of Nissan Patrol is not much better than that of Toyota LX70.
Although the invitation letters from various media have speculated that the collision performance of the Buick G series models should be good, no one expected that the gap will be so large.
This is simply not a product of the same era.
Is it because the materials of the Dongying car company are too bad, so this is the case?
"Jiang, your idea is really wonderful."
"It will definitely become an important event in the history of world automobile development and be remembered by everyone."
Austin naturally participated in the test today and witnessed all the collision results.
He knows the gap in the use of materials between the two models, and knows that the Buick G series models will perform very well.
There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!
But as good as it is now, it's still a bit beyond expectations.
With a little thought, he could predict how much impact this crash test would have on the development of the automotive industry.
After all, there are too many media coming today.
No need to wait until tomorrow, people in the automotive industry will quickly know the news.
If it is further spread to ordinary consumers, the impact will be even greater.
For a long time in the future, car collision safety performance will become a hot topic.
GM will undoubtedly become the biggest beneficiary in this topic.
Of course, the BMW Group will naturally benefit a lot.
The surge in sales of Buick G series models also means that the BMW Group's export earnings will increase significantly and its profits will increase significantly.
"Mainly our products are good, even if there is no such test, when there are some car accidents in the future, the compared photos will be well known to everyone."
Jiang Hui was unusually humble.
He doesn't want to show himself in front of General Motors now that he seems to like to use special means to defeat competitors.
This impression is not much good for BMW Motor Group's development.
"There is nothing wrong with you say that. After a large number of thermal stamping molding processes, the effect of improving the strength of the body is very huge."
"Consumers will definitely find this problem during future use."
"We at General Motors will also start to consider using hot stamping parts for new products in the future."
This change in Austin's attitude made Jiang Hui very satisfied.
This time I came to the United States to contribute to the increase in the sales of the Land Rover G series off -road vehicles, and opening the hot stamping molding part market is also a very important purpose.
As long as GM and Ford's international cycling giants begin to use Nanshan Technology's thermal stamping molding parts, the turnover of Nanshan Technology will definitely increase greatly in the next few years.
And there will be a huge breakthrough in exports.
If a car uses more than 20 hot stamped parts, even if the price is not too exaggerated, it will cost several hundred dollars.
If there is no way for other manufacturers to produce a higher price while the other manufacturers have been produced, the total parts on a car are 1,000 US dollars, which is also possible.
At that time, there will be a millions of vehicles equipped with Nanshan technology thermal stamping molding parts to create an export amount of $ 1 billion.
This is truly a gold mine, with a profit margin higher than that of BMW.
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As General Motors' crash test results came out, various media outlets immediately began to get excited and start to understand.
The response from the TV station was even faster.
And Jiang Hui and Edward secretly talked about another cruel move.
That is consumers who have made GM find a few ways to buy a few Toyota LC70 or daily production, and then have a car accident.
Let them sue Toyota and Nissan, demanding compensation for their losses due to the car accident.
Passenger casualties caused by the collapse of the car accident were attributed to the poor design or poor quality of the car manufacturer.
This argument may not be accepted by the judge.
But if combined with this crash test news from General Motors, the situation is different.
Soon, these consumers told Toyota Motors and Nissan Motors were also reported by various media.
The popularity of these things is getting higher and higher.
In just a few days, it has become the most watched content after meals in the people of the United States.
"President, we have urgently purchased several Buick G250s and G350s from the market."
"Carry out the collision test at different speeds, but it is very unfavorable to us."
Saito Shohide and Toyoda Shoichiro have urgently flown to the United States to personally deal with the public opinion issues after General Motors' crash test.
The original sales of LC70 have been affected by Buick G series models.
Now that such a test has come out, it is conceivable that the sales of LC70 have immediately reached zero in a short period of time.
This is something Toyota absolutely cannot accept.
After all, they themselves know very well the body level of the LC70.
It can be said that the body strength of other products of Toyota Motors is not higher than the LC70.
If GM or other car companies continue to take similar ways to deal with Toyota Motors, then the situation will immediately appear an out of control.
"In other words, this time GM's test is not hand -to -hand, everything is an objective fact?"
Shoichiro Toyoda's mood became even worse.
When is the model produced by a Chinese enterprise, it is so bullish after sticking to the LOGO of the Buick brand?
He also expects that the results of General Motors are not accurate through similar testing.
"Yes, this is the current objective fact."
"The opponent's body uses a large amount of thermal stamping molding parts. The tensile strength of this part can reach 1500MPa."
"And most of our body parts are 270MPa, and a small part is 340 or 440MPa."
"When a head-on collision occurs with such a big difference, it is inevitable that there will be a bad result."
Saito Shoei doesn't want to admit this fact, but to better solve the current problem, we must clarify the objective facts.
Otherwise, the situation will become even more corrupt.
"The current regulations do not stipulate that each car company should start this test?"
"All models produced by our company comply with American regulations, right?"
Since there is no way to find a problem from the collision test of General Motors, you can only find some explanations from yourself.
Anyway, as long as the logic makes sense and Toyota is willing to spend money on advertising in the media, things may not be that bad.
At least the impact will not spread from the LC70 to other best-selling models such as Camry and Corolla.
This is also very critical for Toyota.
(End of this chapter)