Automotive Black Technology Chapter 172: : Zhengxin speed
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Although the foreign car companies currently in China are in a competitive relationship, they still have a very, very tacit understanding of suppressing local car companies.
In fact, despite the exposure of the A4's wind resistance data, it has aroused heated discussions among netizens. But from the perspective of car companies, this matter is actually no big deal.
Every car company will reserve models, similar to the concept cars displayed at auto shows. Which car company doesn't have a few? If we really take it seriously, some may have a drag coefficient even smaller than that of a fighter jet.
But designing is one thing, being able to produce it is another.
Before completing the internal structural layout, you just design the car into a shuttle shape, and the drag coefficient is the same as that of a water drop, which is of no use.
When it comes time to add various assembly modules to the car body, the appearance will inevitably have to make concessions to these main structures.
For example, your engine room is so big in the first draft, but when it comes time to pre-install the engine, the structure doesn’t match. Don’t you still have to make changes? A car bonnet can bulge out a bit, but you can make the engine dent?
The engine compartment is like this, let alone the passenger compartment and trunk.
So they sneer at the idea of making a fuss about the drag coefficient.
But disdain does not mean that you don’t care. Those who should be suppressed should still be suppressed. This is a tacit understanding that many car companies from different countries have generally formed after dominating the Chinese market for more than ten years.
Similar to the relationship between Zhengxin and Pinche.com, each car company has a "gay friend" media that is similar to a mouthpiece. Whenever there is something that is not convenient to publish through their own portals, these car companies will use these media to speak out.
So the day after the news came out, various media launched a wave of questioning on this matter.
First, Sohu.com’s automotive section - “Car companies that do not have industrial scale are just acting like gangsters when they talk about B-class cars.”
The article provides a seemingly profound analysis of the scale of Zhengxin Company. After checking the authenticity of Zhengxin's existing production capital and enterprise scale, he talked about the profound application technology of B-class cars. And concluded at the end: Zhengxin cannot make a qualified B-class car.
Some senior netizens on Pinche.com laughed after reading this; oh, the author of this article...isn't Chevrolet's Queen Tory Hu authorized...
Then there is the ferry car, Shuangxi talks about the car sector - "The drag coefficient is just sensationalism. If national cars want to rise, they still need to put aside their exaggeration and be down-to-earth. Car companies must ultimately speak for themselves with real design capabilities and manufacturing capabilities." ”
Well, this is Honda's godson, the car expert Zhen Shuangxijun.
After that, there is the new car evaluation section of Zhaomao.com - "Although the wind resistance is low, the appearance is difficult to evaluate. The production method is old and the cost of car manufacturing is worrying."
Oh, this is also an old acquaintance - Shao Zeping Smida, the little demon patrolling the mountains under Kia.
After that, we become old acquaintances.
Mitsubishi didn't even bother to talk about it, and the head of the company went into battle personally. Muto Hakusai, the new president of China Region, posted on Weibo - "Mashin does not have a complete sales network. Even if it can make mass-produced models, it will face huge sales and after-sales problems. Mitsubishi is currently committed to making up for its previous mistakes. We are starting from the most basic sales network and carrying out transformation and upgrading from beginning to end..."
For this product, netizens are too lazy to read the Amway content below. I directly swiped more than a thousand floors for him, and the reply was just one word - "Bah!"
However, these are just a microcosm. Each car company not only has one or two cooperative media, but also has many gunmen under its supervision.
For a time, these public opinions were overwhelming, and they did have a big impact on A4 in terms of reputation.
People, sometimes follow blindly.
Everyone said yes or no. Everyone said it was bad, good or bad.
Li Fanyu didn't pay much attention to this matter - he was doing extensive modeling work day and night, and he had no time to deal with all this.
But he didn't have time to look, as the students in the laboratory were always paying attention to what was going on online.
Seeing so many unfavorable remarks against Zhengxin, these young people were really angry.
Li Fanyu told them about the price barrier when they were chatting. They are all a group of young people with high spirits. Now they see all kinds of negative remarks about Zhengxin and A4 from various foreign car companies on the Internet. How can they swallow it? This tone?
So, they joined together to register a vest and went to debate.
After learning about the situation, Li Fanyu quickly called it a day - why should he care about these grandsons at this time? Building the car a day earlier is the best response!
So, with Li Fanyu working almost sleeplessly and everyone holding their breath, the development progress of A4 suddenly accelerated.
The year 2016 was later privately designated as the first year of China Automobile by China's automobile practitioners. During this year, not only two excellent independent models were rolled off the assembly line. What is even more talked about is the legend that shocked the automobile industry at that time.
The name of this legend is - Zhengxin Speed!
On November 25, in less than twenty days, led by Li Fanyu and with the cooperation of six student teams, the modeling part of the A4 was completed.
On December 10, with the joint efforts of Li Fanyu, An Ning, Lao Zhang, and the three top students, together with more than a dozen students, the safety design and lightweight vehicle body were completed.
On December 13, Li Fanyu used the [universal 3D printer] in the X repair shop to suspend all business in the repair shop and focus on trial production of A4 body parts. It only took three days to complete all the body parts. It was assembled by the maintenance workshop on the same day, and the first real A4 car was launched, causing a sensation in the industry. At that time, the mainstream saying among netizens regarding the Audi A4 was that if the price was less than 180,000, it was a must-buy.
On December 17, Li Fanyu and An Ningbing split up. The A4 conducted wind resistance tests, vehicle durability tests, reliability tests, and high-temperature, alpine and plateau tests in Nanhe City and Germany respectively. And all these tests have achieved very dazzling data.
On December 22, Li Fanyu went to Anhui to conduct the first road test of the Audi A4 at the Dingyuan test track of the General Logistics Department. It has achieved brilliant results in more than 20 tests including maximum speed test, acceleration test, hill climbing test, coasting test, braking distance test, braking efficiency test, cornering braking test, and steering lightness.
Through the exposure of spy photos and road test videos on the 17th and 22nd, market expectations for Audi A4 soared, and it occupied the top ten of Baidu's hot search list in the following week.
On December 28, the Audi A4 model owned by Zhengxin Power passed the ISO/TS16949 quality system certification, obtained the vehicle production catalog, and officially obtained the production approval license.
On December 29, the last day of the year, Zhengxin Company held a press conference. Company leader Li Fanyu, Director of Zhengxin Laboratory Professor Zhang Linian, and Technical Director An Ning appeared at the Tiancheng Radio and Television News Center. Li Fanyu officially announced to the invited national media that the Audi brand under Zhengxin was established and the first model, the Audi A4, will be mass-produced soon.
Just two days later, the Audi A4 began production line debugging. On that day, A4 numbered 000001 rolled off the assembly line.
As the first day of the new year rings, Zhengxin Audi takes great strides to enter the B-class car market! (To be continued.)