"What's going on?" Hearing that the "family" that cooperated with Chrysler was not only wrong, Chen Geng's brows suddenly twisted, and Rachel's joy of successfully running for the council was also diluted a lot: compared to Rachel becoming a councilor in the city of Detroit, the "family" project with Chrysler was the most important.

Rosemary explained the situation in the most succinct way: "Chrysler didn't follow the suspension plan you gave, but they insisted on their own suspension plan. ”

"Your own suspension plan?"

"Well, it's the favorite suspension scheme of American cars......"

I see!

Before Rosemary could finish speaking, Chen Geng knew what was wrong: Chrysler's old mistake had been done again!

What is the suspension scheme of a traditional American car?

Many people describe the typical American sedan in the eighties and nineties, and one of the most common descriptions is "driving like driving a boat", which is not an exaggeration at all, and many people may not know what it means to "drive like a boat" If you have watched Hollywood movies in the 90s, you can find that the sedan that appears in the movie, whether it is a civilian car or a police car, swayed left and right with a little bump, the body posture is extremely unstable, the whole car is like a boat walking in the waves, when the car is driven in a more intense way, you will even wonder if the car will turn over, and the European sedan emphasizes the "close to the ground" and "toughness" is not the same thing at all - this is the most favorite suspension scheme used by American sedans in this era.

It is only enough for the "American-style big ship" to adopt this suspension scheme, but it is really a violation of the four-generation Accord to use this suspension scheme on a simple and European-style car, and it is also completely contrary to the "soft and tough" suspension colorant scheme formulated by Chen Geng at that time.

Of course Chen Geng didn't do it!

Chrysler did this, not only because it was a breach of its contract with Fernandez, but more importantly, it would affect its own income. Without hesitation, he said, "So, on behalf of the company, you will contact Lee Iacocca's office and say that I will personally talk to Mr. Iacocca about this matter." ”

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Lee Iacocca did not excuse himself and did not see him, and happily agreed to Chen Geng's request to meet.

The current Lee Iacocca is not the Lee Iacocca who led Chrysler out of the quagmire and got carried away, the current Lee Iacocca sits under his ass with a volcano that is constantly boiling and not knowing when it will explode, and he really can't get up and look at everyone.

After a few pleasantries, Chen Geng explained his intentions straightforwardly: "Mr. Iacoca, I think it is very inappropriate for Chrysler to change the suspension setting plan I gave without authorization. ”

Lee Iacocca was not so persuasive, retorting: "On the contrary, after research and analysis, Chrysler believes that the American people prefer the revised suspension setup. ”

"Are you sure the American people will like Chrysler's suspension set?" Chen Geng asked Lee Iacocca rhetorically.

Lee Iacocca nodded without thinking: "That's right, I'm pretty sure. ”

"There's no point in us arguing here," Chen Geng pondered for a moment and said slowly, "Well, how about we play a game?"

"Play a game?"

"Well, play a game, to be precise, do a test," Chen Geng said: "We prepare 20 'family', 10 are Chrysler's current suspension and steering settings, and 10 are the suspension and steering settings I gave, and invite the public to test drive and experience in a random way to see which kind of suspension setting scheme they prefer."

If the randomly selected American people prefer Chrysler's suspension and steering setup, I promise not to say a word about the 'family' project again, but if the American people prefer my suspension and steering setup, Chrysler ......"

"Chrysler will strictly follow the plan you gave," and before Chen Geng could finish speaking, Lee Iacocca nodded and said, "That's fair." And since it's a bet, we might as well add a little bit of bet, well, how about $100,000?"

Let the American people experience and evaluate it for themselves, this method is indeed the best way to verify whether a suspension or even a car can be accepted by the market. Iacocca felt that this plan was undoubtedly much more objective, and he thought of a lot at once: his own employees may be very conservative when giving evaluations due to various concerns, and may even be contrary to the real views and opinions in his heart, but ordinary passers-by who accept random invitations to test on the road do not have so many concerns, I think good is good, I think bad is bad, and Lao Tzu does not take your salary, so naturally you don't have to look at your face.

Lee Iacocca thinks that this test can even be used as a pilot, if the effect is good, Chrysler's newly developed models will do the same in the future, as for how to achieve maximum secrecy of the new model, this is not a problem for an OEM at all, just put a thick camouflage on the exterior and interior.

"OK, that's it. Chen Geng didn't say a word, and agreed to come down.

It's only $100,000, for ordinary Americans, this money is equivalent to their income from 10 years of not eating or drinking, and even some are looking for it, but for Chrysler Motors and Fernandez, this money is really a purchase of a bet - of course, for Chen Geng, if this lottery loses, it will still be a little distressing: it has not used $100,000 to run for a city council.

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For any OEM, to develop a new model, especially a strategic new model, the number of prototypes manufactured in the early stage for various tests is usually dozens or hundreds, which is also the current low requirements for collision regulations and environmental protection in various countries, and so on after a few years, there are more requirements in this regard, and the number of prototypes will be more, and the global strategic model developed by Ford: the first-generation Mondeo, more than 300 prototypes have been produced for crash testing alone.

Therefore, for global OEMs such as Ford and Chrysler, it is not a matter at all to dispatch 20 prototype cars to do a small test, and it only took three days to adjust and modify 10 test vehicles according to the suspension and steering setting scheme given by Chen Geng, counting the 10 "flickering boat suspension" test vehicles taken out by Chrysler, a total of 20 test vehicles are all in place.

In order to keep secret, each car is covered with a thick camouflage, different from the camouflage method of sticking various stickers on the surface of the body twenty or thirty years later, these 20 cars are draped in a thick "quilt" like a cotton curtain at the entrance of a northern store to block the cold wind, and the steering wheel is directly replaced with a bare style like a tractor, with no other functions except steering and horn, and a thick camouflage is also pasted on the center console.

Even if this is Detroit, the Motor City of the United States, looking at these test cars parked on the street has attracted countless curious eyes: What are these cars for?

For ordinary people, the test car is like a beautiful woman in the ancient deep palace, which is rare to see.

"Hey, sir, can I excuse me?" Chen Geng, who personally led the team, wore a Chrysler overalls and stopped an American man with a big stomach who was shopping with his wife and children.

"Huh?"

Facing the other party's suspicious and vigilant gaze, Chen Geng pointed to the test car on the side of the road and explained: "We are employees of Chrysler Motors, I don't know if you are convenient for us to do a small test? Well, the whole process will take about 4 hours, of course, in order to compensate for your loss of time, we will give you a Carrefour supermarket shopping coupon worth $100." ”

Listening to Chen Geng say that it would take 4 hours, Dahan subconsciously wanted to refuse, but after listening to Chen Geng next say that there was still 100 yuan of supermarket shopping yuan, the refusal that had reached the mouth was swallowed back by Dahan: 100 US dollars, his monthly salary is only 800 US dollars, and the most important thing is that this is a shopping voucher, and there is no need to pay taxes.

Dahan's wife was also a little moved, and it was still the same sentence, this is $100 without paying taxes. After exchanging glances with her husband, the wife nodded: "We can help with this, but you see, you are delaying our family's time, so we want two shopping coupons." ”

"2 shopping coupons?" Chen Geng deliberately hesitated for a moment before nodding: "No problem, but you and your husband have to participate in this test......"

Facing the puzzled eyes of the two, Chen Geng quickly explained the content of the test that they needed to do: "The content of the test is very simple, that is, driving, we have designed two suspension schemes, you just need to tell us which scheme you prefer, and if there are any suggestions for improvement, you can also tell us...... Of course, you will need to fill out a form at the end. ”

It's just driving!

Chen Geng's words made the Dahan couple completely relaxed, and the couple glanced at each other: "OK!"

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The man was more interested in the car, and Mr. Elson volunteered that he would be happy to try it first, but the first to express surprise was Mrs. Elson, who got into the back seat: "God, Elson, this car has a lot more space in the back than our Ford!"

"Really?" Hearing his wife's voice, Elson was a little curious, but he didn't look back: "How big?"

"It's so big, I can even stretch my legs with ease," Mrs. Elson said, gesturing excitedly, "God! I couldn't believe the rear space in this car was so big, I thought I could barely fit two children." ”

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PS: I overslept after coming back yesterday afternoon, this is to make up for last night's shift, brothers can't help it.