"The mini van, some countries also call this kind of car a small van," Chen Geng said, while taking out the third picture: "This is a small van that Japan's Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. has just launched to the market this year, called 'carry', the model is ST-90V, equipped with a three-cylinder gasoline engine with a displacement of 543CC and a four-cylinder gasoline engine with a displacement of 797CC." ”

Seeing the square "bread" car on the drawing, Sun Shoupeng and Cheng Xingming's eyes lit up suddenly: "This car...... It looks a bit like a shrunken bus. ”

Chen Geng responded: "Well, the minibus is essentially a medium-sized single box, and this car is a miniature single box, from the basic body structure, it is not wrong to say so."

The length and width of this car are about the same as the Fiat 126P, which are more than three meters less than three meters two, and the width is less than one meter four, but the carrying capacity is very strong, and it can seat up to eight people, of course, it is estimated that it will be very crowded.

In addition, the chassis of this car adopts a non-load-bearing body structure, and the car has a strong carrying capacity, in addition to this pure passenger single-box, it is easy to derive other variants of the car on the basis of this chassis, such as this ...... The single-row mini truck and the double-row mini truck can be said to be a very versatile vehicle......"

Now there is no such miniature van in China, some are just some small vans introduced from the Soviet Union and Eastern European socialist countries, the size and a few years later Jinbei (the domestic version of Toyota Hiace) about the same size, of course, there is no "van" name, but looking at Chen Geng's painting on the paper of the passenger car and two kinds of cargo mini trucks developed based on the chassis of this bus, Cheng Xingming and Sun Shoupeng suddenly had a strong feeling in their hearts: this car is more suitable for China than Fiat 126P!

Compared with the Fiat 126P, which has only two doors, this mini van has five doors: except for the two doors of the front and co-pilot, which are normally opened outwards, the two at the back are side sliding doors, and the rear of the car also has a tailgate that opens upwards, which is much more convenient than the Fiat 126P for loading people or loading, not to mention that this car can seat more people.

But in this way, the problem also comes: this mini van is good, but the four-door mini car that Chen Geng took out before is about the same size as the Fiat 126P, after all, it is a sedan.

In the eyes of the Chinese people in this era, the sedan is the best, even if it is a miniature car without a butt, the B grid is naturally much higher than such a square, bread-like car.

For example, Cheng Xingming hesitated for a moment, but still asked Chen Geng: "Mr. Chen, this car is very good, but it is compared with a car...... Well, can we have both?"

Two cars?

Chen Geng didn't expect the Jialing factory to have such a good appetite, and you are not afraid to support it? He asked Cheng Xingming with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, do you think that with the current situation of the Jialing factory, it can support two automobile projects at the same time?"

Cheng Xingming's face flushed, and he was a little embarrassed.

For the current Jialing factory, if it were not for Chen Geng's comprehensive support and support, even an automobile project would ...... Not to mention one car project, not even a motorcycle project can be supported, let alone two car projects to be launched again at the same time as a motorcycle project has already been set.

Sun Shoupeng is also difficult to choose.

Look at this four-door minicar, and then look at this bread-like box, which can pull a lot of people, and the market prospect is definitely good, Sun Shoupeng is really difficult to decide, but he has one thing better, that is, since I am difficult to decide, then I will ask someone who knows better. He asked Chen Geng sincerely: "Mr. Chen, which of the two cars do you think is more suitable for our Jialing factory?"

"I think this van is more suitable," Chen Geng took the initiative to give him the reason why he did it: "According to the most mainstream design concept of these two types of products in the world, micro family cars basically adopt the design scheme of engine front, front wheel drive or rear drive, because of the limitation of body size, the accuracy and size requirements of some key and core components are very high;

Relatively speaking, the power and transmission system of this kind of hatchback basically adopt the mode of engine mid-mounted and rear-wheel drive, and the volume requirements for the engine and gearbox and the accuracy of parts are relatively low, and the difficulty of technical research is also fundamental. ”

At the same time as deciding to give the van project to the Jialing factory, Chen Geng silently said sorry to the Changhe Aircraft Factory, and robbed you of your jobs.

Is that the case?

Sun Shoupeng consulted Cheng Xingming with almost undetectable eyes, and after Cheng Xingming nodded and said that it was indeed as Chen Geng said, he immediately nodded: "I understand, listening to what you said, I also think that this car is indeed more suitable for our Jialing factory...... Old Cheng?"

"Hearing what Mr. Chen said, I also think that this car is indeed more suitable for our Jialing factory," Cheng Xingming nodded, and then asked Chen Geng: "But Mr. Chen, I have a few questions." ”

"You say. ”

"You don't seem to have one such product in your product lineup, so ......"

Although half of the words were spoken, Cheng Xingming's meaning was already very clear: Mr. Chen Geng, if you want to cooperate, you need to come up with real things, can you really come up with such a product?

Chen Geng smiled faintly: "I am an automobile designer, and I am a car designer who has proven myself in many fields, my company does not have such a product, not that I can't make it, but there is no suitable market to carry this product;

Secondly, your Jialing factory is not a fool, the premise that we can reach cooperation is that I can come up with such a product, if I can't come up with such a car, your Jialing factory can't be stupid by my empty gloves white wolf. Am I right, two?"

“......”

Interpreting Chen Geng's words in reverse, it basically means that "this cheap product is not suitable for the United States at all, so I am good", Sun Shoupeng and Cheng Xingming were a little embarrassed.

But at the same time, the two had to admit that Chen Geng's words were indeed reasonable, with the economic level and per capita wealth level of the United States, since the car penetration rate of people can reach more than one car per family, how can it be possible to develop this kind of small car with seven or eight people crammed together?

Fernandez, which is based on the American market, really does not need to produce such a car.

In addition, it can be heard that Mr. Chen Geng seems to be a little dissatisfied with Jialing Factory's doubts about his ability, and Cheng Xingming and Sun Shoupeng are both a little embarrassed.

However, embarrassment is a bit embarrassing, as long as you can solve the doubts in your heart, what is a little embarrassment? How can you do a job, especially attracting investment and filling the bellies of thousands of people, without the courage to spit on your own face? Not to mention a little bit of embarrassment.

Cheng Xingming didn't hear the slight dissatisfaction in Chen Geng's words, and nodded happily: "What Mr. Chen said makes sense, we think badly, don't you mind...... I also have a question, do you have a suitable engine and gearbox in your company? You just said that the 'carry' of Suzuki in Japan uses a two-cylinder 543cc engine and a three-cylinder 797cc engine, is it the kind of small-displacement engine used in this kind of mini boxback? Do we have to import the corresponding engine and gearbox from other companies?"

Knowing why Cheng Xingming asked such a question, Chen Geng waved his hand: "No, although our company does not have a suitable gearbox, but it is not a big problem, cut two cylinders of our company's current 1.8-liter displacement in-line four-cylinder gasoline engine, which is a 900CC in-line twin-cylinder engine, which can output more than 50 horsepower, which is enough." As for the gearbox, I would design a 4-speed manual gearbox for this engine. ”

Directly cut off two cylinders of the 1.8 inline four-cylinder engine, and then give it to the Jialing factory?

Listening to Chen Geng's relaxed tone, it was like saying, "I'll go to the vegetable garden to pluck two radishes, go home and fry radish balls to eat", Cheng Xingming and Sun Shoupeng swallowed at the same time!

Is this thing difficult?

It's not difficult to say that it's not difficult at all, this is the most common method used by major OEMs:

For example, Wolfsburg, the V10 engine used on the Porsche was cut off by two cylinders, and it became the 4.2 V8 on the Touareg;

For example, the Fiat Group, they cut off 4 cylinders from the V12 engine used by Farah, and it became the 4.2 V8 on the president of Maserati;

There are even more ruthless, such as Honda, they cut the 1.5-liter displacement "Earth Dream" engine on the "GK5 supercar" fit in half, and picked up half of it, which became the 750cc engine of the Honda NC750X and NC750F motorcycles.

However, for domestic internal combustion engine companies and OEMs that are still imitating and have almost no independent research and development capabilities, this is no longer a difficult problem, this is a difficult problem!

So much so that as soon as they heard about Chen Geng's "simple and rude" operation method, the two immediately felt awe of Chen Geng's Fernandez company: their technical strength is too strong, I don't know how many times stronger than domestic automobile factories and engine manufacturers, and they have reached the level of masters at their fingertips.

"Director Sun, Chief Engineer Cheng, what questions do you have now?" Looking at Cheng Xingming and Sun Shoupeng, who kept swallowing saliva, Chen Geng asked slowly.

"It's gone. Sun Shoupeng and Cheng Xingming shook their heads at the same time.

Chen Geng: "Very good, since there is no problem between the two of you, should we talk about the specific cooperation model?"

What is the specific cooperation model?

That's right, and then the two of them reacted: what kind of cooperation should the two sides have? This really needs to be discussed.

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PS: I'm trying to write 2 chapters today and another chapter before 12 o'clock.