Some people may think that the reason why the Miata can run so much is because of its light body, otherwise why can a car with only 1.8 displacement run in 8 seconds and accelerate from 0 to 60 miles (96 km) in 8.9 seconds?

But even people with this idea did not speak in the end, not because they were afraid that Chen Geng was their boss (of course, there are not excluded factors in this regard), mainly because they understood very well that the sports car itself should pursue lightweight, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin ...... And so on, which of these top European sports car brands is not desperately pursuing the ultimate lightweight of the whole vehicle?

"So...... What kind of performance do you want these engines to achieve in your plan?and how much R&D do you expect to cost the entire series of engines?" asked Jack Welch, after a moment's thought.

As the chairman and CEO of AMC, if the boss uses the equity he holds to forcibly promote this matter, then he will not take Chen Geng, but since Chen Geng is talking to himself with a cooperative attitude, there is nothing to say.

Chen Geng nodded and said: "The engine with 2.0 displacement has an initial set power of about 100 kilowatts and a torque of about 180 Nm, and then increases with the increase in displacement, the power and torque of the 3.5-liter V6 are about 185 kilowatts and 320 Nm respectively, and the target of the 4.0V8 is 200 kilowatts and 400 Nm.

As for the 5.6-litre V8, which has the largest displacement, I would like to be able to reach more than 300 kW of power and more than 500 Nm of torque.

Of course, there will be different tuning according to different needs, such as adding supercharging or turbocharging, and there will be high and low performance versions of the same displacement, such as the V6 with the same 3.5 displacement, and the performance of the basic model is set at 185 to 190 kilowatts and 320 to 330 Nm, but the high performance may reach 230 kilowatts and 360 Nm, and there is even a super performance version equipped on the sports car, which comes according to actual needs.

Of course, the most important thing is fuel consumption!

The R&D goal I set for this series of engines is to use a combined fuel consumption of 60 miles, an engine with a displacement of less than 3.0 will have a combined fuel consumption of no more than 18 liters, a combined fuel consumption of 3.0 to 4.0 will not exceed 23 liters, and a combined fuel consumption of 4.0 or more will not exceed 28 liters. ”

“......”

A room full of people was dumbfounded!

A V8 engine with a displacement of 4.0 will have to reach a power output of 200 kilowatts and 400 Nm? This is the power parameter of an American engine with a displacement of a few liters at 6 o'clock; as for the V8 with a displacement of 5.6, the power should be 300 kilowatts and the torque should be 500 Nm, which is already the power parameter of an engine with a displacement of several tens of liters in the United States.

This is not just a boastful upgrade, this is a continuous leap across two public upgrades!

But compared to this performance, what is even more difficult is to achieve such a strong performance while achieving such a low fuel consumption!

Or take the 5.6 displacement engine as an example, the four major automobile manufacturers in the United States today have engines of this displacement level, the difference is nothing more than that your home is 5.6, my family is 5.7, this difference is negligible, but what is the actual comprehensive fuel consumption of each engine with the same displacement? No engine has a comprehensive 60 miles (96 km) of less than 30!

Can such performance and fuel consumption be achieved?

As someone in the automotive industry, we all know that if you want to do that, of course, no problem!

Is it difficult?

Difficult!

It's so hard!

Compared with the current level, the machining accuracy and difficulty of each part of the engine will rise by at least three levels, and as for how much the cost will rise, this ghost knows!

And if you want to achieve strong power and low fuel consumption at the same time, the research and development cost is ...... You can't think about it!

As the chairman and CEO of AMC, at this moment, he felt Alexander: "Boss, I have not been in contact with the automotive industry for a long time, and I don't know how much it will cost to develop such a series of engines, and I don't know how long it will take, can you ...... it?"

Without waiting for Jack Welch to finish speaking, Chen Geng took over: "After the development of the whole series, if it is replaced by an American car manufacturer, it will take at least 6 years and spend at least 800 million US dollars, and if it is replaced by a Japanese car manufacturer, it may cost a little less money, but it will take longer......

Without waiting for Chen Geng to finish speaking, Jack Welch immediately turned his head to look at the other shareholders of the company, and sure enough, he found the answer on the faces of the other shareholders: Mr. Fernandez said this is probably about the same.

He was about to open his mouth to speak, but before he could speak, he heard his boss say confidently: "But I am not included in these people, if I do it, it will take 3 years at most, and the funds spent will not exceed 400 million." ”

“......”

What Jack Welch was about to say was choked back alive!

What would take others six years or more and spend at least $800 million to do, you can do it with half of it, and half of it in terms of time and money?

As for the rest of the people in the conference room, they were all cross-eyed at the moment!

Three years at most, no more than $400 million?!

My God!

I just heard something!

At this moment, Jack Welch directly turned into a stammer: "Old ...... Don't ...... boss. No kidding......"

The other directors, shareholders, and senior management had similar expressions to Jack Welch, and although no one spoke, everyone meant the same thing: Boss, can you please stop making such jokes, we won't believe it.

"No kidding, who is joking with you?" Chen Geng said with a smile: "You may not know how much money I spent on Chrysler to develop the family, to develop the miata and the 1.8 engine for myself, but how much money I spent on developing the hummer and the MPV for AMC, don't you know?"

“......”

Suddenly, someone wants to slap themselves a few times!

Yes, this is also one of the most amazing things about Mr. Fernandez, the same thing, the owner can always use less than a third or even a quarter of the R&D funds and time of others to get it done, for an OEM, it takes an average of four to six years to develop a new model, and it costs at least four or five billion dollars to succeed, which is still something that can only be done without developing a new powertrain and gearbox.

But his own boss is different, as if he has a huge and complete model database in his head, when he needs to develop a certain model, he only needs to choose a model directly from the database according to the needs of customers.

This is the magic of Mr. Fernández, and even Mr. Giugiaro admires and admires the ability of his boss.

Jack Welch wanted to refuse at first, but when he heard this number, he couldn't help but feel moved, and after hesitating for a while, Jack Welch finally asked the doubts in his heart: "Boss, I actually don't understand, why don't you ...... Not ......"

Looking at Jack Welch's hesitant and speechless appearance, Chen Geng was a little amused: "You are strange, why don't I use the rights of AMC's controlling major shareholders to forcibly promote this cooperation?"

"Yes. Jack Welch nodded immediately.

Not only Jack Welch, but also the other shareholders actually thought the same thing in their hearts, and they did not understand that as a major shareholder who controls more than 51% of the shares of AMC Motors, as long as he uses his controlling stake to promote this matter, no one can refuse.

When thinking about why Chen Geng did this, many people are pondering one thing: if he was Mr. Fernandez, would he use his absolute controlling stake in AMC to forcibly promote this cooperation?

There is no doubt that if it were me, I would definitely do it!

As the owners and shareholders of an OEM, they know very well how much investment is required to develop a brand new engine, and at this time, what any OEM has to do is to do everything possible to invest as much as possible -- why do several OEMs in the United States without exception choose to increase the displacement to enhance performance? Because this method is the most untechnical, the most simple and crude, and the least investment.

But what everyone couldn't understand was that Mr. Fernández didn't do this, but chose to ask everyone's opinions, which made them a little confused.

"The reason is actually very simple," Chen Geng said, "because the patent for this engine does not belong to AMC, but to me, and as a collaborator, AMC can get the lowest license price to use and produce this engine." In this way, it is difficult for me to use my voting rights to forcibly promote this matter, which means that I am using the power of the company to do things for me personally, which is contrary to the company law. ”

I see!

The shareholders, directors and management of AMC, who were still secretly sneering at Chen Geng's approach and felt that Chen Geng's approach of asking for the opinions of the big guys was stupid, realized that the purpose of their boss was here: he didn't want to, but couldn't.

Jack Welch was also relieved, since Mr. Fernandez still had such a layer of concerns, then things would be much easier. He nodded, looked around again, and after asking the shareholders and directors for their opinions, he said, "Sir, since that's the case, um...... We need to consider and discuss, for example, whether the two sides want to cooperate, and if so, what the specific details of cooperation and the division of interests should be. ”

"Of course, that's as it should be. Chen Geng nodded happily, he never thought that he just proposed such a thing at the meeting, and then everyone immediately nodded in agreement, it was impossible.

Speaking of which, it was almost time for this meeting to end, but Jack Welch finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but ask Chen Geng: "I don't understand, a 2.0 engine is just that, why don't you just make it into an inline four-cylinder?" In my opinion, even if it is a 2.5, it can be made into an in-line four-cylinder.

Even the 3.0 one, for cost reasons, in my opinion, there is no need to make a V6, it can be made into an in-line six-cylinder.

Why, you ask, because the V6 requires two cylinder heads, two valve assemblies, while the in-line six only needs one cylinder head and one valve assemble. Compared to the V6, the in-line six cylinders alone can reduce the cost of cylinder head and valve assembly by at least 30%, with little to no impact on performance. ”

Chen Geng smiled and nodded: "Now it's just a preliminary idea, if AMC decides to invest, of course, the plan of each engine will be discussed in detail." ”

"Oh......" Jack Welch replied, and suddenly looked back at his boss: "Boss, I want to ask...... If AMC disagrees......"

"Then I don't agree. Without waiting for Jack Welch to finish speaking, Chen Geng smiled: "What a big deal? ”

it!

Boss, can you not be so carefree?!

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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a moment.

The shareholders, directors and management of AMC, who were still secretly sneering at Chen Geng's approach and felt that Chen Geng's approach of asking for the opinions of the big guys was stupid, realized that the purpose of their boss was here: he didn't want to, but couldn't.

Jack Welch was also relieved, since Mr. Fernandez still had such a layer of concerns, then things would be much easier. He nodded, looked around again, and after asking the shareholders and directors for their opinions, he said, "Sir, since that's the case, um...... We need to consider and discuss, for example, whether the two sides want to cooperate, and if so, what the specific details of cooperation and the division of interests should be. ”

"Of course, that's as it should be. Chen Geng nodded happily, he never thought that he just proposed such a thing at the meeting, and then everyone immediately nodded in agreement, it was impossible.

Speaking of which, it was almost time for this meeting to end, but Jack Welch finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but ask Chen Geng: "I don't understand, a 2.0 engine is just that, why don't you just make it into an inline four-cylinder?" In my opinion, even if it is a 2.5, it can be made into an in-line four-cylinder.

Even the 3.0 one, for cost reasons, in my opinion, there is no need to make a V6, it can be made into an in-line six-cylinder.

Why, you ask, because the V6 requires two cylinder heads, two valve assemblies, while the in-line six only needs one cylinder head and one valve assemble. Compared to the V6, the in-line six cylinders alone can reduce the cost of cylinder head and valve assembly by at least 30%, with little to no impact on performance. ”

Chen Geng smiled and nodded: "Now it's just a preliminary idea, if AMC decides to invest, of course, the plan of each engine will be discussed in detail." ”

"Oh......" Jack Welch replied, and suddenly looked back at his boss: "Boss, I want to ask...... If AMC disagrees......"