13,275 units!

This is the pre-sale volume of the world's first MPV: the AMC GL8, which was two weeks before its official launch, and 70% of all orders were for the mid- and high-spec models.

After this pre-sale figure was counted, not only did the shareholders of AMC not expect or dare to think about it, but Jack Welch's jaw was about to drop in shock: "Boss, is it possible that after the Chrysler family, the second model with annual sales is expected to exceed 200,000 units will appear?"

This is less than a month, the number of pre-sales has exceeded 13,000 units, as long as AMC controls the quality and has a good reputation after listing, it should not be a big problem for monthly sales to exceed and stabilize at 17,000 units, and monthly sales of more than 17,000 units are more than 200,000 units per year!

The annual sales of a model may exceed 200,000, but Mr. Fernández has designed a total of five models for AMC, if these five models are launched within a year, doesn't that mean that AMC can achieve a turnaround in one year at most? It also means that even if the brand JEEP is counted, AMC's production capacity is not enough, and increasing production capacity can be officially included in the agenda?

Thinking of these two possibilities, Jack Welch was in a trance: although he was very confident in helping AMC turn a profit, he didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.

Chen Geng shook his head: "It's too early to say that the annual sales volume exceeds 200,000 vehicles, I have made a good start for you, you may not be able to control the quality and create a good reputation after the listing, it depends on you...... Jack, there are only three things I can ask of you: quality, quality, and quality!"

"Boss, don't worry," Jack Welch nodded heavily, after knowing AMC's previous poor word-of-mouth performance, he knew very well why Chen Geng took the trouble to constantly emphasize quality: "I assure you that the quality of AMC must be the best among the major American car manufacturers......"

"It's just that the best in the United States can't do it, it must be the best in the world," Chen Geng corrected: "Now many people say that the quality of Dongying Automobile is good, and it is not easy to break, this is not good, I will give you two years, and after two years, I will hear the saying that 'the quality of Dongying Automobile is not bad, similar to AMC'." ”

Although Chen Geng's words were said in a joking tone, Jack Welch actually understood in his heart that this was a task given to him by the boss, and nodded heavily: "OK, boss......"

Promise to promise, Jack Welch seemed to have a little embarrassment on his face.

Knowing where these difficulties came from and what made him embarrassed, Chen Geng said without Jack Welch opening his mouth: "Worried about environmental protection?"

"Yes," Jack Welch nodded, "After your tuning, our engines are now barely meeting the emission requirements of the environmental protection department, but next year, we will implement more stringent new environmental regulations......

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How to solve the problem of exhaust emissions?

Chen Geng threw a patent directly on the desk of the AMC Automotive Engineering Institute: "Use this to solve the problem of matching this technology with the engine as soon as possible." ”

Dr. Michael Sheld, president of the AMC Institute of Automotive Engineering, looked at the patent document that his boss had thrown on his desk, and couldn't help but read it out: "Engine intake continuously variable valve technology?"

After reading it, he couldn't help but glance up at his boss.

According to the working principle of the internal combustion engine, in the process of opening and closing the intake and exhaust valves in the four strokes, the change of the opening and closing angle of the intake valve has the greatest impact on the intake efficiency, Michael Holder Bosch is a well-known automobile and internal combustion engine expert in the United States (otherwise he would not be the head of the AMC Automotive Engineering Institute), as the world's top internal combustion engine expert, he certainly knows that as long as the engine can reasonably choose the timing of the valve to ensure that the engine has the best power, it can reduce fuel consumption while improving engine performance.

But the problem is that at different speeds, the demand for air during engine combustion is different, and the air intake of the engine is slightly linearly rising with the rise of speed.

The question is that everyone knows the technical principle, what kind of "engine continuously variable valve technology" that the boss threw to himself is really so magical?

Chen Geng bowed slightly, motioning for him to continue looking.

“...... The system is composed of a solenoid valve and a variable camshaft phase adjuster, which can adjust the amount of air intake and the opening and closing time and angle of the valve according to the operation of the engine by adjusting the phase of the engine cam, so that the air intake volume changes with the change of engine speed, so as to ensure that the air volume entering the combustion chamber reaches the best, so as to achieve the best combustion efficiency, improve fuel economy, and then achieve the purpose of fuel saving and environmental protection......"

Seeing this, and comparing the patent diagram given later, Michael Shield couldn't help but exclaim "Ah......": "I see! I can still do this? Damn, why didn't I think of it?!"

There was a hint of chagrin in his tone.

Although it is only a simple schematic, as the best internal combustion engine expert of this era, the schematic diagram in this patent document is equivalent to helping Dr. Michael Childe pierce the window paper, and he immediately realized that this continuous variable valve timing technology can really achieve the purpose of improving combustion efficiency and fuel efficiency, and indirectly meet the requirements of the new environmental regulations, but ......

"Boss, this technology, it seems that the engine will have a lack of torque in the middle of the rev. After carefully analyzing this technology, Dr. Michael Shielder said to Chen Geng with some uncertainty.

The big guy is the big guy, and he can see through a little flaw behind this technology at a glance.

Chen Geng nodded, "That's right, that's the case, if you want to solve this problem, it's actually very simple, add an exhaust variable valve timing technology on the exhaust side, and form an intake and exhaust continuous variable valve timing technology with the intake variable valve timing." ”

Chen Geng took out nothing more than the intake variable valve timing technology (VVT), if you want to make up for the lack of torque of the engine in the middle and low speeds, you must start the exhaust variable valve timing technology in addition to the intake variable valve timing technology, that is, the intake and exhaust double continuous variable valve timing technology (DVVT), but as far as the current environmental protection regulations are concerned, there is no need to take out the formal technology of the intake and exhaust continuous variable valve together, and a single VVT technology is enough.

"That's true," although I haven't seen this intake and exhaust continuous variable valve technology composed of exhaust variable valve timing technology, but combined with the near-air continuous variable valve technology at hand, Michael Shielder thought carefully, and it was easy to imagine the general technology of this intake and exhaust continuous variable valve technology, and the boss dared to say so, presumably he had such a technology in his hand, and it was precisely because of this that he was particularly puzzled in his heart:" In that case, why can't you take out this intake and exhaust continuous variable valve technology as well?"

"Because the patent for this technology belongs to me," Chen Geng replied with a smile: "In my opinion, having a basic displacement here, and having this patent for continuously variable valve intake is enough to cope with the new environmental regulations next year." ”

“......”

Dr. Michael Sheld, who had a lot to say, couldn't say a word at the moment.

Before this, he had always thought that this patent was applied for by the new boss in the name of AMC, and how could he think that the patent belonged to the boss himself, and he just authorized this patent to AMC to use, in this case, what else can he say?

No matter what Dr. Michael Shielder thought, Chen Geng said to himself: "Dr. Sheld, in addition to matching this technology with AMC's original engine and upgrading the engine, you will also assist me in debugging and matching the engine's EFI system." ”

These words simply did not give Dr. Michael Sheld, the head of the AMC Automotive Engineering Institute, a little face, and it was tantamount to directly robbing him of his authority, but Dr. Michael Shelder did not realize this at all, and he was frightened by the thoughts in Chen Geng's words: "You want to cancel the carburetor?"

As early as the sixties on some high-end models, in fact, the use of EFI technology has begun, but in this era, the cost of EFI system is high, compared with the traditional carburetor can not save much fuel, this thing is more as a high-end configuration to show off, a car equipped with EFI system, basically equivalent to a car in later generations holding an electric horn with people: the seats on our car have angle adjustment and massage function, you don't have yo, so I am more advanced than you.

"I'm not stupid," Chen Geng waved his hand: "A set of EFI system is at least 300 US dollars, and on the premise that the engine exhaust emissions can meet the standard, I will popularize the EFI system if I am stupid." ”

Dr. Michael Shelter breathed a sigh of relief: it's not just about popularizing EFI systems, just like Mr. Fernandez himself said, a set of EFI systems costs hundreds of dollars, and what will be the popularization of EFI systems.

It's just that he breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Geng continued: "But this technology is not researched, in the foreseeable future, the environmental protection requirements of various governments will inevitably be higher and higher, according to the current development trend, I predict that at most 5 years, governments will force automobile manufacturers to fully popularize EFI systems, how can we not master this technology? We not only have to master the debugging and matching of EFI systems, but also be able to produce EFI engine control systems and automatic transmission control systems." ”

In the future, not only ECU systems will be popularized, but also ECUs and TCU systems will be produced? Dr. Michael Childe was frightened by the ambitions of his boss.