The next day, there was a meeting to discuss various development plans, especially their understanding of the plan made by Liu Yi, as well as their plans, Liu Yi roughly agreed to their requirements, now Jeep has not yet reached self-sufficiency, if the sales of Grand Cherokee and Wrangler can increase in the later period, it can basically be self-sufficient, research and development does not need to invest too much in the company, technology accumulation is time, want to become the world's top car companies, must have more technology accumulation, and then accumulate steadily, to create characteristic products, in order to promote the development of the market, Liu Yi belongs to the technology nerd, more obsessed with technology.

At the end of the meeting, Liu Yi and Turner went to the Wrangler's test site together, there are special test sites and outdoor test sites, the Rubicon Trail is one of them, Liu Yi is actually quite curious, he has not been to the Rubicon Trail, I don't know why many production cars can't pass this ten kilometers of road, he is more interested in the company's specially designed test car for him, given to him to play, using the new 5.7-liter V8 engine top configuration of the Rubicon model, in order to accurate test results, also use the simplified version and the high-end version to test together.

Turner introduced some of the configurations they added, because it is a hard off-road, so the technology of electronically controlled four-wheel drive has made more in-depth changes, a large number of mechanical design, to ensure that the power transmission is more efficient and stable, Liu Yi is still very happy with the changes they made, of course, the market to give feedback they have also made improvements, especially in terms of quality, because the product is a little special, so in the change deliberately in the direction of more hard-core, they can not be compared with Mercedes-Benz's G-class, in the degree of luxury, it is certainly not an opponent, but it also adds a higher sense of comfort for the off-road vehicle, adding more safety configurations, including the top multi-directional camera, slope display, slope safety detection, altitude temperature display, and anti-roll heavy sagging technology, you can climb a larger slope, as well as a higher slope when rolling.

Liu Yi is still very satisfied with these things, looking at Liu Yi's happy appearance, Turner knows that Liu Yi still listens to their work, and this year's bonus should be no problem, because of the big sales of the two models, a bonus has been issued, as long as the Wrangler is successfully listed, their second bonus will not be far away. Liu Yi doesn't care much about the bonuses, as long as they can make satisfactory products, giving a little more bonuses will make these researchers more motivated, plus the assessment is fair, it will make people more creative, in fact, R&D personnel are more passionate than people in the production department, they like challenges, find a sense of honor when completing the goal, and at the same time give the money due, what they need is the double recognition of honor and money.

The plane landed, there was also a car to pick up, sent to a special hotel, Liu Yi rested first, and the next day will be tested in the infield, he is also very tired, the continuous meeting really hurts the body, although Liu Yi is young, but also feels that his body is a little unbearable.

Early the next morning, a car picked up Liu Yi and went directly to the test site of the institute, which was bought and renovated, and these could not be spent in the central state

How much is it, the United States is a city with a small number of people and a large number of concentrated and developed populations, the population here is not so dense, this research institute is the main industry here, in order to protect the security of the research institute, Liu Yi pays a lot of taxes for the institute every year, and also hires a lot of security personnel to protect their safety.

There are six cars parked on the field, the most conspicuous of which is one of Liu's, his one is the only one in army green, with a big V8 written on it, which is a performance of super power, and the others are all below 4.0, including 2.8T diesel engine models.

Met with a few testers, and then explained by the professional testers what needs to be paid attention to when driving, Liu Yi listened very seriously, although he can drive, but like the Wrangler this hard off-road, he has not yet tried, for the hard off-road is also a vague concept, in his memory has not experienced a particularly difficult road surface, and so on to all the safety and operation of the end, the other testers set off first, Liu Yi followed Turner to their car, listened to his explanation, in order to show the characteristics of their model, the minimum ground clearance directly increased to 245mm, ordinary models or conventional 215mm, Only high-end models will use high ground clearance, because of the height, Liu Yi felt that he was struggling to get into the car, and the test driver next to him got into the car with Liu Yi.

"Boss, have a good time, but all you need to do is tear down the car completely. Turner said with a smile, it was like this last time at TopGear, this is a joke, Liu Yi nodded, he actually thought that those people could toss it, the more powerful the toss, the better the car sells.

Liu Yi according to the tester's prompts, adjust the seat, safety position, seat belt, drive mode selection, because it is the top version of the model, full-time four-wheel drive system, in order to obtain better car driving performance, the ordinary road is a large runway, with a certain slope, so that the car can be quickly driven up, around the entire field, test the car's suspension feedback and other performance, his car also has test sensors and cameras.

The speed of the car slowly got up, Liu Yi felt that the acceleration of this large displacement car was indeed very fast, because it was the reason for low turn and high torque, and the off-road vehicle could not have the acceleration of the performance car, but it was already very fast, a long runway, the acceleration should be about 8 seconds, which was already fast to make Liu Yi a little scared, full speed, and then - into the slope road, where you can drive at high speed, but also to ensure the performance of acceleration.

The power is endless, giving Liu one a lot of confidence, after the first two laps of adaptation, Liu Yi has basically adapted to the performance of the car, slowly the speed is getting faster and faster, the speed is improved, and the power can also be output, because it is necessary to drive at high speed, so the car adopts a sports gear, and the steering wheel is heavier, which is a special requirement of Liu Yi, when driving at high speed, it is necessary to ensure that the steering wheel is not easy to be easily pulled, so as not to cause greater danger, which is a safety protection for driving, and of course, it must also have a certain performance of elk steering.

As the test became more and more in-depth, Liu Yi felt that the technical department still worked hard, compared to the network

Judging from the questions raised by the people on the Internet, the car has been improved to meet the requirements, "Is this suspension system specially tuned? I feel like the body has fallen down a little." Liu Yi asked.

"Yes, for the stability of high-speed driving, the car will be subject to the pressure of wind resistance, in this small range, the ground clearance of the body will automatically become smaller, after many tests, when the car is running at high speed, as long as the speed exceeds a certain limit, the body will be naturally adjusted because of the wind resistance pressure and mechanical stress, the ground clearance at this time is slightly lower than the minimum ground clearance of about one centimeter, according to the requirements, we have re-carried out the appearance design of the model, especially the determination of the wind resistance system, has been reduced a lot. The test driver said.

High-speed performance and braking performance are not bad, the brakes may be about 42 meters, has basically met the requirements, after all, it is a high-speed off-road vehicle, the weight is there, compared to the guide and other cars about 38 meters of the results are indeed a little worse, but not bad, in the gravity brake, or when braking suddenly, the body will have a certain amount of shaking, this is the reason for inertia, although the butt feels a little shaky, but in the end it can be stabilized, the results of continuous test brake thermal attenuation are OK, hard work and no effort is different, I hope these people are the same as themselves are really like off-road vehicles。

Behind is the muddy road pass test, there is about a meter of water depth, the highest wading depth of the car is one meter one, Liu Yi opened the low-speed four-wheel drive according to the requirements of the test driver, and then drove into the muddy water, immediately felt a lot of resistance, the difficulty of driving increased, and the advantages of the mechanical differential lock were immediately reflected, fast response, and the efficiency of mechanical transmission is very high, soon the four tires have power, can push the car forward, plus the power of large displacement, a force like a bull will pull the car out of the mud, the car will have a side slip situation, according to the requirements of the test driver to play the direction, control the stability of the body, quickly passed, high slope test, shell crater is actually not difficult, but the speed is very slow, slowly passed, and high slope test, the performance of the high configuration car is immediately reflected, used to calculate the slope after the slope can let the driver slowly control their speed, through the high slope, the passing angle of the car is very large, the wheelbase of the two-door version is very short, it is easy to control the speed of the car, at this time the car is also specially designed, with a low-speed operation control button, you can control the speed at a very low value, you can also control yourself, both ways are very convenient。

The large twisting of the body in the shell crater, the rigidity of the body can still be maintained, and it is very fast when it lands, but the performance of the spring is very good, if the suspension with nitrogen is used, it may be better, at this time the suspension is harder than usual, Liu Yi can feel the clear feedback of the road surface, the silence in the car is also well controlled, and the seats designed by the off-road engineering inside are also quite good, very soft, suitable for long-term driving, and the sealing is also very good.

The basic test lasted a day, and the driving feeling was very good, but he also found a little dissatisfaction, and if he made any further changes, the car could be sent to China for him to use.