If the multinational joint venture brand was only in a cold sideline posture to the Zhonghua Group in the past, there was a mentality of watching you play with me first and then catching up, but with the rapid listing of the third generation of "Qin", the international auto giants finally regarded the Zhonghua Group as a worthy opponent in the Chinese market.

On the basis of "Tang", the third generation of "Qin" gives people a new feeling, detached from the traces of plagiarism and reference in the past, just like the earthen gun was suddenly replaced by a cannon, and the Zhonghua Group began to reach the international design level.

"Judging from the comparison of these two cars, Zhonghua Group has made great progress, they have mastered the strength of independent research and development, can think independently, no longer rely on reference, and have their own ideas to create high-quality cars. And through years of accumulation, their manufacturing process has made great progress, and the workmanship of the whole vehicle is very solid. To be honest, if we were to use the same cost, we wouldn't be able to do it at their level!"

In a warehouse of SAIC Volkswagen, a senior engineer analyzed to his colleagues.

In front of them, two second- and third-generation "Qin" were side-by-side after professional dismantling. If the success of a car is accidental, then the second and third models are still selling well, then there is really something outstanding.

"I also hold the same concept, the three generations of 'Qin' subverted my imagination, I didn't expect domestic cars to produce such a high-quality product. Put it on the market, it can compete with the joint venture car. The most terrifying thing is that their selling prices are so competitive that they can steal a lot of market share from joint venture brands. ”

Another engineer replied that as a veteran who had dismantled almost all the cars produced in China in the market, he could judge from experience the excellence of the "Qin".

Of course, Han Hao couldn't hear the praise from his competitors, and he was at the gate of the headquarters of Jiangzhou Zhonghua Group, along with many employees, looking forward to the return of a team.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

The sharp-eyed man immediately saw the convoy at the corner of the highway in front of him and shouted.

Suddenly, gongs and drums were noisy, lion dances jumped, and a large banner was written on it, "Welcome to the triumph of the CVT project team".

After six months and a journey of more than 250,000 kilometers, the test team equipped with CVT transmission samples independently developed by Zhonghua Group finally completed the arduous road test and returned to the Jiangzhou base camp.

The team was full of more than 200 people, divided into three batches of non-stop succession tests, and the number of people who provided logistics support for them was three times that of the team, and even Xia Cheng, the director of the CVT project, personally accompanied the team through the 50,000-kilometer journey.

Under the test of long-distance road tests and various climatic terrains, the CVT transmission had a total of 0 level 1 major failures, 11 level 2 failures, and 47 level 3 minor failures. With the technical support of the engineers and the headquarters, all of them were solved, and a large number of useful data were collected for the mass production of CVT transmissions.

In the road test, the most valuable thing is "0 times level 1 failure", which means that the self-developed CVT transmission has reached the standard that can be marketed, there is no fatal failure in the harsh test environment, and the quality has initially reached the mass production standard.

Despite occasional slippage, despite not having much torque, and despite excessive prolonged use, it can lead to overheating protection...... All of these are not comparable to this autonomous CVT transmission to achieve a breakthrough in China's automatic transmission, leaving a heavy footprint in the history of the development of China's automobile industry.

In Han Hao's mind, there is a scoring ledger, which can be compared with the mainstream level of international automobiles to score the development of Zhonghua Group. Based on the current mainstream technical standard of international brands of 100 points, Chung Hwa Group has developed step by step with the naked eye.

In that year, with the Jiansuzuki model, the first micro-car Huaxia Light was created, and it achieved a big leap from zero to something, from 0 points to 50 points.

Subsequently, the 1.2L engine transferred by AVL was obtained, which solved the cardiodynamic problem and went from 50 to 55 points.

Next, the event that can make Zhonghua Group cross the qualification line by 60 points is that it reversely imitated Toyota's 2.0L engine and made its own Pangu 1.8L engine. This marks that Zhonghua Group has the initial core independent research and development capabilities, and also solves the problem of automobile heart that is generally troubled by domestic automobile companies.

Obtained the car license, entered the field of cars, launched the first car product "Qin" of Zhonghua Group, and initially gained a firm foothold in the market. This made the strength of Zhonghua Group increase all of a sudden, and the score also rose to 65 points.

With the establishment of the China Automotive Research Institute, the first independent SUV "Tang" was born, creating China's own automobile design language, and once again the score rose to 70 points.

Really go abroad, build a joint venture in Russia, put the star product "Tang" into production, in the relatively fierce local market, hard resistance to international brands, and achieve good sales results. This means that the pace of internationalization of Zhonghua Group has really begun, and the score has increased again to 75 points.

Recently, the launch of the third-generation "Qin" is also equipped with a newly developed and improved second-generation Pangu engine, which proves that Zhonghua Group can fully blossom, smoothly transition from SUV to sedan, and its independent innovation ability has reached a higher level, and the score has continued to improve to 80 points.

At this time, the "middle-income country trap" is revealed, with the slowing of the late-mover advantage and the strengthening of the ceiling effect, the front is like an invisible wall of air, and it is no longer realistic to make great strides in development.

The increase in the score has also changed from 5 points to 2 points after reaching 80 points, and in the future, if it reaches 90 points, the increase will decrease to 1 point step.

When it reaches 100 points, it means that Zhonghua Group has caught up with the pace of development of international mainstream automobile brands, and everyone is at the same starting line.

Once the CVT transmission is mass-produced, it will lift the rope that has been around the neck of Zhonghua Group, achieve a breakthrough in automatic transmission, and truly become the first person in the technical strength of domestic independent automobile enterprises.

Therefore, the success of the CVT project will achieve a big leap forward of one to three, and the development performance of Zhonghua Group will soar by three points and 2 points in a row to 86 points.

After ten years of catching up, it finally broke through the excellent line of 80 points and is sprinting towards the goal of 90 points.

The CVT project is so important that it took more than 4 years, more than 35,000 participants, more than 5,000 large and small experiments, more than 80 collaborative project teams, and the actual investment amount exceeded 800 million yuan. A complete set of processes includes technical research and analysis, comparative test analysis of competing models, layout structure design, component product structure design and test verification, product approval, process pass verification and batch production pass verification, etc.

In the future, Zhonghua Group will import CVT production lines worth up to 600 million yuan from Europe, and after the completion of installation and commissioning, it is expected that next year, the internal code "Scud" independent CVT will be officially mass-produced.

After returning for half a month, the team will continue to set off, equipped with an improved CVT transmission to continue testing, this time the goal will last 9 months to travel 400,000 kilometers, change people without changing vehicles, and continue to carry out long-distance uninterrupted road tests.

Another set of tests will also be carried out in Jiangzhou at the same time, with Zhonghua Group cooperating with a well-known local taxi company to provide 20 third-generation "Qin" equipped with a new CVT transmission as daily taxi drives, and these taxi drivers will serve as test drivers to feedback on real-life driving problems.

At that time, the results of various tests will be summarized, and if they are reviewed by the expert group, the CVT transmission will be officially mass-produced and installed in the new cars of the Chunghwa Group.

Han Hao expects to start from scratch to the mass production of the first batch of products, with an investment of at least 1.6 billion yuan.

No wonder domestic companies dare not develop automatic transmission products, huge investment may not be successful, and to achieve mass production, large-scale production to dilute the cost of research and development, but also have to use your new CVT products.

It is no wonder that the state led the allocation of treasury bond funds to tackle key problems in the automatic transmission project on a large scale, and came to the conclusion that it is better to buy than to build, and the gains outweigh the losses when calculated according to the cost.

Fortunately, these requirements can be digested internally by Zhonghua Group, and Han Hao's personal will can be implemented. After more than four years of uninterrupted investment, and it was not until the fifth year that the leaders of state-owned enterprises with a tenure appraisal system would not make such decisions that were not conducive to their own performance. Once it fails, up to a billion decision-making mistakes will be with you for a lifetime, and your career will also be greatly affected.

Of course, once the research and development is successful, the return is very rich, and it can even be said that it is beyond imagination. You must know that in 2004 alone, Zhonghua Group signed a CVT purchase contract with ZF for 100,000 units worth more than 2 billion yuan. It can be said that as long as it takes one year, more than one billion R&D investment may be able to pay back in full.

When other domestic independent brands can only purchase manual MT transmissions, Zhonghua Group can use automatic CVT transmissions, which is one position ahead of them and becomes the leader of domestic independent brands just around the corner.

At that time, domestic automobile companies should change from "three big and three small" to a common understanding of "one leader plus three big and three small".

The bright future is just imagination, and now it's back to the ceremony that greeted the team's triumph.

"Thank you to all the brave men who have crossed the mountains and rivers and made irreplaceable and indelible contributions to our CVT project!

You have personally participated in and witnessed the history, and have written a brilliant stroke in the history of China's automobile development.

On behalf of all the employees of Zhonghua Group and all Chinese automakers, I would like to extend my highest respect to you!"

Han Hao held a large bowl with a small half bowl of Moutai on it, and welcomed and thanked the returning team warriors.

Such a grand welcome ceremony also touched all the people who participated in the road test team, everyone raised the big bowl in their hands and drank it all, and all the hard work and complaints disappeared with the hot Moutai poured into the stomach.

"This is an idealistic enterprise, it has a strong personal imprint, in the fierce market competition through the world cold and warm step by step to reality, but will always leave people with a smile of beauty.

It makes me feel that this company is a living existence, and there are many unexpected joys and surprises that can be gained from working here. ”

Looking at the scene of Han Hao drinking with a large group of subordinates, Zhao Quanfu, director of the Automobile Research Institute who returned from the United States, said.