Chapter 0400 Audi A4
Hongqi Dongfeng's sales on the first day in Detroit were quickly counted: the first batch of 300 cars shipped here was all sold out!
For FAW, which has never engaged in export trade, such achievements are undoubtedly very proud.
At this time, Chen Dongsheng didn't mention how happy he was, the sales of 300 units on the first day were equivalent to the sales of Hongqi Dongfeng in China for a week, but this is not to say that the American car market is so much larger than China, and such a gap is purely due to the economic development level of the two countries.
After all, China has such a large population base here, and the potential demand for cars is far greater than that of the United States.
"How about Director Chen, where is the second batch of cars now?" After Chen Dongsheng hung up the phone, Xu Weidong on the side asked with a smile.
The sales of Kirin cars in the United States have stabilized, and Xu Weidong has nothing to do in the past few days, so he helped Chen Dongsheng to engage in the sales of Hongqi Dongfeng car, which was also specially instructed by Zhou Jingming before leaving.
"It's already in Detroit, it's being shipped, and it's definitely going to be there by tomorrow. Chen Dongsheng replied with a happy face.
With such sales results, he will have greater confidence to further expand the scale of exports when he returns to China this time.
"That's good. Xu Weidong nodded, "I'll contact the dealer again in a while to make sure the car is in their hands." ”
Although Xu Weidong's grades in school were not very good, after all, he has been a master for so many years, and he usually has a lot of opportunities to communicate with foreigners, so his English level has always been very good.
"Then thank you Xiao Xu in advance. Chen Dongsheng said gratefully, "By the way, how is the situation over there in Xiao Zhou, the sales of Kirin cars in Germany must be good!"
With Zhou Jingming's ability, coupled with the fact that Tianming Automobile Company has been entering the European and American markets for so long, the sales of Kirin cars in Germany must be much more than that of Hongqi Dongfeng.
Xu Weidong smiled and shook his head, "I really don't know much about this, Jingming hasn't called me until now." ”
Since becoming the director of the sales company, Xu Weidong's title for Zhou Jingming has also learned from Wang Yuanchao, from the first old man to the current "Jingming".
And at this moment, Germany.
Although it was launched in Germany on the first day, the Kirin sedan continued its strong presence in the US market, successfully delivering 600 units on the first day of its launch in Munich!
If it weren't for the underdeveloped sales network, coupled with the fact that the output of the factory has not been able to keep up, such a figure would have increased at least several times.
Fortunately, Zhou Jingming was prepared, and the domestic factory, after this period of overtime production, the output of Kirin cars can barely maintain the demand in China, Europe and the United States.
Although this period of time is very hard, usually every day to work until ten o'clock to get off work, but the workers on the side of the automaker, the spirit can be high, one to work overtime, Zhou Jingming unified three times the salary, and every night there are nutritious meals, two to go out now, as long as they say that they are workers of Tianming Automobile Company, they will inevitably be appreciated and envied by everyone, and now there is no one in China who does not know, Tianming Automobile Company has won glory for the country.
In the past, I used to feel honored to buy foreign cars, but now foreigners are scrambling to buy domestically produced cars, which is really refreshing!
Before the establishment of Tianming Automobile Company, many people wanted to work in a state-owned factory like SAIC, but with the strong rise of Tianming Automobile Company, many people changed their concepts and looked for relationships in order to be able to join Tianming Automobile Company.
Such a change also shows from the side that the status of Tianming Automobile Company in the domestic automobile industry is also slowly improving.
In the next few days, whether it is the Hongqi Dongfeng sold in the United States or the Kirin sedan sold in Germany, it is still in a hot state on the first day.
A week after its release, the sales volume of Hongqi Dongfeng reached 1,200 units, and the Kirin sedan reached the level of nearly 2,000 units, which is quite terrifying.
If it weren't for Zhou Jingming's side, the turnover would definitely be able to go further.
After a week, the heat in the market has finally slowly decreased, and the daily sales volume has basically remained in a stable range.
Taking advantage of the fact that the major automobile manufacturers in Europe and the United States have not recovered during this period, FAW Hongqi and Tianming Automobile Company have completed the initial market seizure, and the next time is to stabilize the existing market share and further increase their market share.
And Zhou Jingming, who has been busy for more than a month, can finally take a good break, during this time, he is basically flying around the world, France and the United States, and now the results of the Kirin car have successfully met their expectations, Zhou Jingming can temporarily relax his tense nerves.
Of course, for Zhou Jingming, there is no absolute relaxation, it is nothing more than no need to run around, you can do some relatively simple work.
After a beautiful night's sleep, Zhou Jingming also found Brant again, ready to fulfill his promise and help Audi complete the replacement of the Audi 80 car.
After the two of them greeted, they officially got to the point.
"According to our company's current strategy, the first batch of replacement cars is the Audi 80, which was just launched in 1986 and has always been the company's flagship model. Brandt introduced.
Audi 80 the second year of the car, unveiled at the Shencheng Auto Show, at that time also caused many domestic tourists to visit, if not because of Zhou Jingming, the third generation of Audi 80, until 1991 will not be replaced, but now, forced by the increasingly strict requirements of various countries for vehicle safety, Audi company also has to replace this car in advance.
In fact, compared with General Motors' models, the third-generation Audi 80 has adopted a smoother and rounded design in terms of design, and the body shape is very close to the Hongqi Dongfeng car, and in terms of safety performance, this car also uses the Procon-ten system (continuous safety defense system), and the steering wheel is stretched forward during the collision, which greatly improves the safety of the vehicle.
It can be said that if it weren't for Zhou Jingming's birth, according to the European crash test standards at that time, the Audi 80 would definitely be a rare and good car.
However, compared with the Phoenix brand sedan, the Audi 80 is still lacking in safety, and according to the CNCAP crash test standard, the Audi 80 score will definitely not reach the five-star level.
So considering the changes in the market, Audi can only follow the trend and replace this car, although the third generation of Audi 80 has been launched to the present, only three years, but in three years, the sales of this car in the world have reached more than 800,000, which is enough to see how popular this car is.
"Well, tomorrow, I'll take a look at your current preliminary plan, and then I'll give you my opinion. Zhou Jingming smiled, in fact, he now has a plan, as the predecessor of Audi A4, if you want to design Audi 80 into a rounded body, the best way is to span several generations, directly to the back of the Audi A4 body as a reference.
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