In the previous life, the localization task of Santana was officially established by SAIC Volkswagen, that is, after 1985, and it slowly got on the right track, and it took more than five years in total to make the localization rate meet certain requirements. The slowdown in the localization process has also affected the normal production of mulberry cars to a certain extent, so in this life, Zhou Jingming wants Santana to "change his life".

"Carry out the localization task of mulberry cars in advance?" Ma Tianning frowned slightly, and thought about it seriously, "The key is that the factory for the production of mulberry cars has not even been built now, and it is a bit early to carry out localization research now." ”

Localization research, but also need to carry out loading verification, otherwise there is no way to know whether the parts after localization meet the loading requirements, at present, there is no domestic loading verification conditions, such localization research, what is the significance?

Zhou Jingming smiled, and then replied, "I know Minister Ma's concerns, but this is not actually a problem, if we conduct localization research in advance now, after the factory is officially built, maybe the Santana we produce has met the requirements of localization, so that there is no need to import a large number of parts from Germany, and the foreign exchange saved will be an astronomical amount." ”

From now to the official establishment of SAIC Volkswagen, there are still two years left, Zhou Jingming is confident that in these two years, the localization rate of mulberry cars will reach more than 80%, and even it is not impossible to fully achieve 100% localization.

If localization can't be carried out, blindly relying on the CKD method to produce Santana, then China is at best, that is, the foundry of German Volkswagen, in this case, the introduction of Santana for the improvement of the level of the domestic automobile industry, there is no help.

"I don't think there's any problem with the localization research in advance, but Xiao Zhou has thought about it, how can we test whether the localized parts meet the requirements, if we can't do this, even if we waste more manpower and material resources, it will be useless. Li Mingzhe on the side wondered.

"I have also considered this," Zhou Jingming smiled, "Some time ago, we didn't just import all the parts of 100 mulberry cars from Germany, and now we must not have finished assembling, at least there are 30 units left, we can use these cars to carry out real car assembly and test whether the localization meets the functional requirements." ”

"If these cars still can't meet the needs of real car verification, you can also consider importing 100 car parts from Volkswagen in Germany to ship over, but this time import, you don't need to import all the parts of the car, but according to the progress of localization, there are selective imported parts. Zhou Jingming paused, and then continued.

Ma Tianning and Li Mingzhe fell into deep thought, Zhou Jingming's method is a wonderful plan to get the best of both worlds, and the research on the localization of mulberry cars in advance is indeed more beneficial to the future sales of mulberry cars.

"Xiao Zhou, can I discuss this proposal with the ministry again?" Ma Tianning thought for a moment, then raised his head, looked at Zhou Jingming and said.

In principle, Ma Tianning agrees with Zhou Jingming's opinion, but the general person in charge of the mulberry car project is still Minister Rao of the Ministry of Mechanics, and Ma Tianning has to discuss such an important matter with him.

"I'm just giving a proposal, and as for how the ministry decides, it's not up to me to influence. Zhou Jingming replied calmly.

"Okay, you will stay in Yanjing for a night tonight, and tomorrow, I will give you a formal answer, and then we will discuss the follow-up work arrangements." Ma Tianning immediately made a decision in his heart, in his opinion, Minister Rao would most likely agree to this matter, and he was just asking for a legal procedure this time.

After staying in the guest house of the Ministry of Machinery for one night, the next morning, Zhou Jingming and Luo Yuzhong came to Ma Tianning's office again, and when the two of them entered, Li Mingzhe was already sitting there.

"Minister Ma, looking at your expression, has the ministry agreed to localize it in advance?" Zhou Jingming asked with a smile.

"Am I acting so obvious?" Ma Tianning laughed, "I reported this matter to Minister Rao yesterday afternoon, and told him about your plan, Minister Rao agreed at that time, and kept praising that the person who proposed this plan is simply our lucky star!"

Zhou Jingming just smiled slightly, and did not speak, whether it is in the past life or in this life, Rao Bin is a senior worthy of the respect of any Chinese automaker!

"Xiao Zhou, since you proposed this localization in advance, then I think you should have a rough implementation step in mind, before listening to you say your plan steps, I want to talk about my plan. Ma Tianning smiled, and then continued.

"The most critical step of localization is to find the right unit, find the right implementation unit, will receive the miraculous effect of half the effort, the localization of the engine, should be the most difficult part of the localization of the whole mulberry car, I want to make it and Volkswagen joint development of the engine project and get up to do it, led by Lao Luo, plus Shencheng Agricultural Machinery Engine Research Institute and Shencheng Automobile Engine Factory these two units jointly undertake. ”

After listening to Ma Tianning's thoughts, Zhou Jingming's eyes lit up, "What does Minister Ma mean is to use the newly developed VR6 engine as a direct replacement for our mulberry car domestic engine?"

The VR6 engine was installed on the old Poussin, from the original four-cylinder engine to a six-cylinder engine, such a configuration, Zhou Jingming has heard of it for the first time!

"That's right, wouldn't this save more energy, and the newly developed engine can also be useful, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" Ma Tianning replied with a smile.

"Minister Ma, I think we should take two steps. Directly replacing the original in-line four-cylinder engine with the VR6 engine requires a lot of changes, and the research and development cycle of a new engine is very long, which may not be able to meet the time requirements of localization. Zhou Jingming thought for a moment, and then said seriously.

Ma Tianning's idea is tempting, but there are also many risks.

"What do you think about Xiao Zhou?" Ma Tianning thought about it carefully, and felt that Zhou Jingming's statement was also reasonable, he did take it for granted just now, the change of engine structure will cause a chain reaction of various parts of the vehicle, and it is indeed unrealistic to rely on VR6 engine alone to complete the localization of the mulberry car engine.

"My idea is to divide the technical personnel of the two units mentioned by Minister Ma into two groups, one group is responsible for the localization of mulberry cars, and one group is involved in the research and development of VR6 engines, but these two groups should maintain information exchange in a timely manner, and if there are technicians who are willing, they can even participate in these two projects at the same time. Zhou Jingming paused, and then continued,

"As for what Minister Ma said, it is not completely impossible to assemble VR6 engine on the mulberry car, we can use the VR6 engine as an optional device, according to the different consumer groups, launch different models of Santana, for example, Santana equipped with an ordinary engine, can be called the classic Poussin, and the VR6 engine can be called the power model or sports Poussin. ”

：。 ：