"The U.S. market?" Brant raised his eyebrows, "Why, Mr. Zhou wants to enter the U.S. market so soon?"

It stands to reason that on the European market, Tianming Automobile Company has just gained a firm foothold by virtue of the Phoenix brand car, and what Zhou Jingming should do now is not to stabilize the market here?

Why are you still thinking about the U.S. market?

"It's not necessarily going to be now, but it's a matter of time beforehand, so I'd like to ask Mr. Brandt about it. Zhou Jingming smiled, in addition to attending the opening ceremony here, another thing he did when he came to Germany this time was to find out the specific situation of the American market.

Since his rebirth, Zhou Jingming has never been to the United States, and his understanding of the United States can only rely on his previous memories.

"I have worked in the United States for a while, how to say, compared to the European market, the American market is more competitive, almost all the world's automakers, want to prove themselves in the American market, in addition to the three local car companies, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, European and your major Asian automakers have branches in the United States. Moreover, General Motors has occupied the position of the world's largest automaker for many years in a row, and basically no company in the United States can shake its position. ”

Brant paused, and then said solemnly, "Mr. Zhou, if it were me, I would definitely not be so anxious to enter the American market with the idea of entering the United States, to say something you don't like to hear, except for the Phoenix brand car, Tianming Automobile Company does not have any popularity, and Americans have always liked muscle cars, like the Phoenix brand car, which has such a soft line arc, Americans may not buy it." ”

The situation that Brandt said is similar to what Zhou Jingming understands, the competition there is indeed more fierce than the European market, but the more fierce the competition, the more Zhou Jingming wants to take this opportunity to prove it, otherwise he will always stay in his comfort nest and can only be a frog at the bottom of the well for the rest of his life.

As for what Brandt said, Americans like muscle cars, it is true, that kind of square body shape is the aesthetic that occupies the mainstream American car culture, and a very rounded shape like the Phoenix brand sedan in the eighties and nineties may not necessarily meet the aesthetics of Americans.

However, Zhou Jingming felt that this could not be an opportunity to prevent him from entering the American market, and when the Americans understood the huge difference in safety performance between the two body shapes, they should have doubts about their own aesthetics.

"Thank you Mr. Brandt for your advice, in the near future, I will definitely focus on the development of the European market, as for the American market, I will only make some attempts after I am ready accordingly, and at that time, I will have to ask Mr. Brandt for some things. Zhou Jingming replied with a smile.

Zhou Jingming's preparation naturally means that the development of the new car is completed, and when the two cars are released in the US market at the same time, Zhou Jingming will not believe that he will not be able to knock on the door of the US market!

After staying here in Germany for three days, Zhou Jingming returned to China again.

After all, Audi has a history of nearly 100 years of car manufacturing in Germany, and there is the parent company of Volkswagen.

With the sales channels of these two companies in Europe, it is only a matter of time before the Phoenix brand sedan gains a firm foothold in the European market, so after returning to China, Zhou Jingming only paid a little attention to the situation of the joint venture factory, and most of the energy was spent on the new car development project, after all, the success of this car is the key to Tianming Automobile to open the American market.

With the completion of the gearbox development, the development of the second assembly, and the design of the body shape also entered the final stage at the end of March.

Wind Tunnel Laboratory.

After the last design experience, Su Wangting and others this time the progress of the body design, obviously much faster, from the project to the present, only about half a year has passed, the relevant design tasks have all ended, of course, with the last design of the Phoenix brand car, this time the body design, is still provided by Zhou Jingming aesthetic reference, the overall design ideas, or in accordance with Zhou Jingming's requirements, and Su Wangting and others just use engineering means to practice Zhou Jingming's ideas.

At this time, in the wind tunnel laboratory, headed by Zhou Jingming, He Yingxun, Wang Yuanchao and Zhao Ke, all the heads of Tianming Automobile Company were there, and in front of them, there was a body model that had just completed the wind tunnel test.

"According to Xiao Zhou's last opinion, we have improved the local details, this time the design of the car, in terms of aerodynamic performance, is far more than the previous Phoenix brand sedan, the drag coefficient is only 0.193, and at the same time ......"

Su Wangting, who is responsible for the body design, is introducing the results of the wind tunnel test to Zhou Jingming and others, everyone listened, and couldn't help but look at the body model in front, although it is just a simple model, there is no paint polish, just a smooth white body, but it still can't cover up the overall beauty, they have no doubt that once this car is officially on sale, it will definitely become another big killer of Tianming Automobile Company!

"This time the wind tunnel test still exposed some flaws in the details, we will make targeted improvements according to the results of the experiment, and in two weeks, the body design can be officially completed. ”

Zhou Jingming nodded with satisfaction, the effect of this design will greatly exceed his expectations, "Thank you teachers, you have to trouble Mr. Su for this part of the body." ”

The development of the whole car, except for the engine, has basically entered the final stage, and the fastest gearbox has begun to prepare for mass production.

On the rotary engine side, with the arrival of Mazda experts, Luo Yuzhong and others have already begun to enter the stage of tackling tough problems, although the initial progress is very slow, but Luo Yuzhong still guarantees that all the development tasks can be completed before June.

In this way, once the engine development is completed, as long as it goes through a period of trial production of the prototype car to solve the bottleneck problem of assembly and the unreasonable place in the design, then the car can be officially released.

"Brother-in-law, since all the development tasks are nearing completion, is it time to give this car an official name. He Yingxun on the side suddenly asked with a smile, all along, they have always called this car by the internal R&D codename.

"Yes, Jingming, I also think it's time to come up with a name. Wang Yuanchao also said.

Zhou Jingming looked at everyone, and then at the model in the laboratory, "Since the last car is called Phoenix, then this car is called Kirin." ”

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