There are now more than 400 people in the Guanghui Automobile Research Institute.

Under the leadership of Kato, a skilled worker, several more executives have been recruited one after another, and they have gradually entered the right track.

In addition to Kato, those who participated in today's technical evaluation meeting also included Li Lin, a Chinese-American who was newly recruited from General Motors of the United States this year and was in charge of electrical appliance development; Tang Jiguo, a Chinese who was recruited from Mercedes-Benz in Germany and was in charge of chassis development; and Nagao, who was recruited from Mazda and was in charge of styling design.

Before officially starting the report, Jiang Hui, led by Kato, first went to visit the 1:1 clay model.

With the development of electronic technology, computer-aided design has been widely used in the design process, and basically every OEM will use design software such as CATIA or UG.

However, clay models are still widely used because of their high efficiency and realistic performance.

For almost all of the world's leading automotive companies, clay modeling is a very important part of the design process.

Since car modeling is actually a sculptural process, it is necessary to use clay that is easy to process by hand and easy to modify, so that the appearance design can be modified more quickly and in a timely manner, and the results can be seen intuitively.

In front of the more realistic clay model made now, if you don't look at it carefully and don't touch it with your hands, you can't tell whether this is a real car or a model.

"Mr. Jiang, this one is the clay model of our medium and large SUV, the internal code is GH01, and our stylist combined the sketches you provided, and made a 1:1 model after many revisions."

In the trial production workshop of Dehui Automobile in the northwest corner of the first floor of the Guanghui Building, there are three clay models, and Kato is now introducing Jiang Hui to the outermost model.

This GH01, the appearance design is very precise and atmospheric, the design of the front face gives people a domineering feeling, the design of the inverted ladder grille makes the appearance more exquisite and atmospheric, and the design of the headlights is also very amazing.

The side lines are also very sleek, showing a very sporty look, with two rugged waistlines starting from the fenders and ending at the taillights.

Compared with all the SUVs on the market today, this model has no rivals in appearance, after all, the renderings are based on the best-selling Toyota Highlander ten years later.

"The taillights can protrude a little more to the sides to create a wider feeling," Jiang Hui said, as he circled around the model.

On the whole, Jiang Hui is very satisfied with the styling of this car, but considering that Celestial Empire consumers generally have a tendency to buy cars as big as possible.

Jiang Hui felt that it was necessary to make a car appear larger through the shape of four doors and two covers, bumpers and headlights while the wheelbase and wheel base remained the same.

In the Celestial Empire, most people think that the cart has a lot of space and is comfortable to ride, some people think that the cart looks grand and magnificent, and some think that the cart looks more beautiful.

Anyway, the bigger, the better! This is very similar to the United States.

In fact, there are many disadvantages that come with a large body.

Most directly, it is naturally more difficult to park a large car, especially for novice or female users. For those who rarely drive or rarely drive a "big car", parking a 5-meter car in a small parking space will definitely be a bit stressful.

Moreover, the larger body is generally higher, more expensive, and at the same time has a larger displacement and higher fuel consumption.

However, no matter how many shortcomings there are, they can't compare to consumers liking this one, so Jiang Hui still hopes that Guanghui Automobile's products are in line with market demand.

"If that's the case, won't the two taillights be abrupt after all?" Li Lin said.

"This requires fine-tuning of the exterior of the car, mainly the tailgate, to make the change of the taillights as smooth as possible."

What Jiang Hui said is the successful experience of various brands in later generations, which has been tested by the market, and it is naturally full of confidence.

"Then we'll start adjusting it in the afternoon and resubmit a plan in two days."

"There is another one, the shape of this aluminum wheel is too mediocre, there are no highlights, I hope it is cut with a glossy surface, it looks like black and white."

As a very important exterior part, aluminum wheels are one of the products that are most likely to highlight the personality of the model.

Generally speaking, high-end models of sports cars and luxury sedans use forged rims, ordinary cars use cast aluminum alloy, and low-end models use steel rims.

In fact, from the perspective of quality, which specifications can meet the requirements, but the forging shape can be richer, more slender, and appear high-end.

Naturally, the GH01 of Guanghui Automobile will not choose the expensive forged wheels, but will use the most extensive aluminum alloy cast wheels.

"Bright cuts may be easier to rust."

"You can thicken the film thickness when painting, the aluminum alloy itself is not easy to corrode, and there should be no problem after thickening and coating, and you can determine the specific parameters in the follow-up test."

"Thick film coating should be able to solve this problem, that is, the coating fee will rise to a certain extent."

"The necessary cost changes are acceptable".

Next, Jiang Hui visited the GH02 and GH03 cars one after another, which are mid-size SUVs and large SUVs.

In fact, from the editing of the internal code name, you can see the importance of the model.

Medium and large seven-seater/five-seater SUVs are the key to promote, mid-size SUVs are the supporting models for sales, and large SUVs are the representative models of the brand.

According to the current shape of the three cars of Guanghui Automobile, under the condition of reasonable pricing, it is not a problem to achieve monthly sales of 40,000 or 50,000 yuan.

Looking at the Harvard H6 in later generations, more than 70,000 units were sold a month at its peak, mid-size SUVs such as the legendary GS4 could also sell more than 30,000 units, and medium and large SUVs such as Toyota Highlander and Volkswagen Touron were in short supply.

In the context of the rapid growth of the domestic auto market as a whole, the increase in the market share of SUV models has not attracted too much attention from OEMs.

After 2015, major car companies are desperately pushing all kinds of SUVs in large, medium and small, because at that time, the growth rate of SUVs has been much higher than that of sedans.

When Jiang Hui was reborn, SUVs already accounted for half of passenger car sales, and some analysts believe that they will eventually reach a seventy percent ratio.

In the future, the annual passenger car sales of the Tianchao will be 25 million, and the market share will be ...... Enough glorious cars rushed in to carry it forward.

"The appearance of these three models, on the whole, can be generated according to the current clay model to generate drawing data, start to prepare the prototype, and adjust the details this week."

Jiang Hui then commented on GH02 and GH03.

Because these models themselves are made according to the appearance drawings drawn by Jiang Hui with gold fingers, the general direction is in line with Jiang Hui's requirements.

A good start is half the battle, and the future of Guanghui Automobile is still worth looking forward to.

(End of chapter)