In the previous time and space, the F150 was the sales champion in the North American pickup market. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But it is undeniable that the Ford F series has been able to achieve that to that extent, through the ten generations of model changes.

Now Li Fanyu is a dragon crossing the river, and he is a small dragon with a poor reputation in the North American market.

Therefore, if you want to become famous with F150 in one acre and three points, you need to coordinate all factors and make the most suitable strategy for the market!

After he said his thoughts and decisions, both the three scholars and little Kurbo were worried and puzzled.

"I've looked at your original design, and the concept of the aluminum body on the rear axle is very good. In the wave of automobile lightweight, semi-aluminum or all-aluminum body is the direction of future development. I don't understand, you have already decided that the axles will be made of aluminum, why should you switch to high-strength steel now. It's a backward R&D!"

Li Fanyu waved his hand, and in the face of little Kurbo's incomprehension, he had to be patient and said, "Kurbo, let me ask you a question." ”

"You say!"

"High strength steel or alloy aluminum?"

"Of course, it's steel, but if the high-strength steel axle is used, it will add nearly 250 kilograms to the F150, which will affect fuel consumption to a certain extent. ”

Li Fan smiled foolishly, "You listen to my thoughts first." At the moment our main competitor, the Karman A-Series pickup, has a theoretical load of 1,200 pounds and a fuel consumption of 15 liters. The theoretical load of the B series is 1500 pounds and the fuel consumption is 19 liters.

According to my original calculations based on the F150 parameters, the V6 base version has a load of 1,500 pounds and a fuel consumption of 15 liters. If high-strength steel is used, my preliminary calculations can increase the theoretical load to 1,700 pounds. With the addition of variable ratio rear axles and differentials, the theoretical load can reach 1,900 pounds, and the fuel consumption will increase by 0.5-1 liters.

In addition, if we replace alloy aluminum with high-strength steel, the cost savings can completely reduce our cost by five percent. And this five percent allows us to make the rear axle and differential with variable gear ratios standard equipment in the base version.

Do you think it's a good deal?"

Little Kurbo wanted to refute, but after carefully digesting Li Fanyu's theory, he stopped talking.

Mason didn't know much about R&D, but after a moment of thinking about it, Mason clapped his hands excitedly.

"Bargain! In this way, wouldn't the F150 become a general-purpose pickup truck? If this change can really achieve the results you said, then the F150 car will have the capital to compete with the two series of Carman AB! Bargain, it's really a bargain!"

Li Fanyu gave him a thumbs up;

And the three scholars have also understood the key.

This seems to be a regressive change, although at the expense of a certain technical height. But it makes the F150 a more practical and cost-effective car.

In the face of this genius, Xu Fufang immediately praised: "Brother, steady!"

Liu Qing: "Steady!"

Wang Yu: "......" and "Steady ......"

After seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Fanyu waved his hand, "Let's go, hurry up and start revising! Our time is tight, and it is best to control the research and development progress as much as possible!"

"Roger!"

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It is more troublesome to push the original design to be re-modified, but fortunately, the structure of the pickup truck is different from that of the sedan, because the rear axle part is relatively independent because of the existence of the cargo box.

Rao is so new that the workload is also very large, which makes the completion schedule of the project originally set by the R&D team lag behind.

Li Fanyu's plan is to wait until "TOPGEAR" comes out, and then launch the F150, preferably in time for the second or third episode. In this way, the program can be used as a platform to promote the F150.

Therefore, the schedule he set for the R&D team was very inhumane.

Now the original design had to be revised, and the pressure on the R&D team soared instantly.

But even so, the R&D engineers of Zhengxin did not complain even one person or say a single word.

The original OEM engineers who were in the same project research and development were stunned.

In the United States, there are labor laws and union protections, and the average factory or business strictly adheres to the eight-hour workday. Even if it is overtime, it is stipulated that it will not exceed how much per year.

Therefore, after seeing the state of the engineers of the faith, exclamations such as "even buy karma" became their mantra.

For several days in a row, the OEM engineers saw the state of Zhengxin engineers, they were off work, and this side continued. They go to work, and they don't know when they've started working.

After inquiry, I learned that this group of Chinese teenagers from the other side of the ocean were working in two shifts at all, and they had no rest at all!

This is terrible, in the eyes of this group of foreigners, this is exploitation and oppression!

"Oh my God, this kind of work is almost suicidal!"

"The Virgin Mary! this will not work, you will drag yourself down like this, I will go to Mason's place, no! I will go to your Li Dong to talk to him! This is simply inhumane!"

"God, what the hell are you doing this for? Overtime pay?"

In the face of the fuss of foreigners, the young people who believed in the faith looked confused,

Isn't that what R&D should be?

We believe that this has always been the case......

Also, aren't you looking for us Li Dong? Oh, sleep in that place, go ahead!

When faced with a group of foreign engineers asking "why do you want to rush the schedule so desperately", Li Fanyu rubbed his sleepy eyes.

There is depth to this question......

This style of Zhengxin seems to have been laid down at the beginning of its establishment.

Why so desperate?

I remember when I first entered the B-segment car market, I didn't get more than six hours of sleep for two weeks. At that time, because of the small number of people, even with the most complete model data package, the workload was extremely large. So the big guys spontaneously worked overtime, just to make the first independent production model as soon as possible, so that there is a decent domestic model on the market.

However, even if the R&D center of the industrial park was completed later, the R&D teams of various universities were supplemented in this style. When it came to the development of the latest model, the A8, it was also a busy one.

Why is he so desperate, Li Fanyu doesn't have a fixed answer in his heart.

But just because there is no fixed answer doesn't mean there isn't an answer.

It's a bit of a lot.

Why the desperate?

Because the backward hat has been worn for a long time, there is a sense of urgency in my heart.

Because I see that the pace of world development is getting faster and faster, I am anxious.

Because I will always be pressed on my head, I have a deep unwillingness in my heart!