Chapter 196: Which platform technology is stronger
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But no human being has ever given up their instincts, such as the desire for conquest in men and the sixth sense in women.
In addition to the sixth sense, Anning also has a strong logical ability.
She guessed it right, and Guangqi did intend to take a step forward in the B-segment car market. The reason is actually very related to Li Fanyu.
The previous shaft break incident had a considerable impact on Mitsubishi.
The few models in it almost fell into unsalable after that time. From October to January, Mitsubishi's dealers across the country combined sold less than 200 vehicles in total. The owners of these 4S stores couldn't find a tune to cry, so even if they paid the price of breach of contract, they all asked Mitsubishi to terminate the distribution agreement.
In the face of this situation, Mitsubishi is also well aware that the situation is not good, and after several consecutive preferential conditions for dealers have not improved, they have no choice but to keep the 4S stores in the first-tier cities. The company halted three models that had already been sold on the street to reduce operating costs and pull back the power and focus on the engine.
As a result, three advanced production lines were left idle. As a joint venture partner of Mitsubishi, Guangqi will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.
So they took over the three production lines that were only put into use in 12 years, because Mitsubishi is now a down-and-out phoenix, so Guangqi almost took over at the price of turnips.
But then came the problem - there was a production line, but there were no models on hand that could be produced. This embarrassment is like having a pot without rice......
Although Guangqi has its own R&D team, because of the poor foundation and weak foundation, the development of the legendary SUV took seven years. In the domestic auto market, foreign car companies are rampant, and the ability to promote new products is very strong, and the entire market can be said to be changing rapidly.
Seven years, they can't afford to wait. According to Guangqi's internal plan, it is to shorten the R&D cycle as soon as possible and develop new models as soon as possible.
But how can they buy the platform as soon as possible? That's why they set their sights on Li Fanyu.
What is a car platform? Actually, this thing is a solution, just like a computer motherboard.
The computer is assembled with different parts, and you can use different cups, memory modules, and graphics cards to form computers with different configurations. However, only if you have a motherboard that can carry these parts.
The same is true of the car platform, with the platform as a bearing, you can save the engine, gearbox, transmission wheel and other assembly parts according to the parameters of the platform, and finally save a car.
In this way, the R&D cost and R&D time of the whole vehicle have been greatly reduced.
At present, most foreign car companies adopt platform or modular R&D methods, and there are many mature and advanced platform technologies abroad.
For example, Renault and Nissan jointly developed the CMF, Toyota's MC platform, Hyundai's HD and Fiat's 178.
Take the CMF platform as an example, because many of Renault and Nissan's best-selling models have been adopted, it has been introduced by many brands, and a total of more than 30 models have been derived.
The automotive platform is very open, and many parameters can be changed and adjusted. Taking CMF as an example, it was actually developed according to the requirements of the B-segment car at the beginning, but the derivative models cover four categories: mid-size cars, station wagons, and so on.
However, because of the blockade of domestic technology, no matter which platform it is, it is not open to domestic car companies.
This is also one of the reasons why the domestic automobile industry cannot develop, and the platform technology can improve the freedom of development and reduce the development cost and difficulty of different models. And most importantly, it also increases productivity and quality.
But now the class is different, because the Audi A4 has proven in the market that the technology is mature and reliable. Based on the current design and production methods of the A4, the platform technology can be easily extracted.
This is also the intention of Guangbang.
Following An Ning's train of thought, the two quickly roughly deduced that they had plans to remove Guangqi. Li Fanyu couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart-Guangqi, Guangqi, you really have vision!
In other words, in the time and space before the history of the automobile has not changed, the MLP platform of A4 has been praised by the industry as a model of modular platform!
Although the MLP is Audi's ban, it has not derived as many models as the CMF. But if you look at Audi's own cars produced in MLP, you can see what kind of platform it is.
Based on the A4, all Audi models with a designation greater than 4 are the product of the MLP longitudinal engine platform. These include: a4, a5, q5, a6, a8. In addition, similar to this, various performance models such as the S8 are also from the MLP door!
Suffice it to say, without this platform. What Audi can do is a quattor full-time four-wheel drive and twinkling headlights!
After figuring out this joint, Li Fanyu was a little excited.
If it weren't for Guangqi and Anning, he really didn't think about it. Looking at the automotive industry, what is the fastest money?
Technical output!
If you compare the automotive industry to a food chain, it is the end when you do OEM parts. Set up your own brand to make a whole vehicle, which is the middle end of the food chain. Only by relying on its own R&D capabilities to export technology to other car companies can it stand at the top of the food chain.
Take the A4 when it entered the parts procurement process, and the ECU part, even the previous A4 used Bosch, so Li Fanyu did not have the design drawings in his head.
Because there were no mature ECU manufacturers in China, Zhengxin could only take the initiative to negotiate with foreign companies at that time.
Bosch, Siemens, Denso, and Forteer have a monopoly on the strength of the four major ECU manufacturers in the world, even if you are the buyer, you have to go to the door to ask for it. Seeing that Zhengxin is a Chinese car company, the price is 50% higher than that of other brands! If you don't buy it, you can't do it, so you can only break your teeth and swallow it in your stomach.
That's the status that technology brings to them!
So Li Fanyu, who guessed Guangqi's intentions, immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to make money; foreign platform technology is blocked at home, and now the A4 in his hand is really an out-and-out treasure.
The platform is different from the assembly of the engine, the platform is open, even if Guangqi uses the A4 platform, with the car company's own technical reserves and design capabilities, it does not mean that they will compete with Zhengxin for business.
In that case, why not?
The company invested too much in the research and development and production of A4 in the previous period. At present, although the sales of A4 have soared, it has only been able to recover the cost, and now Li Fanyu is short of money in his hands!
In the past, this product thought that the money was enough to spend, but since xapp upgraded to get this skill, Li Fanyu understood. As long as Zhengxin wants to continue to develop and constantly launch new models, how much money is not enough to fucking spend!
The entire set of drawings of the A4 requires 450,000 R&D points, and the R&D points for those higher-level cars are also sky-high. Not to mention anything else, the dream car Koenigsegg ONE in Li Fanyu's heart needs 1.5 million R&D points. 1.5 million, according to the rules of point exchange, the drawings of the whole vehicle need 150 million yuan.
Li Fanyu looked at the host grinding and chirping on the stage, and even silently calculated the asking price in his heart.
As soon as An Ning saw his expression, he knew that this thing was holding back bad water to make money again
。 Looking at the slightly hooked corners of this wrongdoer's mouth, she felt a burst of pride in her heart, and a fawn for no reason collided.
"I'm so handsome even when I'm calculating, I really didn't choose the wrong person. ”
In an instant, a feeling of Zixia looking at the Supreme Treasure arose. (To be continued.) )