Chapter 434: Poor Ford (woo, ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation ticket)
As the heir to a car company, Bill. Ford naturally knew very well how strict the requirements for secrecy were for a vehicle in the development stage, even for the exterior and interior, which required a high degree of secrecy. Didn't you see those cars that need road tests, in order to prevent the leakage of their appearance data, all of them have been changed in a mess.
Alice was able to agree to show herself photos of the exterior and interior of a car that was in the process of development, which was really giving herself a lot of face.
"It doesn't matter much," Alice said intentionally or unintentionally, as if talking to herself, and as if she were talking to herself. Ford's warning, "We've already registered patents for these things, so there's no big worry." Even if these things are stolen, we can make a lot of money through lawsuits. β
Zhang Lan smiled secretly in her heart: This girl, don't forget to remind this guy at this time.
"How can there be such a full-size pickup truck with a large displacement luxury model in the company?" Wait until Bill. When Ford finally stepped aside, Alice pulled Zhang Lan aside, "What picture are you going to show this guy tomorrow?" It's not like you're trying to redesign a pickup truck to fool this guy, right? β
"It's just the exterior and interior, it's not too difficult, is it?" Zhang Lan smiled, "After I go back tonight, I will draw the design drawings, and you can help me output these design drawings in the form of photos." β
"I knew it was so!" Alice muttered, very dissatisfied with Zhang Lan doing such a thing every time.
Which one will you choose this time? Zhang Lan thought about it, it seems that in the field of high-end pickup truck design, although GM and Chrysler have their own characteristics, Ford's F series high-end pickup truck is the best, well, that's it.
Finally, the target of this piracy was determined: the pirated Ford car's own design was ready. Using Ford's own things to sell to Ford, such a damaging idea, Zhang Lan can also do it.
When the banquet was held in the afternoon, Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi hid obscenely in the corner on the side, and munched together with Mo Liyan, who was pulled by Zhang Lan to join in the fun. While gloating, he watched the guys who drooled while listening to the fatigue bombardment of the leaders above, and staring at the things below.
"I heard you're planning to fool Bill with a pickup truck this time. Ford's hapless boy? While eating, Xiao Chenxi didn't forget to ask Zhang Lan about it, "What, what do you want to knock from that guy this time?" β
Has this been spreading so fast? Zhang Lan looked at Xiao Chenxi. A profuse sweat: It seems that he just told Alice at noon.
"Don't look at me like that," Xiao Chenxi was a little furious by Zhang Lan's strange eyes, pointed to Alice standing next to her, and immediately sold Alice who told her the news without any principles," Alice said. Say you're going to fool that poor guy with a pickup that doesn't even have a blueprint. β
"How can it be said to be fooling," Zhang Lan was very unhappy with the word "fool": I want to pirate, but this is also the star model of the Ford pickup truck that has been on TV and movies a few times, right?
"Oh, that's 'flickering'," Mo Liyan's little mouth bulged out, and he interjected on the side - this girl is not far behind, although she didn't understand what Zhang Lan and the two sisters meant, but in order to show her existence, fooling the synonym of the word "flickering", this girl still knows. Sadly. The word flickering was told to this girl by Zhang Lan.
Zhang Lan is very strange that this girl's mouth is stuffed with all kinds of food, where did she say her words? stared at this girl's mouth curiously for a long time, and was stunned to understand how this girl could still spit out so clearly when her mouth was so full.
"Eat your stuff, adults talk, children don't interject." Zhang Lan patted the girl's head dotingly, picked up a piece of dim sum and stuffed it into the girl's mouth.
"Woo woo......" Mo Liyan wanted to say something to express his protest, but this time his mouth was completely stuffed, and he really couldn't say anything to express his opinion, so he could only whine twice. to express their dissatisfaction.
"That's what it looks like." When she returned home in the evening, Zhang Lan showed Xiao Chenxi and Alice a set of drawings she had drawn, "How about it, this design is still very good, right?" β
The drawing shows a two-row large-displacement pickup truck. The spacious and luxurious space in the car makes this big guy worthy of being a representative of a full-size pickup truck; Fierce but not lacking in soft body lines, perfect and stylish; The thick wheel arches that arch high set off the rough and powerful of the whole car; The tall and wide body design is equipped with oversized 21-inch chrome alloy alloy wheels, which are bright and dazzling. It completely satisfies the Americans' fanatical pursuit of big cars and big tires.
The car's distinctive features are complemented by a stout, tonally coloured front bumper, an impactful black honeycomb grille, and sharply shaped headlights.
If you just look at the front and front lines, as well as the luxurious interior and spacious interior, it's easy to associate it with a large, luxurious, full-size off-road vehicle rather than a pickup truck, although the pickup truck is also a luxury car in the United States.
"It's not just good, it's very good!" Alice praised the pickup designed by Zhang Lan.
After staying in the United States for a few years, Alice naturally knows what kind of pickup truck Americans need, and the car designed by Zhang Lan almost concentrates all the requirements of Americans for a car: the appearance is big enough masculine enough and fashionable enough fierce, the power output of the engine is strong enough, the performance is practical enough, the ride is comfortable enough, the interior is luxurious enough, and the space is spacious enough. In a word, this is a practical car that Americans dream of: a large, full-size luxury pickup.
"Yes, yes!" Xiao Chenxi was also full of praise for the pickup designed by Zhang Lan.
Of course, Zhang Lan is very complacent about his pirated work: this time he pirated the representative of the highest-end pickup truck in the United States: Ford's 2008 F150 two-row pickup. This car, not only in the "Terminator Gaiden" series, became Connor. Sarah's mother and son and the Terminator's wits and courage in the car, but also with outstanding performance in the famous Hollywood disaster film "The Prophet" was selected as the famous actor Nicholas. Cage's car.
With this pickup truck, Ford Motor Group has regained the No. 1 market share in the U.S. pickup truck market, and the rush to buy this car in the U.S. is absolutely impressive! ββEven though the high price tag of this pickup truck is also impressive!
"Which engine are you going to equip this car with?" Xiao Chenxi was curious about this question.
"Isn't there a 4.5-liter V8 engine in old Andrey's place," Zhang Lan thought for a moment, "just use that!" Although the fuel consumption of that engine is slightly higher, the power output of the engine is definitely strong enough! Anyway, the current Americans have money, care more about the power of the car, and don't care much about fuel consumption, so it's good to use this engine! β
After thinking about it, it seems that it is still a little difficult to enter the American market if the engine still uses carburetor technology, and added, "Let those guys in the engine research and development department improve this engine again, it should be an EFI model, increase the power, and if possible, reduce fuel consumption a little." β
This is a bit redundant, the EFI engine is inherently more fuel-efficient than the carburetor engine.
"What about gearboxes and gearboxes?" Alice asked: "In general, build a real car to bring poor Bill. Ford fooled around, and the choice of gearbox and chassis had to be a problem.
"I'll leave this matter to old Andre to do," Zhang Lan thought for a while, "The gearbox will use the automatic transmission on the 'Longxuan' six series." As for the chassis, it is good to use the territory of the 'Longxuan' nine series, and the chassis is the load-bearing 'Longxuan' bulletproof car, and the five-ton body has no problems. Well, I also have to tell old Andrei to strengthen the carrying capacity of the chassis, this car weighs more than two tons alone. "In the United States, it seems to have become fashionable for high-end pickup trucks to be equipped with automatic transmissions, but ordinary cars are equipped with manual transmissions.
"Not bad," Xiao Chenxi and Alice both nodded, "This gearbox and chassis are indeed very good with that engine." "The design of a car is shaped in such an almost playful process.
"Do you want this green color?" Xiao Chenxi controlled the pictures displayed on the computer while asking Zhang Lan's opinion, "And the color of the seat is this light beige?" And the center console, isn't it this silver decoration? Is the floor this gray one? β
Xiao Chenxi said, Zhang Lan nodded: while pointing at the computer screen in front of her, she was still nibbling on a peach in her mouth: "Yes, yes, I really deserve to be my sister, everything I think in my heart is clear." β
"Poor Bill," Alice gloated, too, nibbling on a large peach, "and was fooled by a car that didn't exist at all." He was still a little worried, "You said that in two months, old Andre will be able to get this car done?" β
"It's not such a complicated thing," compared to Alice's worries, Zhang Lan was very confident in old Andre, "It's all things that are available now, it's just a matter of re-integrating it, then adjusting it, and then changing the shell, it's not too difficult." Well, if it really can't be done in two months, I think since Bill. Ford can wait two months, and it doesn't care about waiting another month or two, right? β
It's true, if you wait for two months, just find an excuse to let Bill. Ford waits for another month or two, and there is really no big problem, and everyone who is engaged in cars knows that any problem may be able to keep you busy for a month or two. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )