Chapter 294: Fans
Liu Xiaohuan is a car enthusiast from Shanghai, and his father works at SAIC, although his father is a workshop assembler with little education.
But since he was a child, Liu Xiaohuan has been influenced by his father, and it is this kind of exposure that has made him a staunch car enthusiast since he was a child.
Liu Xiaohuan's father worked in SAIC Volkswagen, and in the first few years, SAIC Volkswagen's business has been doing well in the Celestial Empire, and as a worker of SAIC Volkswagen, Liu Xiaohuan's father also received a lot of benefits from SAIC Volkswagen.
Their family's living standard in Shanghai can be said to have been not low, and in recent years, their old house has been demolished, so not only did they get several sets of houses to move back, but their family also received a large amount of compensation for demolition.
And it is precisely because of the support of such a sum of funds that his father planned to buy Liu Xiaohuan a car to play with when he just graduated from college.
Liu Xiaohuan got his driver's license as early as the year he first entered college, in fact, his driving age is much longer, starting from when he was a child to play with those unformed cars in his father's factory, and then when he was twelve years old, he was able to drive the broken jeep in the factory, and when he was eighteen years old, there were almost no models in the factory that he had not mō.
So he is the kind of typical person who is a big driver, don't look at his young age, but if he really wants to talk about driving experience, it is really not short.
Two years ago, just in time for his father's factory to be profitable, his father bought back a Santana sedan from the company at an internal price.
Over the past few years, Liu Xiaohuan has honed his extraordinary driving skills with this car, and his father was smiling all day long during that time.
But since last year, his father no longer laughs in front of him often, but often comes home from work with a sad face.
After several interrogations between Liu Xiaohuan and his mother, he learned that his father's year-end bonus may be in vain this year, and the reason is nothing more than because of the Huayang Power that suddenly appeared this year, which led to the collapse of SAIC Yazhong in the market, and as a result, the wages and benefits of all employees have to shrink significantly.
But fortunately, their family's foundation is quite thick, and such a loss is nothing.
And it was this news that aroused Liu Xiaohuan's interest in Huayang Power, and from then on, he began to pay attention to this independent car brand of the Celestial Empire.
From the Octavia they launched, to Yidong, and then to Yihu, during that time, Liu Xiaohuan began to pay attention to the situation of Huayang Power like a demon.
At the beginning, his father was still annoyed that he paid attention to Huayang Power's products, but it wasn't until a few months later, when there were more models of Huayang Power in the community where they lived, that his father was no longer so annoyed.
At the beginning, their neighbors bought a Octavia, and then there were more models of the Tigers and Yidong in the community.
Dad Liu relied on the nose tie iron with the people in the community, and rubbed the car a few times in the past, it can be said that the three models of Huayang Power were driven all over, and after that, Dad Liu decided not to mention that Huayang Power's models were not as good as SAIC Volkswagen.
Liu Xiaohuan also went to rub the car, and after driving it a few times, he quickly came to a conclusion in his heart, that is, the car of Huayang Power, whether it is from the power of the engine, or the feeling of the transmission shifting, as well as the handling of the xìng, and then to the appearance and interior, there is no place that does not surpass the current models produced by SAIC Volkswagen.
It is said that the fuel-efficient Octavia has to throw off Santana a few streets, and it is not to mention the wind noise of the control xìng and the car, Santana and Octavia are simply not the same era of cars.
Needless to mention the Passat, the price has an advantage, the engine still has an advantage, and the most important thing is that the Emotion can be equipped with a turbo, but the Passat is still burning oil......
As for the Wing Tiger, it is needless to mention, so far SAIC Volkswagen has no corresponding urban SUV model......
So after his father agreed to buy him a car this time, Liu Xiaohuan's first thought was Huayang Power's products, and his father didn't have any strong objections.
It happened that this year's Shanghai Auto Show could be said to be held at the door of their house, so on the day of the auto show, Liu Xiaohuan took his father and mother to the auto show site. …,
First of all, in the audience, the family watched the ceremony of other Qoros models, which model can be said to be whether it is in terms of appearance and interior, or in terms of powertrain, it is not picked.
At that time, his father was standing under the stage, looking at the Qoros model on the stage, his mouth was trembling, and he didn't know if he was moved because of the pride of this domestic car, or because he was worried about the future of SAIC Volkswagen.
In short, after Mr. Jin finished speaking and opened the booth, Dad Liu walked through the booth in one step, and then gathered around the Qoros model and couldn't leave.
Of course, Liu's mother has to be by her wife's side... And Liu Xiaohuan also accompanied the master to see the Qoros series, and then went to other booths of Huayang Power alone.
There are also reasons why he doesn't stay with his parents, firstly, because there are too many people around the Qoros series models, and there are people everywhere waving checks and talking to the car sales lady about ordering cars, and there are constantly people drilling up and down, and it is too difficult for them to squeeze in if they only look at people who don't buy.
Second, it is also because, although he also likes Qoros models very much, but this car Huayang Power has already expressed its attitude, it is prepared for the mid-to-high-end market, and the entry-level price will not be less than 250,000 yuan.
The budget for the model that his father gave him this time was within 100,000 yuan, so Liu Xiaohuan still made a very wise choice, and other models were used for reference.
For example, Huayang Power's elite and Yuedong models were also listed at the Shanghai Auto Show, and these two models appeared on the homepage of the Autohome website as early as a few days ago.
The editors of Autohome.com have already gotten their hands on the actual car and have written a few posts to follow these two models after taking it for a test drive.
In fact, as early as last year, when Huayang Power participated in the Frankfurt Motor Show, these two models were unveiled at that time, but because they had not completed the experiment in the road test stage, they were not listed.
Since then, Liu Xiaohuan, who has been paying attention to Huayang Power, has been paying attention to these two cars.
As a well-off family like their family, of course, the choice of a car should be economical, and Shanghai, as the first city in the Celestial Empire to connect with the world, if you want to raise a car in this city, it is definitely not cheap.
Oil prices are a big problem, so since he drove Huayang Power's Octavia car last year, his father has been talking to him about the fuel economy of Huayang Power's car before changing cars.
So this time they are mainly focusing on the small displacement models of Huayang Power, but for the Octavia, Liu Xiaohuan doesn't like it very much.
If it was last year, the shape of this car can be said to be acceptable, but after Huayang Power launched one after another, the shape of this car can no longer enter Liu Xiaohuan's eyes, although his father likes the shape of this car very much.
But for the new generation of post-80s like Liu Xiaohuan, the appearance of Yidong is more attractive.
The Yihu model is too big, and the fuel consumption is definitely not low, they can't afford to greet it, but the price of Yidong is not too cheap, and his father is still a little hesitant.
But when he saw Yuedong, Liu Xiaohuan was completely relieved, he felt that this car would definitely be able to pass his father's eyes!
Liu's father doesn't have much access to the Internet, so he doesn't know much about what new models Huayang Power has launched, so Liu Xiaohuan can only wait for the auto show to wait for his father to see the actual car with his own eyes before making a decision.
To be honest, Jingrui this model, he actually likes it, the boxy appearance, with the lively Yan sè, coupled with the 1.60WT engine of Huayang Power, and the classic five-speed manual transmission, this is definitely a car that young people like.
However, the father and mother, who have the power to manage the family, prefer the model of the sedan, so only Yuedong is left to choose.
However, Liu Xiaohuan believes that the appearance and powertrain of Yuedong can definitely impress the picky father!
The body weight of about one ton, the configuration of 1 small three boxes, plus the 1.6DVVT engine and the classic five-speed manual transmission that are almost the same as Octavia, the most important thing is the price of about 100,000 yuan at the entry level.
Walking to the third booth of Huayang Power, Liu Xiaohuan saw the Yuedong model that he had dreamed of for a long time, but at this time, next to this car, there were also three layers of cars and consumers on the inside and three layers outside.
From the appearance, this car is obviously a small car version of the Yidong family car series, but it is different from the small version of the Japanese car and the German car, and the appearance of this car is really dazzling.
Most of the people around this car are young people, and it seems that this car is not only Liu Xiaohuan's favorite, but also attracts the love of many other young people.
With her strong body, Liu Xiaohuan squeezed into the crowd and gathered around the car, at this time, there were several test riders sitting in the car, and the car sales lady was surrounded by several people, constantly asking questions.
Just when Liu Xiaohuan was waiting for his father to wait anxiously, suddenly from the booth on the side, there were bursts of exclamations, originally the people of the Celestial Empire love to watch the excitement, Liu Xiaohuan is no exception, after seeing the people around him rushing over there like a tide, he also unconsciously followed the past to be continued.