Chapter 480: Little Ashton. Martin
The supercar is coming, ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass!
At present, Wang Jiao is in charge of the cooperation plan with the American General Motors supercar, which has reached an impasse, and this time the negotiations are controlled by Jin Xiaoqiang, and Huayang Power has maintained a tough attitude for a while.
In fact, the focus of the negotiations is also on the distribution of profits, of course, the Americans hope to obtain more profits, but this time Huayang Power is more tough than the last time in Qoros.
After the Paris Motor Show, Jin Xiaoqiang has thoroughly seen the weakness of the Americans, especially GM, a disease-ridden giant, although the current scale of the other party, compared with Huayang Power, is still disproportionate, but in Jin Xiaoqiang's view, the current GM can be said to be completely fearless.
In the past, he had intended to make certain concessions; But now he doesn't want any concessions at all, because since he and the Germans started to cooperate, the sincerity shown by the Germans, as well as the many temptations of Huayang Power, made Jin Xiaoqiang understand that in fact, aside from the Americans, the Germans are also a better partner to work with.
Although he is still very dissatisfied with the arrogant attitude of the Germans, in terms of facts, the Americans are indeed inferior to the Germans in terms of down-to-earth work.
Moreover, the appetite of the Germans is not as big as that of the Americans, and the attitude of the Americans who want to intervene in everything really makes Jin Xiaoqiang feel annoying.
At the beginning, he was still thinking about using this supercar plan to delay the Americans and prevent them from pushing too hard, but later, after understanding the reality of the Americans, he no longer took the Americans very seriously in his heart, and he was about to enter the New Year, and in another year, GM was estimated to be hit hard by the financial crisis, as long as it dragged on until that time, it is estimated that they would have no mind, and they would have to fight with themselves again.
At that time, they won't even have time to save themselves, so how can they have time to compete with themselves, so this time the negotiations with GM will drag on.
Even if GM doesn't agree with Huayang Power to go it alone this time, what can they do?
They really dare to force Huayang Power to be anxious, because in Jin Xiaoqiang's opinion, what if they fall out with GM?
Now Huayang Power's products are highly sought after in the American market, and the brand image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the American people, and GM will go to Ford if they are stiff, I am afraid that Ford will also put forward a cooperation plan that is not weaker than GM to share Huayang Power's Qoros models in the United States, as well as the sales of other ordinary models, after all, these are hundreds of millions of profits every year, and they do not have to be responsible for production, but they can obtain such profits by being responsible for circulation. Any company will be happy to accept such a deal.
So now the negotiations between Wang Jiao and GM have reached an impasse, but Jin Xiaoqiang does not plan to wait for this negotiation to come to an end before starting to get involved in the field of supercars.
After all, they have the strength and ability to complete this project alone, so there is no need to wait until GM agrees to their conditions before starting research and development, not to mention that their conditions are so harsh, I believe that GM, which has always been arrogant, will not agree immediately.
And that Nick. Although Reilly was very unhappy, he probably didn't dare to make more trouble, after all, their general company still had a billion funds in the hands of his own Thunderbird company, if he wanted to reveal the truth about the Thunderbird company, then he must be prepared to suffer huge losses.
And the most important point is that this old boy is not so honest, and when he saw that the return on investment of his Thunderbird company was unusually high, this guy has invested a lot in his own Thunderbird company one after another. …,
If he dares to shake out that he is the boss behind the Thunderbird Company and that the Thunderbird Company made a lot of money in the Katrina disaster, then he may also get himself a lot of unnecessary trouble, and I believe that just going to the U.S. Stock Exchange Commission to explain and GM's internal integrity investigation will make him unable to eat and walk around.
So Jin Xiaoqiang believes in Nick. Reilly shouldn't be so stupid as to dare to flip his hole cards.
Now that it has been decided to completely get rid of GM and Nick. Reilly works alone, so Jin Xiaoqiang must prepare early, the research and development of this supercar is different from ordinary civilian family cars.
The resources to be consumed by this kind of car are obviously much more than that of civilian family cars, and because the high-tech content required by such a car is very high, its research and development and road test time will be very long.
Usually Jin Xiaoqiang designs an ordinary civilian car, and it is estimated that it will take about a year to go on the market, but this supercar is different, according to Jin Xiaoqiang's estimate, this car will take at least about two years of research and development, even if it is very smooth, it is estimated that it will take about a year and a half to be listed.
After all, this supercar means a classic, and it can't be fooled casually, so if anything goes wrong, it will not only smash the signboard of Huayang Power, but even leave a handle for those foreigners, saying that we Celestial Empire people are not suitable for high-tech products, such a bullshit argument, Jin Xiaoqiang doesn't want it to happen to him.
In fact, in Jin Xiaoqiang's heart, he already has a plan for the future supercar, and this plan is also inseparable from Ford.
Because in his heart, he intended to 'design', the first supercar belonging to Huayang Power, it was the Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary Edition, the shape of the new generation Ford Mustang 2015 model that abandoned the retro version of the original Mustang.
And that car is also precisely because of the grille and Ashton. Martin's resemblance has been dubbed Ashton Jr. by many fans. Martin's title.
The reason why Jin Xiaoqiang chose such a model to copycat is also because this car not only has such a shape, but also he has a derivative, and this derivative happens to be the 2013 Ford Mondeo FUSION2013
It is such a super-new shape and the continuation of a series that makes Jin Xiaoqiang very optimistic about this series of models, and at present, just Qoros is a model, which can no longer meet his ambitions for high-end models.
Although the Qoros series is very popular in the market, it has basically been priced as a mid-to-high-end model, and in the eyes of many people, it is only at the upper middle level.
The most popular models in the Qoros series, namely the Qoros 6 and Qoros 8, as for the large sedans of the Qoros 9 series that he launched at the Paris Motor Show, the sales volume in both the domestic and international markets is very average.
It can't be said that it is bad, but compared with the other two mid-level cars, the sales of Qoros 9 are a little embarrassing.
Even in China, the sales of this car can only be said to be above average, tepid, and not hot.
So this time to enter the high-end car market, Jin Xiaoqiang is planning to move seriously, he not only wants to make a fuss about high-end supercars, even in real high-end luxury cars, he also intends to settle the cost.
The real opponent of this car is not only Mercedes-Benz's S series and BMW's 7 series, but he also has to face the challenge of Jaguar's X series and even Maserati's president-level models, so he must do enough in terms of appearance and make enough gimmicks to attract attention.
So Jin Xiaoqiang chose Ford, who had unveiled two cars at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show in his previous life, and those two cars immediately made many consumers feel amazing when they first appeared. …,
One of them is the 2015 Ford Mustang of the latest generation, which Ford Mustang is celebrating its 50th anniversary, while the other is the new Mondeo, which is not scheduled to be launched until 2013.
To be honest, when these two new cars were unveiled in front of consumers, if people didn't look at the logos of these two cars, but only looked at the front face of these two cars, I am afraid that the first thing that came to mind was Ashton. Martin, that classic British brand.
In particular, the exaggerated front face of the two cars, as well as the design of the grille, are very reminiscent of Ashton, which was only launched on the market two years ago. MARTIN'S ANTAGE MODEL.
HOWEVER, THE VANAGE MODEL WAS ONLY BORN IN THIS YEAR, AS FOR THE CURRENT ASHTON. Martin is still in the hands of Ford, but due to poor management, the brand is already on the verge of bankruptcy in the hands of Ford.
A brand with a history of nearly 100 years is still in the possibility of going out of business in the hands of Americans, which shows the ability of Americans to toss and turn over the years.
The current Ashton. The Martin brand is already in a moribund state, and now the factory in Newport, England, has not started for more than a year, and they have not launched any new models for five consecutive years, all of which are thanks to Ford in the United States.
Ashton. From the beginning of the birth of the Martin brand, in fact, it has been mainly designed and produced high-end luxury models, and their products mainly include convertible station wagons, racing cars, and limited edition sports cars.
Unfortunately, this brand has a lot of fate and has not been very smooth, and then in the 60s of the last century, there was a short period of glory, but it soon sank under the attack of Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini and other brands.
In 1987, the brand was acquired by Ford of the United States and began to become a sub-brand of Ford.
At that time, the most popular advertising method was probably James in the 007 movie. Bond's car.
Unfortunately, in recent years, with the challenges that Ford's products have suffered around the world, and the performance of the market has been declining, Ford has no energy to invest more attention on this luxury brand.
Since the beginning of 205, the brand has been caught in the negative news of discontinuation due to poor management, and Ford is also looking for a suitable seller for this brand around the world.
It stands to reason that Jin Xiaoqiang has a great chance to make a move, but he does not plan to take over this brand, because this brand is a British national treasure brand after all.
So Jin Xiaoqiang didn't want this to happen to him, so he planned to start anew, anyway, Ford hasn't launched those two new cars yet, and Ashton. Martin has not yet changed hands and is rejuvenated.
So they copied their later models, in the current view, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration, and no one knows, why not do such a thing?
The current Ashton.
Martin is still stuck in the old D87 series, and in terms of appearance, there is still a big gap between the models launched by the brand in the next few years.
So now the appearance of his descendants can be said to be stress-free, and it will not make people think of the suspicion of a copycat at all, and the current Ashton. Martin is still in the stage of uncertainty about the future, so if the production design of Huayang Power is later to Ashton. Martin's Ford Mustang, which was based on it, and the new Mondeo, could not have come at the right time. …,
And now Ashton. The more harmonious shape of Martin's D87 series is very different, and later Ford's two cars have a very fierce appearance, especially the two restructured headlights, which give people a very fierce temperament feeling, which will not make people put these two cars and the current Ashton. Martin recalled.
And it is the transformation of the front face of these two cars by Ford engineers that makes Jin Xiaoqiang like these two cars even more, because in his opinion, such a front appearance will be more in line with the aesthetic concept of consumers in a few years......
And the 541 8 mechanical positive pressure engine they are currently developing is also the Ford Shelby Cobra a few years later, and now this engine is assembled on this supercar, which is also the return to its original owner.
However, it is only the original owner of this car, but not the original owner of Ford, and thanks to Ford's special vehicle research and development team, such a perfect combination will fall into the hands of Jin Xiaoqiang and Huayang Power.
Now all he had to do was to get that little Ashton. Martin's sketch was drawn and then handed over to Liu Changshan, and a few of them went to toss and toss as much as they wanted, and got this supercar out as soon as possible. Clear