Chapter 819: The Russians' Own Brand

Russia's industry has inherited the legacy of the former Soviet Union, and it can be said that it is ahead of the Celestial Empire, but it is reflected in the kind of heavy industry that does not count inputs and outputs, and the defense industry, which has always been the shortcomings of Russian industry in terms of light industry and fine processing.

For example, in terms of car engines, the surprise processing methods that are needed now, and the machine tools for fine machining, Russian car companies really have nothing to praise.

If you want the Russian side to make a high-power, non-fuel heavy-duty off-road vehicle, this may be their strength, but if you want them to make the kind of low-noise, low-vibration, fuel-efficient family car engine, this is really not their forte, and in terms of transmission manufacturing, Russia, like the Celestial Empire, has been stuck in the neck of those foreign big companies.

Such first-class automobile engines and transmissions in the civilian field are only the only ones Huayang Power of the Celestial Empire, which is willing to provide to the Russian side, and other foreign-funded enterprises, which are simply willing to be taken over, even in the mode of assembly.

Therefore, Jin Xiaoqiang estimated that if he touched the Volga side, he must be like letting himself provide more engines and transmissions, and then use them in other aspects.

Sure enough, after hearing Jin Xiaoqiang's question, Palyukhin and Mokhailov were embarrassed, especially Mokhailov, who had been a worker all the way to today's managerial position, and his face was a little crimson, obviously quite embarrassed.

However, Palyougin, who was the senior vice president of Volga, quickly adjusted, and was clearly an outstanding person who had been tested by office politics for a long time.

"Uh...... All right. I'll tell you the truth, in fact, the head office hopes to be able to produce a series of independent models. We've also designed it, but we're still lacking in the engine and transmission. So we hope to be able to get technical support from Huayang Power......"

Paliuugin is straightforward enough, because he found that he couldn't be straightforward at all, this Jin Xiaoqiang was notoriously difficult, if he annoyed him and messed up this transaction, then it would be difficult to explain it when he went back, so it was better to simply tell him the truth.

Oh, I see. The feeling is like having yourself provide them with an engine and transmission, which they can then use to assemble their own car.

Jin Xiaoqiang understood their intentions, and his original conjecture was similar, in fact, many domestic joint venture automobile companies are also thinking about doing this, such as FAW and SAIC. They all wanted to let the foreign-funded car companies that cooperated with them provide technology transfer, but unfortunately they were all coldly rejected in the end.

In the end, FAW simply got a complete set of technologies from Mazda, made a Pentium by itself, and later simply plagiarized some of Volkswagen's technologies. It's a pity that it ended up unhappily.

After being refused, SAIC simply bought a Rover from the UK to play for itself, and later got their Buick technology from GM.

However, they all paid a terrible price for this, and these are the tragic history of the development of the Celestial Empire automobile that they experienced in their previous lives.

Now the Russian side wants to engage in its own democratic brand of cars, and it is understandable to think about it, after all, it turns out that people are also world powers, and their national self-esteem is also a little stronger, which can be seen from the fact that the most sold in the market every year is the Rada.

Although the car is really not good, using the technology and chassis of the Fiat 124 from the 60s of the last century, but it is still alive in this market, you can see the love of Russians for their own products.

Now AvtoVAZ wants to target the people of their own country, launch their own brand of products, want to take a share of the market, this is understandable, after all, the people like Lada, although now Huayang Power's products are very popular in the market, but if they can get the same engine and transmission as Huayang Power's models, then I believe that the people are still more willing to choose Lada brand products when choosing. …,

"Well, since you want to develop your own brand, how are you preparing for the infrastructure?"

Jin Xiaoqiang asked casually, Paliuugin saw that Jin Xiaoqiang did not refuse, and felt that there was still hope for this matter, so he hurriedly introduced Jin Xiaoqiang.

"We have made sufficient preparations for the launch of new products, we are focusing on launching products under the two brands of Yiri and Lada, we are already in contact with the global design team, hoping that they can design new cars for us, and we have also contacted Japanese merchants, from whom we have purchased manufacturing technology and painting equipment, and also purchased production lines from France, and we will use German ...... in welding."

Palyoukin talks a lot about the project, and it's clear that they take it very seriously.

"For the Lada model, we tend to prefer a small car, that is, a compact model, and in terms of Japan, we are positioning this model as a mid-size car......"

Yo drink, is this market positioning quite clear, Jin Xiaoqiang listened and thought to himself, but the situation in the future seems to be that only Lada is still selling well, as for that Yiri, it seems to be ugly!

After the outbreak of the financial crisis, especially in 2009, Russia's car sales can be described as a disaster, and Russia's car sales fell by 50% that year, of course, because of the heavy blow caused by the financial crisis to Russia.

However, in 2010, the Russian car market seemed to have rebounded strongly, rising by 30 percent in one year, and in the years since, it has risen by double-digit percentages almost every year.

So if you ask Jin Xiaoqiang to expand his investment in Russian car joint ventures at this time, he will definitely be unwilling, but if you want to provide AvtoVAZ with some engines and transmissions, this deal can be pondered.

"Well, what model of engine and transmission do you want?"

Jin Xiaoqiang asked, in fact, this is not another CKD model, but unlike the CKD pure parts assembly model, there will be no more shares of Huayang Power in the new factory, and they will only act as a supplier in this transaction, providing engine and transmission parts.

As for Jin Xiaoqiang, in the long run, he is really unwilling to let him increase investment in Russia, especially in automobiles.

This market is indeed big enough, but it also has its own weaknesses, and the country's policies cannot be guaranteed, and Jin Xiaoqiang is reluctant to invest too much here in the face of uncertain political prospects.

And although the production capacity of Huayang Power has expanded a lot, the next few years will be the time for domestic automobile companies to share the cake, and that time is to lay a good foundation in China, strive to expand the market, and strive for the largest market share.

And according to his understanding of the world automobile market in the future, the market growth rate on the Russian side is not as large as that of Brazil, after all, Brazil is a newly opened virgin land, so why should he spend too much effort here?

However, it is okay not to expand, but as a bulk supplier, this can still be considered.

Palyukhin and Mokhailov didn't expect Jin Xiaoqiang to be so easy to talk to, you must know that they have also talked to other car companies before, such as Volkswagen, Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda or something, but none of them are willing to supply them.

In the end, even the damn world's second-rate Citroen was unwilling to provide them with engines and transmissions, damn it, it seems that at a critical time, it is still the Celestial Empire who is a friend. …,

"In terms of Lada, we would like to be able to get the engine and transmission of the current Lavida model, in fact, Misterkin, we can also produce such engines and transmissions ourselves, but out of respect for our partners, we decided to import them from your side."

Paliuugin said unashamedly, in fact, this Lavida, as the lowest-level compact sedan under Huayang Power, is the best to transplant his classic 1.6L engine and the HY200 transmission.

And compared with what turbocharging, as well as the technology of direct injection in the cylinder, the engine and transmission technology of this car is simpler, very good copycat, AvtoVAZ has actually tried, but in the end their cottage engine and Huayang Power's original goods, noise, vibration, high fuel consumption, short life, of course you know what's going on, not because it can't be done in fine processing.

In terms of transmission, they also encountered the same situation, the fine processing is not up to par, it is really deadly, but this is not something that can be improved in a while, so he can only brag with Jin Xiaoqiang here.13 I hope to bluff the other party and leave a good impression on the other party.

You see, it's not that we can't, it's that we don't want to.

The corners of Jin Xiaoqiang's mouth were crooked, and he did not debunk Paliuwujin's trick, after all, in the negotiation process, any party can fight such a foolish mouthpiece, as long as it does not endanger its own actual interests, it can be accepted by itself.

"Well, this condition, I can agree."

Anyway, as long as they can't produce it by themselves for a day, they have to rely on their own supply, as long as they can pay the bill on time, no problem. RQ

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