Chapter 467: Boiled Frogs in Warm Water
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In terms of the development of new models, Great Wall has also negotiated with Huayang Power, but the focus of the negotiation and cooperation between the two sides this time is to develop new models, whether to develop hard-core SUV models or urban SUV models. (K. Watching Genius can be remembered in just 3 seconds)
As far as the current Tianchao automobile market is concerned, the competition in the family car is still relatively fierce, Liji, Ricky, and BYD, and even Changan, Zhonghua, FAW and other automobile companies are launching their own family cars.
Moreover, in the field of family cars, there is such a giant as Huayang Power, and the competition between joint ventures is also very fierce.
Great Wall is not yet planning to enter this market, and in their own judgment, they are more inclined to their current specialty, which is to develop pickup trucks and SUVs.
In fact, if according to the original historical trajectory, without the emergence of Huayang Power, the Great Wall has accumulated considerable popularity and reputation by relying on the success of SUV models, and then entered the family car market, and was a great success in one fell swoop.
However, in terms of the current technology accumulation and fame of the Great Wall, it is obviously unrealistic for them to enter the family car market, and the Great Wall people have also noticed this very well.
So when they negotiated with Jin Xiaoqiang and asked him to help design a new model, they mainly asked Jin Xiaoqiang to help them design a low-end SUV model with a price of about 100,000 yuan.
And Jin Xiaoqiang, out of consideration for supporting domestic brother enterprises, did not plan to hide his private interests in this regard.
However, because the Great Wall started by making pickup trucks and hard-core SUV cars in the past, there were some disputes about asking Jin Xiaoqiang to help design the new model this time.
In fact, Jin Xiaoqiang hopes to help Great Wall design the Haval H6 they launched in 2011 early, to know which car in the original history once launched, it was very popular with consumers, and once led the coquettish popularity.
Although there is a suspicion of imitating Honda's CRV in the appearance, Jin Xiaoqiang does not mind helping Great Wall design which car in advance.
However, because the current production line of Great Wall is designed for the production of pickup trucks and hard-core SUVs, and there is no production line suitable for the production of such urban SUV models, Great Wall is very hesitant about Jin Xiaoqiang's proposal.
The benefits of urban SUVs, they don't know it, it's not that they don't want to develop such a model, in fact, they still welcome Jin Xiaoqiang to help them develop such an urban SUV model.
Judging from the current sales situation of the Tianchao automobile market, among the models of Huayang Power, in addition to the Qoros luxury models, the best ones to buy are Yidong and Octavia.
The monthly sales of these two cars exceed 10,000 units, or even 15,000 units, and it also happens from time to time to reach 20,000 units, and the most popular among the other models is the urban SUV of the Yihu.
At present, this car has been from the original starting price of more than 200,000 at the beginning of the market, after several small technical upgrades, the price of entry-level models has dropped to more than 190,000, this price can be said to be not cheap, but it is still often difficult to find a car in the market.
In the Celestial Empire, the monthly sales of tens of thousands of domestic sales are almost every month, and if you add orders from overseas, it is common for monthly sales to exceed 20,000.
The popularity of this Yihu model is not only coveted by Great Wall, which specializes in the production of SUV models, but also Toyota, Honda, or Volkswagen, which is a German car manufacturer. …,
Toyota and Honda have already introduced their RAV4 and CRV to China, while Volkswagen also has the idea of developing an urban SUV model.
The design of the off-floor car, coupled with the tall body, wide field of view, and considerable space in the car, has become the reason for such an urban SUV to become the first choice of Celestial consumers.
And with the past two years, Huayang Power has often prevented some self-driving activities, such as the West. Tibetan self-drive tour, sea. South self-driving tour, Inner Mongolia desert self-driving tour and other activities.
In particular, those who have participated in such activities have appeared on the Autohome website, saying that the benefits of driving this kind of car have made this kind of car a dream car in the hearts of countless consumers.
Although Toyota and Honda have introduced their urban SUV models to the Celestial Empire, due to the time difference, the Wing Tiger has occupied an absolutely favorable product image in the hearts of Celestial Empire consumers.
In addition, Huayang Power's workmanship that does not belong to Japanese cars, as well as real materials, and the most important thing is that many automobile companies have not made a three-pack commitment until now, so Huayang Power's Yihu still has an irreplaceable position in the hearts of consumers in the Celestial Empire.
Such consumer feedback, as well as the exemplary role played by Huayang Power's Yihu, the Great Wall negotiators are of course looking at it, so they have considerable expectations for urban SUV models.
However, because of the current problems of their company's production capacity and production line, they have not been able to make a decision, but regarding Huayang Power and Jin Xiaoqiang's personal opinions, they still made a summary and fed back these news back to the head office, hoping that the head office can make a decision as soon as possible.
Jin Xiaoqiang is not in a hurry for the Great Wall's reaction, he is deeply aware of the trend of the development of the Celestial Empire in the future, and in a few years, the SUV model will become the most popular model in the Celestial Empire.
Although there are a lot of good cars running on the road, a real SUV is the favorite of countless drivers, and in a few years, the more luxurious the SUV model, the easier it will sell in the Celestial Empire.
SUV models will form their own unique car culture in the Celestial Empire, and in a few years, luxury cars will no longer refer to those luxury brand cars, and large SUVs will also become one of them.
Even luxury brands such as Maserati and Bentley will launch their own SUV models in order to seize this market, which shows the status of SUV multi-purpose vehicles in the hearts of consumers in the Celestial Empire.
If you want a company like the Great Wall, in fact, taking the SUV route is actually the most correct choice, but in terms of their current technical level and development level, R&D and design of low-end SUVs is the most suitable path for their development.
Of course, he can't say this to the staff of the Great Wall, but the current contact with the negotiators of the Great Wall makes him feel very relieved, these people have a clear idea, and they are currently sticking to the SUV route.
It's just that they haven't decided on whether to go for a hard-core SUV model or an urban SUV model.
Sure enough, a few days later, the Great Wall sent another team, the leader of this team is a vice president of the Great Wall Company, his surname is Zhao, and the CEO of the Great Wall Company has a very close relationship, and many people in private know that this Manager Zhao is actually the nephew of their Great Wall General Manager.
As soon as Jin Xiaoqiang saw that the other party had finally sent someone who could make a decision, he had a number in his heart, and planned to tell the other party his thoughts in detail in the next negotiation.
In the negotiation on the second day, Jin Xiaoqiang and this Manager Zhao were frank and straightforward.
"Manager Zhao, to be honest, our negotiation has been going on for almost ten days this time, and we have been in contact before, and your Great Wall has shown a certain degree of sincerity, and I believe that the sincerity of our side can also be seen by your side." …,
"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Jin, I would like to thank you Huayang Power for your support to other brother enterprises in our country! Of course, we see your sincerity. ”
Manager Zhao is in his thirties, less than forty years old, not tall, a little fat, but he is very good at being a person, often with a smiling image in clothes, looking very affinity, very happy, is a very likable guy.
"Then Manager Zhao, what did you think about helping you design a new car this time? I can't afford to be here indefinitely, I have a lot of other things to deal with. ”
Jin Xiaoqiang is no longer as amiable as he was a few days ago, and he feels that it is time to put some pressure on Great Wall Motors.
"Uh...... Mr. Jin, you see, you have probably heard about our difficulties, in fact, we are very welcome to your plan to design a new urban SUV model, but you also know our difficulties, our current production line is really only suitable for the production of hard SUVs, you must know that the production of urban SUVs and hard SUVs are completely two concepts......
Manager Zhao is very embarrassed, and indeed the company is currently discussing whether it is time to put on a new production line.
The models of hard-core SUVs are completely different from those of urban SUVs, with hard-core SUVs having girders, while urban SUVs are completely stamped and welded bodies, so they are completely different in structure and platform.
Especially the platform, this is very important, this is the foundation of developing a car, even if Jin Xiaoqiang is now helping them design a new urban SUV model, but without a suitable chassis platform, the Great Wall cannot make such a car.
"Well, I think it's going to be otherwise! I can send our technicians over to your side to help you transform a production line, and at the same time, we can also help you design first, in production, and after your side has production capacity, our side will stop work and hand it over to your side to produce, how about you see? ”
Jin Xiaoqiang deliberately made a benevolent and righteous appearance and said to Manager Zhao, in fact, in his stomach, he hit the idea of boiling frogs in warm water......
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