Chapter 298: Saving Junjie
Soon Jin Xiaoqiang figured out the intention of Huazhong Automobile Factory, which was nothing more than like Ligie and Ricky, who wanted to engage in technology from themselves.
Sure enough, Li Haiyang's next words also confirmed Jin Xiaoqiang's conjecture.
"Xiaoqiang, hehe, we are also acquaintances, I call you that, you don't mind!"
Li Haiyang still felt that it was a bit awkward and raw to call Mr. Jin what he was a little bit like before, so he asked Jin Xiaoqiang with a smile, and he also wanted to shorten the distance between him and Jin Xiaoqiang through some differences in titles.
"Well, no problem, Manager Li, don't see it, just call it that! What is the matter with you coming to us Huayang Power this time? ”
"Well, it's such a Xiaoqiang, in fact, I came to you this time, and I didn't have anything else, but I mainly wanted to talk to you about cooperation. Xiaoqiang, you also know that we have a cooperation agreement with BMW in Huazhong Automobile, but in recent years, we have also learned a lot from BMW, so we also plan to launch some of our own brands, but at present, in terms of engines and transmissions, the Germans bite very hard, but they don't let go, so we want to talk to you to see if there is any possibility of cooperation. ”
Li Haiyang didn't go around in circles anymore, and directly poured beans into a bamboo tube and told Jin Xiaoqiang what he meant.
When Jin Xiaoqiang heard this, he was really inseparable from his guess, and it was really for Huayang Power's engine technology and transmission.
In fact, at this year's Shanghai Auto Show, Huazhong Automobile launched their domestic intermediate car Junjie, if according to the original history, there is no Huayang Power, this year's Shanghai Auto Show, will undoubtedly be Huazhong Junjie shine at the auto show.
When it comes to the Junjie brand, it is also full of glorious history, and in the original history, it was the birth of this car that triggered the frenzy of domestic cars being truly recognized and purchased by the Chinese people.
It can be said that the brand of Junjie, in the original history, it is this car that leads the coquettish of domestic cars, making domestic independent brand cars widely accepted by domestic consumers.
Prior to this, Ricky and Liji were indeed the first to enter the domestic car market of their own brands, but these two companies, in the area of intermediate cars, have been slow to open sales channels.
Even these two companies, both of which have opened price reduction cards, their car sales, except for Ricky's QQ car, have never been a brand that can be accepted by domestic consumers on a large scale.
And it is the emergence of this Junjie of Huazhong Automobile that really makes domestic consumers shine, and there is one more object to choose from in the mid-level car market.
The large physique of the sedan, which is completely different from the dirt and slag shape design of the mid-level cars of Ricky and Ligi, as well as the paint painting in parallel with BMW, as well as the chassis tuning technology from BMW, made this car immediately attract the attention of many domestic consumers as soon as it was launched on the market.
And soon after the official launch of the market, it was warmly welcomed by the majority of consumers.
But to tell the truth, this car is not without weaknesses, for example, his engine is still from Nanyang Aerospace Institute and Dongan Power, the old Mitsubishi nose with the old single overhead camshaft, not to mention the transmission, which has been criticized by consumers for a long time because of the difficulty of shifting gears.
Another point is that the degree of finishing of this car is really poor, and there are often problems such as too large body seams, and even water in the headlights.
However, domestic consumers at that time were still relatively tolerant, after all, they were able to buy a mid-range car with such an atmospheric appearance at the price of 1120,000 yuan, although he had this or that small flaw, but everyone thought it was acceptable.
In this way, Huazhong Junjie has a brilliant period of glory in a short period of time after it is listed!
However, with the passage of time, as other domestic independent brands catch up, as well as Central China, their own mistakes have finally caused this car to become a tiger-like work.
He had a brilliant beginning, but he also had a very poignant ending.
First of all, after the success of Huazhong Junjie in the market of the Celestial Empire, the leaders of Huazhong miscalculated the form, and hurriedly announced that they would enter the European market without continuing to practice their internal skills. …,
At the beginning, some car sellers in Europe were very concerned about this car with a passable appearance and a cheap price, thinking that with the low price of this car, it should be able to win a certain market.
However, they ignored the conservative and even harsh attitude of European countries towards cars from the Celestial Empire, and Huazhong Junjie even received the lowest score of zero in the European crash test in which he subsequently participated, which was of course disastrous.
You must know that European consumers attach great importance to driving safety, and the result is that just because of the zero score in the European crash test, it eventually led to many European dealers withdrawing from the network, which directly led to heavy losses for Huazhong Automobile, and even the plan to open a new factory in Slovakia had to be stillborn.
Subsequently, Huazhong Automobile, not only did not adjust its thinking and practiced its internal skills, but instead entered a circle of internal fighting monsters that the people of the Celestial Empire are best at, which also has a great relationship with the state-owned nature of this automobile company.
After several successive changes of leadership, finally Huazhong Automobile has finally been tossed away when it has just entered the Celestial Empire automobile market.
Although they have also launched several new products of the Junjie series later, because the technology has not been updated and the workmanship has not been improved, the sales performance in the market has been poor, and finally it has been surpassed by other private independent brands.
In the end, Junjie, a once brilliant independent brand, can only be reduced to the identity of a spectator in the independent car market, although it can still guarantee a certain amount of sales, but it has been thrown off by Ricky, and Ligie, and even BYD A few streets away.
There are many reasons for the final decline of the brand of Huazhong Junjie, but in Jin Xiaoqiang's view, the most serious point is that he does not want to forge ahead, and after a few years, there is no big technological update.
You must know that when Junjie was officially listed, Huazhong Automobile and many domestic independent brands can be said to be on the same starting line in terms of engine and transmission research, and even more than those other domestic independent brands.
But in the following years, other independent brands have increased their research and development efforts in engines and transmissions, such as Liji, and BYD can be said to be the best in this regard.
Even Ricky and the Great Wall have also launched their own research and development of small-displacement Buddha engines, but only Central China, has been stagnant until 2010, only a few small-displacement engines have been taken out, but at this time people Richie, Ricky, BYD has thrown off them several streets, people have already established their position in the market.
At this time, the brand of Central China Junjie was extremely embarrassing.
There is also the improvement in processing, when Ricky and Ligie, BYD made great efforts to grasp the quality of products, Huazhong Junjie still held the concept of car manufacturing of old state-owned enterprises, almost on the line, the result was of course being pulled farther and farther away, and when they also noticed this, and improved the quality of their products, they were also thrown away a few streets away.
And now, with the emergence of Huayang Power, and Huazhong Junjie is actually willing to lower his body and come to the door, Jin Xiaoqiang feels that maybe the fall of Huazhong Junjie in the future may not be as fast as in the original history.
"Well, Manager Li, I don't know what kind of engine technology and transmission technology you want?"
Although Jin Xiaoqiang thought a lot just now, but it was all electric and flint, so he went through the history of the Junjie brand in his mind, and now Li Haiyang didn't say it, but Jin Xiaoqiang is sure that Li Haiyang came to find technical support this time, and it must be for their Junjie brand.
"Well, Xiaoqiang, we launched a new car at the Shanghai Auto Show this time, and you know, it is that Huazhong Junjie, this car is unanimously optimistic about our company's leaders. But at present, this car is not without flaws, and our company's engineers and leaders are not too satisfied with the engine and transmission of this car. Hehe, in this regard, your Huayang Power can be said to be an absolute leader in our Celestial Empire, so our leaders sent me here to seek your support in this regard. ”
Li Haiyang smiled and once again confirmed Jin Xiaoqiang's conjecture.
"Well, Manager Li, what kind of engine technology and transmission technology do you want? You must know that the engine technology and transmission technology of our Huayang Power have been developed for several generations now! ”
"Well, in fact, we don't need your latest technology, as long as you can provide us with similar technology to Yidong, Xiaoqiang, do you look like it?"
Li Haiyang asked very cautiously, for fear that his request would annoy Jin Xiaoqiang, you must know that people's Yidong is now a big sale in the market!
So proposing the engine technology of this car is actually a bit too much in his opinion.
You must know that the double overhead camshaft engine of this Yidong, also equipped with variable valve timing technology, and with a turbo, such an engine may not be considered high-end in the world, but it can be said that it is absolutely mainstream, and the technology that Toyota and Honda currently use in their own cars is nothing more than that.
"Oh, that's it! Then we'll have to discuss it, and we'll have to discuss it. ”
Hearing that Jin Xiaoqiang did not refuse, Li Haiyang's face suddenly flashed with a hint of joy...... )