Chapter 179: Frankfurt Motor Show
In fact, the Frankfurt Motor Show is held every two years, not in 04, only in 05, this time it is written on the basis of 05, and it was advanced according to the needs of the plot. Also, ask for a commuter pass and subscription!
These two models were tinkered with by Wang Guoqiang not long after he went to Germany in April, after all, the powertrain is ready-made, but it just needs to be replaced with a body shell.
And Jin Xiaoqiang has already drawn the model drawings, so it is not difficult to make them.
And there are more than 300 engineers in their company, at this time it is time for these people to take action and practice, after Wang Guoqiang and they have done a good job of the clay model of the shape and interior of the car, the rest of the work will be handed over to an engineer like Pan Wen who has the ability and surname Ling to lead the team to do.
In fact, the rest of the task is very simple, just need to match the powertrain of the car, and then design the chassis.
However, it is not easy for newcomers like Pan Wen to do these work, although there are three masters, Liu Hong, Wang Guoqiang and Li Qiming, who come to watch the scene and supervise every day, but they still make a lot of mistakes and take a lot of detours.
It wasn't until Jin Xiaoqiang came back later that these two cars were finalized, but this time they planned to bring physical cars, and they didn't plan to hide these two cars.
After all, the research and development of the entire model has entered the final stage, and the road tests have been carried out for more than half of the time, and it is estimated that by the end of the year, all the road tests can be completed, and by January next year, it can be officially launched on the market.
Unlike the two Regal and LaCrosse prepared by Jin Xiaoqiang, these two cars can only be said to be assembled together with the powertrain and shell, as well as various other electronic components.
It has not yet been tested on the road, so it has to go through all the strict experimental tests such as wind tunnel test, road condition test, noise test, vibration test and so on, before these two cars can be mass-produced.
And this will take at least half a year to a year, which has to be said to be in the case of Jin Xiaoqiang driving a golden finger, so in the case of not being sure of too many surnames, this time they can only take the concept model to Frankfurt with these two cars.
After some preparations in the past few days, Jin Xiaoqiang has begun to arrange these exhibition models, shipped to Germany, originally to exhibit these prototypes, to Germany is required by sea, but because they were delayed for a period of time, so this time they can only find some airlines, to their show cars, air transport, although this cost is not small, but now these costs are not in the eyes of Huayang Power.
The models brought by Huayang Power to the exhibition this time are Yidong (the original Sonata 8th generation), the Yihu (the original Hyundai ix35), as well as their Octavia, and the later SAIC MG3 hatchback, as well as the 11 North American version of the Elantra, as well as the tough guy series from BAIC B40 and Jeep Sahara, and the last is this concept car that imitates the Regal and LaCrosse series.
Around the 15th, Jin Xiaoqiang had already asked the airline to fly all the models to Frankfurt, and he himself arrived in Frankfurt on the 16th.
This year's Frankfurt Motor Show will be held on September 18 at the Exchange Square in Frankfurt, one of the four most famous motor shows in the world.
Every auto show will have a large number of car manufacturers to participate in the exhibition, and this time is no exception, just signed up for the exhibition, there are more than 1,000 car manufacturers and parts manufacturers, and the number of new cars participating in this auto show has reached 122.
Among them, of course, BMW, Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, and Toyota, such old manufacturers have been paid attention to by the media, and this time a Huayang power from the Celestial Empire has been added.
This Frankfurt Motor Show can also be said to be a breakthrough for automobile manufacturers from the Celestial Empire, because this is not only the first time for automobile manufacturers from the Celestial Empire to participate in the exhibition, but also four automobile manufacturers have come to participate in the exhibition.
These four companies are Liji Group, Landwind Group, and Huazhong Group, which also comes to Nanyang with Huayang Power, and then Huayang Power.
And Lu Feng, who participated in the auto show this time, and Huazhong Group, were invited to participate in the auto show because they were inextricably linked with the Germans and the political axe of the Celestial Empire.
Liji Group and Huayang Power are purely private independent car companies of the Celestial Empire that were invited to participate in the Frankfurt Motor Show because of their excellent performance this year.
Huayang Power's performance this year can be described as amazing and decisive, they are not only the dark horse of the automobile industry of the Celestial Empire this year, but also a dark horse in the world's automobile manufacturing industry.
Not only in July and August, it has become the hottest topic of discussion in the Celestial Empire, and even the world's financial and industrial circles are also a hot topic, so if this year's Frankfurt Motor Show is without Huayang Power, it will be a bit of a taste, so it is natural for them to receive an invitation from the organizers of the Frankfurt Motor Show.
As of September, the output of Liji Group has exceeded 100,000 taels, and even more than 5,000 taels of cars have been exported to more than 30 countries and regions, and the production and sales of his cars have jumped to the eighth place in the Celestial Empire, accounting for four percent of the market share of the Celestial Empire.
Some time ago, Yin Mingshan, the general manager of Ligi Group, and Jin Xiaoqiang talked about cooperation, and since then, representatives of the two sides have been in full swing of negotiations.
After all, the two companies are engaged in automobile manufacturing and marketing, and although they are friends, they are also competitors, so the negotiation is not going fast.
After all, when it comes to everyone's own interests, everyone is fighting on the basis of reason, so the negotiations have only completed 60 percent of the progress, and it is estimated that the details of the cooperation between the two sides can be completely finalized before New Year's Day.
However, the current relationship between Liji and Huayang Power should be regarded as a honeymoon period, and this time to participate in the exhibition in Germany, Liji Group took the lead in greeting Huayang Power.
As for the other two Celestial Empire companies that came to the exhibition, Landwind and Huazhong Automobile, they have nothing to do with Huayang Power, and Landwind is completely because they are mainly engaged in the manufacture of hard-core SUVs and pickups, and the current product line of Huayang Power is not compatible, and the geographical relationship between the two sides is relatively far away.
Huazhong has a very complicated feeling about Huayang Power, they hate Huayang Power, because this company, under their noses, suddenly rose, and also grabbed a lot of their orders.
But at the same time, they also have an inexplicable affinity for this Huayang Power, after all, whether they are close to their hometown or not, the two car companies are also from the same city, and not to mention that Jin Xiaoqiang's family was originally a gear factory that lived by relying on the gear orders in Huazhong?
Jin Guozhu has a lot of connections in Huazhong Automobile.
The Frankfurt Motor Show opened on September 18, but for the first four days, it was only for the news media, and from the 22nd for the next 10 days, it was open to the general public.
Before that, Wang Jiao had already arrived in Frankfurt first, and also brought some quite professional people, and also through Klaus's relationship, found some special people in Germany to decorate their booths.
The booths of several participating Celestial Motors dealers were arranged in Hall 4, which can be said to be one of the most important pavilions of the Frankfurt Motor Show.
The area of the Frankfurt Exchange Square is not small, but the largest of them is the No. 4 exhibition hall, which is probably no less than thousands of square meters.
This time, Huayang Power's booth was arranged in the golden position closest to the gate of the No. 4 exhibition hall, and because of Huayang Power's recent performance, and Wang Jiao's silver was also smashed in place, and directly won the booth of about 500 square meters.
Such a large area is not something that you can smash out just because you have money, and your car company must also have considerable strength, so that the organizers will be willing to give you such a large area.
You must know that the booth area of Liji and the other two Celestial Empire car companies is only 300 square meters.
The 500-square-meter booth area is also Toyota, Honda, or the United States Ford, General Motors and other world-renowned car manufacturers.
Exhibitors such as Volkswagen and BMW in Germany got a booth larger than this one by 200 square meters because of their home advantage.
Sometimes this is the division of the booth area, which is also an evaluation and recognition of the strength of your automobile manufacturing enterprise!
At nine o'clock in the morning on September 18, 04, the Frankfurt Motor Show officially opened, and the reporters gathered at the door of Hall 4 was the most, because he almost gathered some of the world's largest automobile manufacturers in this exhibition hall.
Volkswagen, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Yuesan, Ford, General Motors, and Huayang Power, which has become famous in recent times, etc., and there are three other automobile manufacturers from the Celestial Empire.
In short, there is already everything that all journalists like the most, and that is the topic!
At nine o'clock, the organizer of the auto show sent an old man, in front of the convention and exhibition center, after a grunt, and then the auto show was announced.
These days are dedicated to interviews with reporters, so there are no other people coming, and it looks clean when there are few people, but when the fourth exhibition hall opens, the gate here is still crowded by the reporters who flock to it.
Because almost all of the new cars of large car companies exhibited this time are gathered in this exhibition hall!
(To be continued)