Chapter 466: The Problem Faced by the Great Wall
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So this time Great Wall can be said to be ruthless, as an automobile company full of ambitions for the future, they do not only want to be limited to the market of pickup trucks and SUV models, they also have more ambitious ideals.
But the problem at the moment is that they are currently facing great resistance to enter the civilian car market.
Originally, in the next year, they will launch the first model of the Great Wall Haval series, the Great Wall Haval H3, if the original historical trajectory is followed, then this car will be very popular after the launch, and the Great Wall Haval brand will be an instant hit.
2.0L or 2.4L diesel engine, plus 5 speed hand speed transmission, such a configuration is enough, in terms of gasoline engines, the Great Wall has always been not very good at gasoline engines, but in this year, as long as a few Mitsubishi castrated version of the 2.0 gasoline engine from Nanyang Aerospace is enough.
However, this is the original history, and the current situation is due to the emergence of Huayang Power, in the SUV market, Huayang Power's urban SUV Yihu has taken the lead, and their tough guy series in the Celestial Empire has also filled the gap after Mitsubishi Pajero was completely defeated and withdrawn from the market.
Although the tough guy series is not cheap to buy, after more than two years of market testing, it also has enough fans to have it, and now it can compete with Toyota.
Other automobile companies have also chosen to cooperate with Huayang Power, asking Jin Xiaoqiang, an international design master, to help them design new cars.
And they also have a good relationship with Huayang Power, using a large area of auto parts produced by Huayang Seiko, and also obtained a large number of parts for 4-speed automatic transmissions from them.
In the face of such competitive pressure, the Great Wall, which was still a little proud, could no longer hold back, in fact, as early as when Huayang Power just came out, the boss of the Great Wall had contact with Jin Xiaoqiang.
At that time, Jin Xiaoqiang was still full of enthusiasm to help Great Wall design a new car, and even wanted to participate in the research and development of their Haval series.
It's a pity that the boss of the Great Wall at that time had a certain degree of vigilance against Jin Xiaoqiang and did not agree to Jin Xiaoqiang's request, and later the cooperation between the two sides gradually became cold.
Although for more than a year, Great Wall has also tried to purchase a lot of auto parts from Huayang Seiko, but the relationship between the two sides has been lukewarm, and it is not as hot as between Liji and Huayang Power.
Now Great Wall sees that companies like Ligi and Ricky, as well as BYD, have received support from Huayang Power, and coupled with the pressure from the market, they can't sit still.
Their self-developed Great Wall Haval H3 has basically been finalized, if it was two years ago, they may still have confidence in their car, but now they really have no confidence at all.
The car takes the route of a hard-core SUV, and the shape is passable, but the body is relatively narrow, and the most important thing is that the powertrain is not excellent.
When the Great Wall used to make pickup trucks, it mainly made diesel engines, but if the oil extractor was used in a model like a pickup truck, it was not to be faulty, but if it was used in civilian passenger cars, it would not work.
The diesel oil products of the Celestial Empire are not as good as those in foreign countries, and the diesel locomotives are generally noisy, slow to start, slow to speed up, and when the car starts, it often emits a puff of black smoke from behind the buttocks. …,
In this way, it will give people a very low-end and cheap feeling, so this is also the main reason why diesel engines have not been developed in the Celestial Empire.
Therefore, the current diesel engine is generally used in large vehicles, such as buses, or transport vehicles, and is rarely used in civilian vehicles.
In fact, if you purchase a gasoline engine from the outside, it is not impossible, Nanyang's aerospace institute is a cooperative enterprise with Mitsubishi, and is producing Mitsubishi's 4G series of engines, you can purchase gasoline engines from them.
However, the premise of purchasing from the aerospace institute is that there is no such enterprise as Huayang Power in the Celestial Empire, and with the emergence of Huayang Power in the past two years, the automobile manufacturing level of the Celestial Empire, especially the manufacturing capacity of the powertrain, including the engine and transmission, can be said to have improved more than one grade compared with before.
They can manufacture technologies that can be used in foreign-funded cars and joint venture cars, and they can even produce technologies that cannot be used in foreign cars and joint venture cars.
In addition, the price of their cars is not expensive, which is very beneficial to the people, and they quickly gained the support of a large number of consumers in the Celestial Empire, so with the development and growth of Huayang Power, the appetite of consumers in the Celestial Empire has also been raised.
It's no longer like before, where they have to buy what you sell them.
Even those foreign car companies that were originally high on the top had to desperately update their technology at this time, or simply put them only listed abroad, and the technology that was introduced into China was introduced to confront Huayang Power.
In such an environment, how dare the Great Wall's Haval H3 be able to get its hands on it?
With the old nose of their diesel engine, or the castrated version of the 4G series engine bought from Nanyang Aerospace, I am afraid that as long as the car is put on the market, it will immediately be scolded by consumers.
As a result, the Great Wall immediately became less confident in their Haval H3, but they were unwilling to give up this Haval series of products that they had been fighting for for two years.
So after thinking about it, in the end they had no choice, they had to choose to ask for help like Jin Xiaoqiang, but everyone had a relationship with incense before, and looking at Jin Xiaoqiang's attitude towards other independent car companies in the country, he is still quite respectful, so the Great Wall had to ask Jin Xiaoqiang for help.
Fortunately, Jin Xiaoqiang was full of open-mindedness, and he didn't care about the fact that the boss of the Great Wall refused him before, but enthusiastically agreed to help them design a new model, but it would take a while, because he had some urgent things to deal with during this time.
The people on the Great Wall side dared not agree, and they agreed to help them design a new car, regardless of their previous suspicions, which is already a thousand thanks.
Mr. Jin went on a business trip abroad, but the people of the Great Wall were stationed in Nanyang, and their task this time was not only to ask Jin Xiaoqiang to help design a new car, but also to talk to the Great Wall about the supply of gasoline engines.
The Great Wall is currently in the design of gasoline engines is just starting, and the most lacking in China is the designer of the automobile engine, the country is not without such talents, but such talents are either by the Volkswagen, or by FAW, or General Motors, as well as large companies such as Huayang Power.
It will take them a few years to train their own engineer team, but at present, their Haval H3 is on the market, and it is impossible to design a gasoline engine by themselves, and it is impossible to purchase a gasoline engine from Nanyang Aerospace Institute, so they can only work hard from Huayang Power. …,
In their opinion, the 2.0L and 2.4L engines used in Huayang Power's current Yidong models are good, both of which have DVVT technology and are also matched with turbochargers.
If they can negotiate with Huayang Power on cooperation with these two engines and succeed, then it is not impossible for them to succeed in launching the Haval H3.
But I just don't know if Huayang Power is willing to transfer these two technologies?
The staff of the Great Wall are patient, in the Nanyang production base of Huayang Power, a bubble is a month, this more than a month, Ren Jin always went on a business trip abroad and never came back.
But they were not in a hurry, and they negotiated with Huayang Power after visiting the 2.0 and 2.4 displacement Yidong engines produced by Huayang Power several times.
The ultimate goal is to purchase these two engines from Huayang Power, as well as related ancillary technologies.
However, Huayang Power has not let go, after all, the technology of these two engines, they have not all been eliminated, and now they are still used in their Yidong models, they are afraid that if the technology in this area is transferred, then it will attract a competitor to Yidong.
The Great Wall side was not in a hurry, nor did it give up, so it kept biting, and talked with the negotiators of Huayang Power for more than a month, and finally they got a reply from Huayang Power before New Year's Day.
If you want these two engines, then yes, Huayang Power can do technology transfer, but in the next five years, if the Great Wall model needs to use this engine, it must be purchased from Huayang Seiko, and after five years, if the technology transfer is successful, the Great Wall shall not transfer the technology of this engine to other peers in the outside world without authorization.
And this reply came to Jin Xiaoqiang, and Mr. Jin had ended negotiations abroad and returned to China.
The representatives of the Great Wall were all relieved when they heard that Jin Xiaoqiang had returned to China, and now they could finally catch up with the progress.
Huayang Power because of Jin Xiaoqiang's return is also a backbone, and soon reached an agreement with the Great Wall, Huayang Power like the Great Wall to transfer 2.0 and 2.4 liters of gasoline engine manufacturing technology, these engine technologies include double overhead camshafts, and multi-point EFI technology, but do not include DVVT, and turbocharging technology and so on.
And in the next three years, Great Wall is not allowed to transfer the production technology of these two engines like other automobile manufacturers in the outside world, and the two engines they use within these three years must be provided by Huayang Seiko......
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