Hey? That's right! Waldegard's words reminded Lin Zheng: Yes, since Japan's light automatic car show has been going on for so many years, why can't it be seen elsewhere? Is there no need for such a lightweight, convenient small vehicle anywhere outside of Japan? Obviously not, isn't there a car running in the old alleys and narrow roads of old buildings in Europe in TV and movies? Is that...... A car name popped up in Lin Zheng's mind: smart.

As soon as this name came to Lin Zheng's mind, Lin Zheng was amused by smart's naïve appearance: there is no doubt that although smart, which bears the title of Mercedes-Benz's smallest model, sells expensively, its appearance is extremely cute.

This is a model full of controversy, on the one hand, the mini figure of this small car allows it to shuttle freely in all the streets and alleys, an ordinary parking space can even park two smarts, but on the other hand, the high price of this small car has also made many people criticize this car, especially in China, the price of more than 130,000 makes many people think that the four words "Mercedes-Benz" alone are worth at least 90,000, but in any case, this was originally called "City Elf" The trolley can be considered the European version of "k-netbsp; But when did smart start to get started? Although Lin Zheng is a military and car enthusiast, he is not familiar with every car in the world, and he can only hand over this matter to Waldegard: "Lao Wa, you are right, since this kind of light vehicle has been exhibited in Japan for decades, there is no reason why it cannot be exhibited in Europe, where the population density, building density, and road width are similar to Japan, I think we still have a chance!" ”

"Boss, do you really think so?" Hearing Lin Zheng say this, Waldegard's whole person became brighter.

"Well, I was in a car magazine some time ago...... Don't ask me what magazine it is, I don't remember...... It seems that the German Daimler Group is cooperating with a company to develop a light car similar to the Japanese K-Car. They are said to have a 1.o-litre inline three-cylinder motor, possibly with a hybrid powertrain, but I don't know much about it, so if you have friends in the European automotive industry, you might want to ask them. ”

"I'm going to ask!" Waldegard "whoosh~~" and ran out: As a former Rc World Champion, Waldegard still has some friends around the world, although these friends have been cut off from him for the reason that he is addicted to drugs and has no money. But although Waldegard's current mix is not the same as in the past, it can also be considered that it is already good, and the future is promising, and the friends who had been disconnected from the past are naturally reconnected.

Lin Zheng is also very curious about what kind of answer Waldegard will bring to himself, Lin Zheng first knew about the smart car because of the movie "Garfield 2", when Garfield's owner drove the two-seater car with a dog to find Garfield, the scene made Lin Zheng remember deeply: Nima is there such a small car in this world? Are you sure it's not a toy car?

After watching the movie, Lin Zheng was very curious about this car. I haven't seen this kind of toy-like car in China, but fortunately, it was O7 years when I saw this movie, and the Internet was still very easy to use.

After a while of searching, I learned that this is smart, a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz, with only two seats, and the body length is only 2.6 meters. Described as "nimble like a flea" in the city.

But it's a pity that Lin Zheng was madly obsessed with the three-door version of the Wrangler Rubicon at that time, and he had been fantasizing about being able to buy a three-door version of the Wrangler and then pretending to drive it to play City Hunter after removing the roof, and soon left the smart behind...... Although the smart is also available in soft-top and hard-top models.

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"Boss, I've inquired clearly," as Lin Zheng was trying to recall the intersection between himself and Smart, Waldegard rushed in like a gust of wind and said excitedly. "You're right, Daimler is working with the S&MH Group on a small, compact hybrid car......"

"S&MH Group?"

"It's the Swiss microelectronics company, which is the most famous watch brand in Switzerland, and their company has watch brands such as Omega, Longines, Tissot, Glashütte, Hamilton, ...... Basically, you know a famous Swiss watch brand that you can relate to. ”

"! It's so big? Lin Zheng was really taken aback by the huge origin of this Swiss microelectronics company!

Waldegard didn't care whether this Swiss microelectronics group was big or not, and he excitedly introduced what he learned to Lin Zheng: "Boss, you would never have imagined that it was as early as the late 8o. Executive Officer of the Swiss Microelectronics Group: Nikola. At first, Mr. Hayek found Volkswagen, but their cooperation was stopped in 93 because of Volkswagen, and then Mr. Hayek has been in contact with BMW, Fiat, Renault, General Motors and other car giants. Eventually, an informal cooperation agreement was reached with Daimler-Benz, and in April last year, the two sides formally signed the terms of cooperation, and the two sides established a joint venture in the Moselle department of France called MCC, a 51% and 49% stake of Mercedes-Benz and Swiss Microelectronics, respectively. ”

Only last year did an agreement to build a factory? That means that the car called smart hasn't even seen a shadow yet? In other words, maybe you can run a hard pit? As soon as he thought that he could snatch food from the mouth of the Mercedes-Benz company, Lin Zheng suddenly became excited, and hurriedly urged Waldegard to continue.

"My friend told me that the driving process of this miniature car was not very smooth, mainly because the exterior design of the body made Hayek not very satisfied, and the S&MHAutsa department was responsible for designing the gasoline-electric hybrid system so that Mercedes-Benz was not very satisfied, but it is said that the prototype of this car has basically been completed,"

"So it's not completely successful yet?" Lin Zheng keenly grasped this point.

"It should ...... That's right. Waldegard thought for a moment, not quite sure.

"Absolutely!" Lin Zheng said in an extremely affirmative tone, and then said to Waldegard in a commanding tone that he had never had before, "Lao Wa, I support your decision, and we will discuss other issues about this car later, but now, you must, immediately, immediately, go and register the name 'smartcity' as a trademark of our mini car, and register it globally!" Be quick! ”

"City elves? No problem! Without saying a word, Waldegard immediately dialed the company that represented the trademark registration business: he also thought that the name smartcity was very apt, and imagine that this car was moving around the city with agility, but it was not an elf walking through the city.

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When the first qiē was done, Waldegard remembered a very serious question: although he wanted to build a car, what was the shape of this car? How is the interior designed? What is the overall powertrain? What kind of structure should the chassis have? There is no clue at all, and when these things are completely sorted out, it is estimated that it will take at least half a year...... Am I in a hurry?

"Lao Wa, come here," Lin Zheng beckoned to Waldegard, who was stunned there, "This is a sketch of the exterior and interior of our city elves, how about you take a look?" ”

Got a blueprint so quickly? As a former World Rally Championship champion whose knowledge of automobiles is rarely matched, Waldegard knows how difficult it is to design a good exterior for a car, and in such a short period of time, Waldegard does not think that his boss can design a good exterior or interior, but the next moment, seeing the sketches on a stack of drawing paper, Waldegard's eyes instantly widened and almost fell out of his sockets!

It's simply ...... It was just perfect! It fits the name "smartcity" so well that in Waldegard's opinion, the name smartcity was created specifically for this car.

"I designed two models for this car, one is a three-door two-seater, and this four-door five-seater...... Of course, if you want to enter the Japanese market, you need to change to a four-seater, but this is not a problem...... This is the interior, there should be nothing to say; The shape is what I am most proud of, of course, there is nothing to say about the hard top, my most proud place is this soft top, the cloth soft top is electric, after the soft top is folded, these two frames can also be taken down and placed in the special card slot of the trunk, so that the car immediately changed from an ordinary mini car to a convertible sports car. ”

Waldegard looked at his boss with admiration: Indeed, the design of this soft top is indeed very creative and attractive.

"Of course, you'll have to figure out the chassis structure, but I'm leaning towards the front and rear MacPherson suspension plus four-wheel disc brakes; The drive mode is rear-wheel drive, and the radiator, coolant kettle and glass kettle are mainly placed under the front hood. Now the trickiest part is the whole powertrain, do you have anything to recommend? ”

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ps: Brothers, it's the last day of this month, everyone look at their bags, are there any monthly passes in it? If you have it, you can vote for the millennium, and you don't dare to waste it.

It's the last day, I don't know if we can create a new height of achievement? It depends on the brothers, and the millennium is also striving to be renewed.

Thank you for the millennium.

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