Xiao Weiguo smiled: "Okay! I love to hear things like that! If you don't even have faith, how can you build a good car? Of course, the most important thing for a car is that it has a powerful and fuel-efficient engine, and it also has a beautiful shape! These are the two most important points, and we have to work on them. Of course, we have the advantage of aero engine design and manufacturing, so in the research and development of automobile engines, we should apply the advanced design and materials of aero engine technology to automobile engines, so that we will have an engine that surpasses other automobile companies, which is the core. In addition, the shape of the car is also very important, people buy a car first from the appearance, and finally from its performance. ”

In terms of the shape design of small cars, Xiao Weiguo actually has a rough draft, that is, based on the Benben MINI in China in the previous life, to design a small car that transcends time and space. The new shape of Benben MINI makes the vehicle full of youthful vitality, and its front face is a cute styling style, with headlights and front bumper grille forming a smiling face. And in terms of the size of the model, the Benben MINI is actually similar to the national car proposed by Hitler, and even both can be called entry-level models.

However, in terms of performance, it is certainly difficult to reach the 21st century Benben Mini car with current car technology. Xiao Weiguo knows that the small car, which is very popular in China, is equipped with the Changan C10 engine, which has the outstanding advantages of high power, high torque, low fuel consumption, low emission and low noise, and has reached the world's top level. Its output power reaches 51.2KW, which is 13KW higher than the engine power of the same displacement, and the corresponding efficiency is increased by 30%. Its fuel consumption can be reduced by 10% compared to conventional engines, and the top speed of the Benben Mini reaches an astonishing 158 km/h.

Delort nodded and said, "Mr. Philip is so right! These are indeed the two main points of automotive design. But now we are still inferior to those established manufacturers in terms of automotive technology, but we will try. Construction of the highway has now begun. Chancellor Adolf Hitler wanted to build a modest national car, but the performance requirements were to achieve a cruising capacity of 100 kilometers per hour, which is almost non-existent in today's production cars, let alone a small car. In addition, the economy requires that fuel consumption per 100 kilometers shall not exceed 7 liters, the design of the car compartment shall not separate children from their parents, the car must accommodate 4~5 people, and the engine type is to avoid the problem of freezing the water tank in winter. Is it necessary to design according to the strict requirement that the air-cooled design and the price must be less than 1000 marks? ”

In fact, in the 30s Ferdinand? Polscher built three prototypes and then handed them over to the German Automobile Association for testing, which rated the prototypes highly, but the cast-iron bodies did not meet Hitler's weight limits. It was not until the end of that year that 30 improved prototypes codenamed "National Car 30 Series" commissioned by Mercedes-Benz were tested one after another, which was surprising. Although these 30 cars are all built by hand, the average cost of each car is only about 2,700 marks, and the production cost is much lower than expected, and after 2 million kilometers, a variety of different weather, road conditions after rigorous testing, this 986c.c engine, output of 23.5hp of the national car 30 series, set an average speed of 98 km/h on the highway and 82.2 km on the country road.

Test results that meet expectations. It is like a shot in the arm for the national car plan, and at the same time as the VW Wolfsburg plant is actively expanding. Ferdinand? Bolscher continued to revise the design details of the 30 Series, and the final version of the 38 Series was tested in 1940 with a 0~60 km/h acceleration time of 14 seconds and a speed of 102 km/h, while at a constant speed of 50 km/h, the car could travel about 16 km/l. At the level of technology at the time, it was not easy for a 986cc engine to perform like this.

As a result of the satisfactory final test results, the 38 Series was finally confirmed as the template for the production version of the national car, with the full support of the Third Reich. The mass production of national cars has been on the way, and the production of new cars, in addition to opening an immortal classic legend in the car world, has also unexpectedly created a beautiful arc of common recognition for human history, that is, the Beetle, but it is a pity that only 210 vehicles were produced, and the production line was changed to a military vehicle production line due to the needs of the war. Even so, the Beetle was transformed into a military jeep, and it was still very cute and popular with soldiers.

Xiao Weiguo laughed and said, "Of course, we don't have to design this car according to the standards of the prime minister. We're building our own brand and we're going to take it to the world. You have to know, how big is the market in Germany alone? We have to look further, the world's market is very broad! In fact, I already have a draft design for BMW's future small car, which we can discuss in detail later. ”

Both Dr. Singh and Dr. Herman said in unison, "Oh, there's already a draft design?" ”

Hearing Xiao Weiguo say that he already had a draft, even Messerschmidt and Lucas were interested, they were very surprised, how could Xiao Weiguo still design a car? To say that Xiao Weiguo designed a jet engine and M30 and M40 transport planes would have shocked them, and now Xiao Weiguo can still design a car, which made the two of them widen their eyes and look at Xiao Weiguo without blinking.

Xiao Weiguo touched his nose embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Everyone, do I have flowers on my face?" ”

Lucas knew Xiao Weiguo best, and the two of them had worked together in the Krupp factory for many years, and he said excitedly: "Philip, I never found out that you could design cars!" Tell me, how the hell did you come to design a car? ”

Xiao Weiguo laughed and said: "You don't have to be surprised, you must know that the automobile and the weapons industry are connected. You know Ferdinand, too? Dr. Polscher, he also designed cannons and other weapons for various arms companies during World War I, so this in itself is not surprising. Even Chancellor Hitler can design cars! Of course, I can only give some advice in general, and I am definitely far inferior to professional car designers in terms of specific design. (To be continued.) )