Although the scale of this company is not large, it is also a regular automobile manufacturing company, all aspects of the system are very formal, very strict, the research and development of new models is absolutely confidential, specific design drawings and other information is impossible to put on the computer connected to the external network.

Therefore, even Jarvis has no specific data and information about this new model.

Now that the boss asked, Anderson, the head of the company's R&D and design department, reported to Chen Mo the research and development of the new model that had been carried out before.

According to the requirements of the previous boss Taylor Jr., after conducting research and analysis of the market, they determined that the new model does have strong market potential, so they soon began the research and development of the new model.

The general layout sketch and styling design of the vehicle concept design phase were quickly completed and the engineering design phase proceeded smoothly.

The layout of the engine, clutch and transmission, the arrangement of the transmission shaft, the arrangement of the frame and the load-bearing body floor, the arrangement of the front and rear suspension, the arrangement of the brake system, the layout of the fuel tank, the spare tire and the trunk, the arrangement of the air conditioning unit and other general arrangement schemes and the design scheme of the body shape and interior have been preliminarily completed.

However, during the engineering design phase of the detailed design of the whole vehicle, problems arose.

At the beginning, the engineering design phase also progressed smoothly, and the general layout design, including the detailed layout of the chassis, the interior layout, the exterior layout and the electrical layout was quickly completed.

The generation of body modeling data, interior and exterior engineering design, electrical engineering design, and chassis engineering design are also carried out very smoothly, especially in the company's own strongest chassis design, the design of transmission system, driving system, steering system and braking system is completed first.

But the most important aspect of the power system, although the detailed layout of the engine compartment was also given, but the specific engine engineering design has not been completed, the heart of the new car to provide power, Taylor Jr. desperately started the new model development program relied on, the new engine that should have been developed soon according to Eddicot's promise, the powerful new engine, but it was not completed on time as he promised.

In this way, the development of the model was stuck in the engineering design stage, and it did not even enter the prototype trial production and testing stage, let alone put it into mass production.

The explanation given by Addicott is that the development of the new engine has been basically completed, but the performance has not reached the estimate, and there should be a problem that they have overlooked.

However, this is also normal, the engine system itself is very sophisticated and complex, and a small problem is likely to lead to a significant decline in the performance of the entire engine, but now this problem should not be big, no surprise, they can quickly find out the problem, and solve it, but the research and development funds are not enough.

Taylor Jr. is now desperate, in order to carry out the research and development of new models, not only mobilized most of the company's working capital, but also suspended all special vehicle modification business, car sales have also begun to decline sharply, and the successful development of new models is his only way out.

So he had to squeeze out some of the little money he had left and allocate it to Eddicot's engine development team.

After getting more R&D funds as expected, Addicott solved the problem of the new engine and successfully trial-produced an engine with stronger performance than the engine originally purchased from Ford.

I have to say that although Eddicott has a very poor character, he still has a strong ability in technology, but this ability is not used by him in the research and development of the engine, but is used to manipulate the research and development progress and deceive the superiors and subordinates.

The new engine was entirely completed by a few members of his engine development team, but they were only responsible for their own part of the work, and the final results were all summarized in the hands of Eddicott.

Due to the principle of technical confidentiality, specific R&D progress and technological breakthroughs will not be announced in public, so the rest of the team does not know the overall situation of engine research and development except for the part that they are responsible for.

No one would have thought that the "honest and dedicated" Addicott would conceal the results and deliberately slow down the research and development progress, so the real development situation of the entire engine is only known to Addicott, and the entire research and development progress is completely in his hands.

However, this is not the end of the matter, otherwise Taylor Jr. would not have sold the company.

After the successful development of this new engine, the new model immediately entered the prototype trial production and experimental stage.

But that's where the problem arises.

At the beginning, in order to dispel Taylor Jr.'s conservative idea of closing the R&D department and honestly eating the old book, Addicott deliberately exaggerated the performance of the engine, saying that it was extremely powerful.

Like everyone else in the company, bewildered by the image of integrity, diligence and dedication that Addicott had been deliberately cultivating, Taylor Jr. believed that the years of hard work by the engine development team had finally yielded great results.

Under the bewitchment of Eddicot, little Taylor, who thought that there would be a "super engine" born soon, quickly reversed his original negative and conservative mentality, and was full of confidence to build a "super engine" worthy of this "super engine", give full play to its strong performance, and crush other brands of "super cars"!

Taylor Automobile Company originally produced pickup trucks and SUVs, and Taylor Jr.'s first thought was naturally to do familiar fields, in which they have rich experience and a lot of technical accumulation.

If they were to make cars and sports cars that they had never done before, they had no experience, and they could almost start from scratch, which was too difficult and risky, and they didn't have to think about it at all.

Little Taylor, who was inspired by this imminent "super engine", did not plan to make low-end cars, since the performance of the engine was strong enough to provide more power, and the burden of a larger and heavier body was completely wasted on their existing models, and it was completely unnecessary to redevelop larger models, not to mention the time and difficulty.

They were originally made medium-sized and large pickup trucks and SUVs, and no matter how big they were, they would become trucks, which did not meet the market positioning and customer needs of their passenger cars.

After all, their large pickup trucks and SUVs, with a length of more than five meters, are already the largest size in normal passenger cars, and the full-size SUV itself is in pursuit of spaciousness and comfort, this size is enough to meet this need, and no matter how big it is, it is completely meaningless.

No one wants to drive a behemoth like a big truck every day, it's too inconvenient.