Chapter 263: Silver-Sampled Pewter Spear Head!
Of course, there are many people who just like bigger as possible, but after all, that is only a small part, and they still have to consider the needs of the mainstream market.
The new engine is very powerful, and it is completely overkill to use it on the existing model, and it is not necessary to redevelop a larger model, and it is not feasible, so it seems that the only way to improve the size of the original model is to make improvements.
Since the engine can drive a heavier body and provide sufficient power, he can develop a more powerful and heavier high-end SUV on the basis of the existing chassis!
So after some weighing and thinking, Taylor Jr. finally decided to develop a heavy-duty bulletproof car based on the existing large SUV chassis!
Although Taylor Motors is small, don't forget that in addition to the production and sales of regular pickup trucks and SUVs, their other main business is to modify vehicles for various special purposes according to customer needs, in addition to common RVs, engineering vehicles and other special vehicles, which naturally includes the modification of bulletproof vehicles.
So Taylor Motors actually has a lot of experience in the field of bulletproof cars.
The bulletproof cars on the market now, in addition to a small number of bulletproof versions launched by a limited number of automobile manufacturers, are more likely to be modified through modification factories for later bulletproof modifications, just like the bulletproof modification business carried out by Taylor Company before.
Due to the complexity of bulletproof cars, the time required for production and modification is much longer than that of ordinary cars, so whether it is a direct purchase or a later modification, it takes a long time to be delivered, so the supply of bulletproof cars in the entire automobile market is not much.
The United States is a country where guns can be legally owned, and in recent years, there have been frequent shootings, and the demand for bulletproof cars is increasing year by year.
And although there is competition in the field of bulletproof cars, there are only a few bulletproof cars on sale, even if the bulletproof modification factory will have some impact, but the overall competition is not so fierce, and I don't know how much stronger than their original ordinary pickup trucks and SUVs.
So little Taylor confidently started the research and development of bulletproof SUVs.
However, the new engine that Eddicott finally developed was not as strong as he said, far beyond similar engines, and at most it could only be said to be on par with similar engines, and it was indeed stronger than the lower version of the Ford engine they had previously purchased, but it was also very limited.
Originally, if you only look at this engine alone, it is actually very good, which means that Taylor Automobile Company finally has its own engine, no longer needs to purchase externally, the production cost will be greatly reduced, and the company's overall strength has also been greatly improved.
However, when Taylor Jr. planned to close the R&D department, Addicott exaggerated the performance of this engine in order to keep his money, which led Taylor Jr. to use this fictitious "super engine" as the core of the new model research and development plan, which was carried out with extremely high standards from the very beginning.
The shell of the whole vehicle is composed of armor, ceramics, bulletproof glass, special alloys and bulletproof composite materials, and the bulletproof level reaches VR7, which can effectively resist the attack of AK47 and grenades, but at the same time, this 5.2-meter-long large bulletproof off-road vehicle weighs 3.5 tons, which is more than a ton heavier than their original ordinary off-road vehicle of the same size.
According to the data originally given by Eddicott, this new engine is enough to easily drive this heavy big guy, and it is still able to maintain very strong power.
But now the actual performance of this engine is far from the extent described by Eddicott, which makes the bulletproof off-road vehicle designed completely according to the engine data he gave, after installing this shrunken version of the engine, into a silver-like pewter gun head with a handsome appearance and strong defense, but it can't even climb the slope!
After the engine was installed on the prototype, most of the initial driving tests were barely passed, but the overall performance was very average, and the acceleration performance and top speed were mediocre, far from the planned strong performance.
In the subsequent hill climb test, the shortcomings of insufficient power were completely exposed.
The off-road vehicle itself needs to have strong off-road ability, and in addition to strong defense, the bulletproof off-road vehicle must also have the ability to quickly evacuate when attacked.
If he encounters a slightly more inclined slope and is stopped, it is just a turtle shell, and no one will pay a high price to buy a bulletproof car that can only be beaten on the spot, but cannot evacuate quickly with him.
Although this is still excellent, it is far from a powerful new engine will not be able to drive this heavy bulletproof off-road vehicle, and at this time it is too late to replace other engines.
From the very beginning of the design stage, the car was designed according to the size and specifications of the engine given by Adicot, and the design of the engine compartment, the specifications and layout of the clutch and transmission, the arrangement of the propeller shaft, the arrangement of the frame and the load-bearing body floor and many other aspects are closely related to the engine.
If other engines were to be replaced at this time, all of these designs would have to be reversed, and half of the previous efforts would be in vain.
The time and expense required to replace the engine, modify the design, and redevelop it was beyond the reach of Taylor Motors.
Originally, it was desperate to develop this bulletproof off-road vehicle, but if it is really developed as planned, it may really be able to open up the situation and develop rapidly with this car.
But at this time, Taylor's liquidity was almost exhausted, the special vehicle modification business was closed, and car sales fell sharply, almost to the point where they could not make ends meet, and the situation at this time no longer allowed them to continue to spend time and money on new model modifications.
The company is on the verge of bankruptcy!
The bulletproof off-road vehicle, which was loaded with little Taylor's ambition to grow the company in one fell swoop, ended in failure.
And now, the car company that failed to develop a new model, collapsed across the board, and was on the verge of bankruptcy, fell into the hands of Chen Mo along with the bulletproof off-road vehicle that failed to be developed.
Chen Mo naturally will not let this company that already belongs to him continue to decline, he wants money and money, technology and technology, and now all he has to do is to find a good direction of development.