Chuncheng Automobile Group has a good relationship with Aisin.

After all, Toyota, the major shareholder of Aisin, and Chuncheng Automobile are a joint venture to form Chuncheng Toyota.

So through Chuncheng Automobile, Aisin successfully got a sample of a Nanshan 6AT.

Although Aisin's R&D center is located in Dongying, they already have a factory in Huaxia with certain transmission testing and testing capabilities.

The 6AT in Nanshan was quickly disassembled by Aisin's technicians.

Then some basic technical parameters began to be presented.

In this way, things are immediately in a big place.

"Minister, judging from the current analysis of the technical department, the structure of Nanshan 6AT is not very different from our 6AT, at least they are not directly copying our 6AT."

"It's worse than we expected."

Zhang Hao would rather see Nanshan 6AT plagiarize Aisin 6AT.

In that case, not to mention whether the lawsuit can be won, at least Nanshan will not really bring too much competitive pressure to Aisin.

But now the situation is going in the worst direction.

The Nanshan 6AT is developed in-house, which is different from the 6AT of Aisin and ZF.

That's a problem.

"At present, the technical department is only comparing our own products with ZF's products, is it possible that the Nanshan 6AT is copied from the Honda 6AT or any other manufacturer's 6AT?"

Saburo Sato is still a little reluctant to believe the analysis report shared by the technical department.

This will make the work of Aisin Huaxia Sales Department fall into passivity.

During this time, Sato clearly felt that there was some change in the attitude of those customers towards him.

When I was on the phone, the tone of the other party's speech was noticeably different.

During this period, various car companies frequently visited Nanshan to discuss the cooperation of 6AT.

In addition, a few days ago, I saw a report on Nanshan 6AT on Huaxia Channel, and Sato was even more anxious.

"Whether this is the case or not, it will soon be confirmed."

"The technical department has sent the relevant analysis data to the headquarters research center."

"They have special people to do industry comparisons, whether it is ZF or Jatco, or Ford and Honda's own development of 6AT, there are people who are more familiar."

"However, Ford Motor and General Motors have chosen to cooperate with them, and I think it is likely that Nanshan has really independently developed its own 6AT."

"It's a bit hard to accept, but it's probably true."

When Zhang Hao said this, his mood was also complicated.

After graduating from university, he joined Aisin.

At Aisin, he fully understands the gap between the domestic transmission industry and the international giants.

Deep down, he actually hopes that there will be a company in China that can rise.

It's just that none of them have given him hope in the past few years.

Now Nanshan stands out, but it threatens Aisin's living space in China.

Thus directly affecting his income and bonuses.

"Nanshan just invited a professor from Beijing Institute of Technology to study gearboxes, so will the results be out so quickly?"

"I learned from a professor at Huaqing University that although the vehicle engineering major of Beijing Institute of Technology is very good, the research on automatic transmission of passenger cars is actually like that."

"Up to now, in the laboratory of Beijing Institute of Technology, that is, an AMT gearbox has been actually used in commercial vehicles."

"How is it possible to come up with a 6AT that can be commercially produced so quickly?"

Saburo Sato also has a special understanding of Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd.

In his opinion, it is impossible for Nanshan to have too long of research time in the field of gearbox.

The biggest possibility is that Ji Hua brought the technology from Beijing Institute of Technology.

But this logic also doesn't seem to make sense.

"Minister, I think the most important thing now is not to confirm where Nanshan's 6AT technology comes from, but to confirm whether Nanshan's 6AT is really the same as they advertise, better and cheaper than our and ZF's product technology."

"If that's the case, we're in big trouble."

As soon as Zhang Hao said this, Saburo Sato also sank in his heart.

The last thing you want to see, seems to be happening.

"I'm going to urge the headquarters to see when they can get the final result."

"At the same time, we also have to discuss with the sales department to see what to do next."

"No matter what the level of Nanshan 6AT is, we definitely can't let them develop."

Saburo Sato quickly made a decision in his mind.

Along with Aisin Huaxia's actions, a meeting is also being held at Aisin headquarters in Kyoto.

"Judging from the current analysis, there is no obvious infringement of our patents by the other party, and they have cleverly circumvented our patents."

"Judging from the experimental test situation at this stage, the fuel economy of this gearbox is very good, and the cooling system design is also very ingenious."

"As long as there are no issues with reliability, it will be the best of all 6ATs out there."

Okumura, head of Aisin's sales headquarters, was very ugly when he heard the speech of Hiroyuki Nakazawa, the head of the R&D department.

When the head of the sales department of the Huaxia branch reported to him about the Nanshan 6AT before, he didn't take it seriously at all.

Although Hiroyuki Nakazawa didn't know that Okumura had heard of Nanzan 6AT earlier.

But Okumura's mood was still very bad.

"Nakazawa general, didn't you analyze that Huaxia would never be able to make a world-class automatic transmission?"

"Why did this change so quickly?"

Okumura felt that Nakazawa's previous words had misunderstood him.

Otherwise, when Aisin was going to set up a factory in Huaxia, he probably wouldn't have voted yes.

"According to the normal situation, it takes a long time for Huaxia people to figure out the heat dissipation system and cooling system of the automatic transmission, let alone the control system."

"Until now, I also think that other companies in Huaxia will not be able to produce qualified 6ATs."

"This Nanshan is an accident."

"They have a very deep technical accumulation in the fields of bearings and bolts, and then they invited senior transmission experts from Huaxia, and it just so happens that they have some accumulation in the control system."

"This situation arises by the coincidence of many factors."

Hiroyuki Nakazawa also heard the meaning behind Okumura's words.

Although Okumura is a director of Aisin, his status is higher than that of his R&D director.

But everyone is not a person in the same line, and Nakazawa is not afraid of him.

"I don't care so much, I just want to know if this Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. in Huaxia will really pose a threat to us?"

"Now many customers in Huaxia have begun to seek cooperation with Nanshan, which is very detrimental to our development in Huaxia."

"What's even more troublesome is that they are on the side of Ford and General Motors, which have also affected us."

"If we allow the situation to continue like this, we will be in big trouble."

Okumura feels that this pot research and development must be carried back.

Any West China company can produce a better 6AT than Aisin, it must be that the original research and development of the product is not competitive enough.

"Minister Okumura, I suggest that the company treat Nanshan as an opponent like ZF."

"The best thing is to find a way to suppress them while they haven't officially developed."

"Otherwise, the situation will be more troublesome in the future."

"In this regard, you can also talk to the people from ZF and JATCO to see how they can act together."

Nakazawa's words made Okumura's heart cold.

Sure enough, did you underestimate Nanshan before?

……

"Mr. Wang, Aisin's people took the initiative to contact us, saying that their 4AT can be matched with our H3 model, and will do some special tuning for the 2.4-liter four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine used in the H3, so that it can better play its advantages."

Wei Qiang had just finished answering a phone call and came to the office of general manager Wang Ying.

"And they also said that the 4AT automatic transmission will further reflect the effect of localization, giving us an unprecedented preferential price."

The H3 is an SUV model that Great Wall Motors has high hopes for.

For the gearbox equipped with this car, Great Wall Motors also attaches great importance to it internally.

Otherwise, some time ago, Wang Ying would not have personally led a team to Nanshan to investigate and seek cooperation.

"Aisin now knows it's going to cut the price?"

"Why did you go earlier?"

Wang Ying is very smart and naturally knows the important reason for Aisin's sudden change in attitude.

"Nanshan 6AT has become completely famous in the domestic automotive industry during this time."

"Even Ford and General Motors have endorsed their technology."

"Domestic Modu General Motors and Changan Ford have confirmed that they will use Nanshan 6AT, and many other car companies will also launch models equipped with Nanshan 6AT next year."

"It would be strange if Aisin didn't react at all."

Wei Qiang is quite satisfied with the current situation.

I didn't expect Aisin to bow down to himself one day.

"How much are they willing to lower the price now?"

"9,980 yuan, their current unofficial offer for this."

"It's a drop of 2,000 yuan from before, it's too dark."

"A 4AT automatic transmission, they originally earned at least 3,000 yuan, or even more."

Speaking of this, Wei Qiang's heart was dripping blood.

Great Wall Motors sells an H3, which is just a few thousand dollars.

Now someone else has to make so much money with a gearbox.

Although the price has been reduced, the profit in it must be a lot.

"In this way, isn't the price of their 4AT more expensive than that of Nanshan 6AT?"

Wang Ying was obviously not satisfied with the price.

Although Aisin's popularity is greater, the brand premium should not be so much.

"Nanshan's 6AT, if the annual purchase volume is less than 10,000 units, the price is also 10,000 yuan, and the purchase volume reaches 50,000 units, which can be reduced to 9,500 yuan per unit."

"The purchase scale reaches 100,000 units, and the price is 9,000 yuan."

"As for the annual purchase of more than 200,000 units, the price can go to 8,500, which has no reference significance for us."

Obviously, at this stage, Nanshan is not suitable to give domestic OEMs a lower price than Ford or General Motors.

Especially in the case of a small number of units, it is natural that the price will be higher.

If the number of units purchased can be close to the number of Ford cars, Nanshan will not sell at a high price.

"We estimate that we will not be able to do 100,000 units next year, and there is still hope for 50,000 units by then."

"In this way, Nanshan's 6AT is still cheaper than Aisin's 4AT."

"Did Aisin say how much their 6AT cost?"

In the hearts of many people, the international auto parts giant obviously has a relatively high status.

If the price is about the same, Wang Ying prefers to use Aisin's gearbox.

This is more conducive to the promotion of the car.

"They don't have too strong a willingness to sell 6AT, and even if they want to sell it, the price will definitely go to more than 12,000."

When Wei Qiang said this, Wang Ying was dead.

"Then use Nanshan's 6AT, Aisin's side, you don't have to give them a reply for the time being."

"Unless their 4AT can be less than 8,000 yuan, we won't consider it."

……

Spring City Automobile Group.

"I've been studying for more than a month, and there is still no progress?"

Zhu Zhengfeng looked at Chang Lei with a little dissatisfaction.

As the first automobile company in China, they have not been able to produce decent engines and gearboxes so far, which is a relatively unacceptable thing for Zhu Zhengfeng.

In particular, the automatic transmission project has been studied within the Chuncheng Automobile Group for a long time.

But until now, let alone the 6AT, even Aisin's 4AT has not been copied.

Either there was overheating during the test, or there was jamming in the gear shift, or even the endurance test could not be passed.

Anyway, the automatic transmission that originally didn't have many components when it was disassembled, Chuncheng Automobile Group just didn't understand it.

"Mr. Zhu, the technology of Nanshan 6AT is very unique, unless we have their complete drawings and obtain all the software of TCU, it is impossible to imitate it in a short time."

"The research institute found a problem in the analysis process, that is, the bearing used by the Nanshan 6AT is very special, and it should be specially designed for this 6AT.

"Even if you change to a SKF or NTN bearing that looks similar in every way, the performance of the gearbox will change a lot."

"I think it's better to purchase a batch of 6AT from Nanshan first, and we will learn slowly in the process."

"In a few years, maybe we'll figure it out."

"Anyway, the 6AT automatic transmission, even in the next ten years, should not be outdated."

Chang Lei can only comfort himself like this.

Otherwise, he simply couldn't find a better way.

Huaxia has been engaged in automatic transmission for so many years, and this is not a problem of the Chuncheng Automobile Research Institute.

"Isn't the Chuncheng Toyota using an Aisin gearbox?"

"Let's get in touch with Aisin and Nanshan to see if any of them are willing to set up a joint venture with us to produce gearboxes."

"We can't always buy our gearboxes from outsiders all the time."

Zhu Zhengfeng is quite dissatisfied with the current situation of Chuncheng Automobile Group.

But he didn't have much to do to change him.

It's all a problem that has been accumulating over decades.

It's hard to return.

Unless he has the courage to reform.

(End of chapter)