Rebirth in 1989: Creating the Chinese Technology Empire

Chapter 418: Various National Sacred Cars: Price is the Big Killer

"The second car is a cheaper car. If possible, I hope the price of this car can be controlled at around 10,000 yuan."

In the conference room, when Xu Huasheng said this, everyone's eyes widened.

The cost is 10,000 RMB, is this possible? This is a car, not a motorcycle.

Xu Huasheng didn't let everyone think for a long time and directly hung up the design drawing of the second car. Each small square box model.

"This car is temporarily named Beidou Star. It has a small square box shape, a four-seater design, and a small body size. The requirements for this car are also very simple. It is durable and durable, and it is cheap. It is said to be a car, but the design is really that of a truck..."

The second model Xu Huasheng brought out was also a once-famous car, and that was the Suzuki Beidou Star imported and produced by Changhe.

Suzuki is an expert in mini cars, and Big Dipper is also a sacred car of its era. Although it is small, it has a lot of space. There are also magic seats to make space utilization more efficient. In Japan, this car even has four-wheel drive capability.

But now, Xu Huasheng does not ask for these things. His requirement is simple, that is, it is cheap. There are no comfort features, and there is only one airbag.

In short, it is cheap enough, durable enough, and simple enough. The purpose of this car is very simple, to allow real ordinary people to dare to think about and buy a car.

"This car is positioned as the first car for ordinary people. At that time, I will talk to the state to see if the state can exempt the purchase tax. If the purchase tax can be exempted, the state may even provide some subsidies. Then this car can be driven home for just over 10,000 yuan.”

Xu Huasheng's words made everyone swallow their saliva. The cost price is controlled at 10,000 yuan. Is this possible?

But since Xu Huasheng said it, they had no choice but to work hard. Try to reduce costs as much as possible. Fortunately, Shanhai Automobile Group develops the entire industry chain and can produce everything by itself.

As long as the sales volume of this car is enough, it is not impossible to control such a low cost.

"The third car is tentatively named Fit..."

"The fourth car is tentatively named Corolla..."

"The fifth car is a medium-sized pickup truck..."

"The sixth vehicle is a full-size pickup..."

In the conference room, Xu Huasheng kept taking out renderings.

Xu Huasheng took out renderings of six cars. The prototype vehicles are Wuling Hongguang, Suzuki Beidou Star, Honda Fit, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Hilux, and Ford F150.

From mini cars to full-size pickups, these six vehicles are all prepared for the Xuanwu brand.

The positioning and selling prices of these models are also different. The future price of Beidou Star is planned to be more than 10,000 yuan, making it an entry-level car. Hongguang sells for more than 30,000 yuan, and the price has further increased. The Fit is expected to cost around 50,000 yuan, which is considered an entry-level sedan. The Corolla is expected to be priced around 70,000, a civilian sedan.

Hilux is expected to start at 150 yuan and be a civilian pickup truck. The pre-sale price of the F will exceed yuan. This is a high-end pickup truck of the Xuanwu brand.

At the same time, based on the F150, the Xuanwu brand will also launch a full-size SUV with the same chassis.

After Xu Huasheng finished explaining, everyone took a deep breath.

With so many models under the Xuanwu brand, the Xuanwu brand's lineup suddenly became stronger. Currently, the Xuanwu brand only has one model, Land Xun, and Land Xun has made the Xuanwu brand famous.

Now, so many cars are produced at once. When these cars are launched, the Xuanwu brand will explode.

"Everyone, these models of ours will use a common platform. The components of these models should be as common as possible. At the same time, my requirement for these models is that they will not be updated within ten years, so when designing, we need to consider these Condition……"

In order to reduce the cost of the car, Xu Huasheng went to extreme lengths this time.

Directly set the principle of no major upgrades in ten years. In other words, if this car is successfully designed, within ten years, only simple fine-tuning will be carried out, but no major upgrades will be carried out. This is enough to ensure that a car sells enough and the research and development costs are evenly distributed low enough.

"At the same time, all models are global models. So although our cars are cheap, they must be able to fully meet the regulations of countries around the world. This requires our engines and our transmissions to be advanced and excellent enough. Engines and It is best for the gearbox to be universal. Except for the two pickup trucks, the four vehicles, Hongguang, Beidouxing, Fit and Corolla, can use the same engine and gearbox. For this reason, I designed a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1.2 liters... …”

Xu Huasheng directly produced the design drawing of an engine.

This is a 1.2-liter four-cylinder engine. This engine is a cast iron engine, but it uses many advanced technologies.

These technologies allow the engine's horsepower to reach 110 horsepower, and this engine also has a turbocharged version.

The horsepower of the turbocharged version is directly increased to 135 horsepower. Even if this horsepower is placed twenty years later, it will definitely be a relatively sufficient horsepower.

Putting aside the two pickup truck models, other models equipped with this engine will definitely have sufficient power.

"As for the gearbox, there are two gearboxes in total, a 3at automatic gearbox and a 3mt manual gearbox..."

In terms of gearboxes, Xu Huasheng does not make these cars too awesome. Two gearboxes, one manual and one automatic, are equipped with different configurations to create price differentiation.

However, the design of these two gearboxes is very exquisite. They are mainly durable, good quality, and have very good smoothness.

Multiple vehicles use the same powertrain, so the cost can be greatly amortized. In fact, Xu Huasheng still has ways to reduce costs. For example, the three-cylinder engine, but thinking about it carefully, Xu Huasheng still did not take out the three-cylinder engine.

After all, the environment for cars in China will be harsh in the future, such as Beidou Star and Hongguang. People who buy these two cars usually pull a lot of heavy objects. The power of the three-cylinder engine is still slightly weaker. Even with turbocharging technology, the power cannot be compared with that of the four-cylinder engine.

In the conference room, Xu Huasheng had a heated discussion with all the designers. It is said to be a discussion, but in fact most of the time it is Xu Huasheng who is talking and everyone is listening. If there is something they don’t understand, everyone will ask and Xu Huasheng will answer it.

Xu Huasheng kept taking out the design drawings of various systems, and the designs of these cars seemed to be hanging.

Everyone was not surprised by this, and Xu Huasheng did not explain it. After all, these designs are very mature designs, and Xu Huasheng's optimization of these designs in his mind makes these designs more perfect and better. Not only that, if these models are replaced in the future and the appearance is slightly adjusted, the appearance will be improved again. After a few years, directly changing to a new lamp is basically equivalent to a major upgrade.