Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1927 Xiali
After Duan Yun came to the R&D center, he was immediately welcomed by Chen Qiao, Zhukovsky and others.

For Duan Yun's sudden arrival, in fact, Chen Qiao and the others were not prepared at all. They originally wanted to have a meeting this morning, but soon received a call from Duan Yun's assistant Guo Kai, and then rushed to the door to greet them.

"Mr. Duan, you've worked hard!" Seeing Duan Yun get off the car, Chen Qiao immediately greeted Duan Yun with a smile on his face.

"Last time I listened to your report on the phone, saying that the first batch of prototype miniature cars have been made and are undergoing final adjustments, please lead me to have a look." Facing Chen Qiao, Duan Yun said straight to the point.

Duan Yun spent a lot of money and manpower to bring in so many auto experts from the former Soviet Union, in order to be able to develop a domestic car suitable for ordinary domestic consumers with the help of these experts.

Considering that the accumulation of talents and technology is not enough, Duan Yun's first car research and development is on the research and development of miniature cars in line with the development direction from easy to difficult. He plans to use one to two years to develop the first A self-developed mini car was mass-produced and launched. However, to Duan Yun's surprise, it took less than half a year. There were frequent reports of convenience in Shenyang. At the beginning of this month, Chen Qiao reported to the commissioner by phone. Their Shenyang R&D Center has already made the first batch of four prototypes of domestically produced cars, and is currently testing various indicators of this car.

In fact, in the process of new car research and development of world-renowned automakers, it is not difficult to make a sample car. The man is the process of testing and improvement, how to tune the chassis, how to maximize thermal efficiency, how to achieve the highest cost performance, etc. The problem is the most difficult, it is a test of a research and development team's technical accumulation and design skills.

In the past, domestically produced cars were basically technologies imported from abroad, and there was no particularly good R&D team in China. Even for large companies such as FAW and SAIC, their current technical work is mainly based on digesting and absorbing foreign advanced technologies, and developing brand new ones. In fact, the research and development of independent models is still a bit short.

And this time, it is like the former Soviet expert team led by Kovsky. They used to work in some of the largest automobile companies in the former Soviet Union, and basically participated in the research and development of new cars, especially Zhukovsky. I was even the deputy chief designer of the M20 Victory car in the former Soviet Union, and in the following 20 years, I participated in the research and development of a variety of commercial and military vehicles.

However, the Soviet Union's car design has begun to have a certain gap with the cars of Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries, and even seems a bit out of place. Therefore, Duan Yun is still somewhat worried about what kind of domestic cars the team led by Zhukovsky can produce. Yes, after all, the current car design concept is completely different from that of ten years ago.

After exchanging a few simple greetings with Chen Qiao and the others, the group followed Duan Yun's request and came directly to the Automobile Experimental Factory.

This indoor test site is basically designed according to the drawings imported from Sweden's Volvo. The relevant tests inside can simulate a variety of extreme car environments, including natural environments such as high temperature, low temperature, violent wind and rain.

In addition to the environment of the car, there are also instruments for testing the durability of the vehicle.

However, under Chen Qiao's leadership, Duan Yun frowned when he saw the prototype car they developed for the first time.

It turned out that the shell of this prototype car was too crude, it should have been knocked out by workers, and the whole model was indeed very small, and it might be a bit crowded for a fat person to sit in.

"Our first batch of prototypes is the Suzuki Alto. It is also equipped with an 800ml three-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 35 horsepower. It is matched with a four-speed manual gearbox..." Chen Qiao began to introduce to Duan Yun To reflect the performance of this car.

In fact, Chen Qiao never thought that Duan Yun would come so soon, because when the two of them spoke last time, Duan Yun had clearly told him that he would come to Shenyang in mid-December, but Duan Yun had moved one month earlier. It has been a month, so that the car has not had time to paint and decorate, and it looks somewhat rough.

However, the internal engine performance of this car is still sufficient, and as Chen Qiao said, their target is the Suzuki Alto currently in production in China.

At that time, the domestically produced Suzuki Alto was the second-generation Suzuki Alto, equipped with a 796-cc three-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 36 horsepower and matched with a 4-speed manual transmission.

36 horsepower is not even as good as some slightly better motorcycles in later generations, but considering that the whole vehicle is only 700kg, there is no problem at all for daily transportation.

In addition, the early Alto cost 8 to [-] yuan, but it is already considered cheap compared to other cars.

In fact, the real best-selling domestic model in China is not Alto, but Xiali.

In the 90s, Xiali was a well-known brand, and it became the first Chinese brand to complete a million-dollar production and sales early on.

Even in terms of "qualifications", domestically produced Fukang and Jetta can only rely on it. For ordinary Chinese families in the 90s and [-]s, Xiali is a truly down-to-earth (affordable) car.

Even for the "national economy car" like Xiali, for ordinary Chinese families at that time, not many people could spend nearly [-] yuan to buy a car, so the Xiali in the impression of Chinese people at that time was more of a taxi that galloped on the road. car.

In Xiali’s early years, there was still a taste of "net celebrity car". At that time, there was such a small story. After a date, the man proposed to send the woman home. In order to make a good impression on the woman, the man let go of three Altos for rent. Car, did not send the woman home contentedly until the taxi arrived in Xiali.This shows Xiali's status in people's minds at that time.

Xiali's prototype car is the Daihatsu Charade imported from Japan. It uses a 1.0L naturally aspirated 3-cylinder engine with a maximum output of 53 horsepower, which is quite small.The torque is 77Nm, which is not very good.

Our current inherent impression of the 3-cylinder basically comes from this car.

For example: it is impossible to go uphill when the air conditioner is turned on, the noise is really loud, and the vibration at idle speed is really a bit severe, all of which are the impression caused by Xiali.

In terms of quality alone, this engine is actually relatively solid and durable.

Duan Yun's next plan is to develop a car model that can compete with Xiali. After all, the domestic sedan sedan is Duan Yun's ultimate goal. As for the research and development of the miniature car in front of him, it is largely for technology accumulation and training. team.

The next moment, Duan Yun opened the door of the prototype car, and then sat in it...

(End of this chapter)