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Chapter 1302 There will always be opportunities

"What I am most interested in is Kajiwa," Jiang He explained before Zhang Qihang could ask: "On the one hand, I have a very good impression of Kajiwa. The batch of Kajiwa 600 assembled by Heavy Riding Motorcycles I was deeply impressed by Kajiwa; on the other hand, through this period of understanding, I really admire Kajiwa’s skills.”

Zhang Qihang nodded.

Cagiva is indeed very powerful. At that time, Cagiva was almost invincible in the European motorcycle racing arena. Its status in the field of motorcycle racing is similar to Ferrari's position in F1 today. It was most glorious in the s and s. At that time, they had acquired Ducati, and the current MV-Augusta Group was called the Cagiva Group a few years ago.

In the past few years, the Chongqi Motorcycle Company of Shandong Province cooperated with Kajiwa and introduced the Kajiwa 600, a cruise tourer. As a cruise tourer, the engine of the Chongqi Kajiwa 600 is an engine with a displacement of up to The performance of the 600CC large single-cylinder air-oil-cooled engine is not inferior to that of the BMW G650 GS, which is also a large single-cylinder. At the same time, the entire engine is more compact and efficient - the large single-cylinder engine of the BMW G650 GS is a Water cooled engine! This shows that Kajiwa’s technical strength is strong.

"Kagiva is indeed good," Zhang Qihang nodded: "But do you think MV-Augusta Group can agree to sell it?"

"Let's talk slowly," Jiang He said confidently: "Didn't they sell Ducati and Husqvarna successively over the years? As long as this economic crisis continues, the impact on motorcycles will inevitably become greater and greater, even if they MV-Augusta Group is temporarily unwilling to sell, but there will eventually come a day when it can no longer hold on.

And although Cagiva is good, he is not absolutely necessary. If it is not possible, Motoguz and Aprilia under the Piaggio Group are not impossible to consider. "

"That's good if you think so," Zhang Qihang smiled and nodded: "But from what you're saying, it seems like you don't like Holden and Royal Enfield very much?"

"Well," Jianghe responded and said: "After all, it is a British brand. It is quite suitable for Holden and Royal Enfield to play with accents and retro style, but when it comes to performance and control, Holden and Royal Enfield are better. European motorcycle brands are still inferior.”

Zhang Qihang nodded: "That's right... it'll work out, you just have to know what's going on."

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Zhang Qihang was a little curious about Mitsubishi's attitude towards Huateng Group's technology transfer, but in any case, he felt that it would take a month or two for Mitsubishi Motors to respond no matter what. But what he didn't expect was that just after Three days later, news came from Mitsubishi, and the person who contacted Zhang Qihang was still his old acquaintance: Jiro Yamada, the deputy chief designer of Mitsubishi Delica L400 and the current chief designer of Mitsubishi Motors.

When he received the call from Jiro Yamada, Zhang Qihang was a little surprised, but more than happy. After all, Huateng Automobile's first product was the Delica L400 from Mitsubishi, and it was precisely based on the domestic version of the Delica L400 and " With the slogan "Business Class on Land", Huateng Industrial Group quickly established a foothold in the automobile market and quickly became bigger and stronger.

So facing the greetings from Jiro Yamada, Zhang Qihang said happily: "I'm fine. It's been a long time since I saw you, Mr. Yamada. How is your health now?" "I'm fine too..."

After greeting each other, Yamada Jiro then asked: "Zhang Jun, I heard that you intend to introduce the chassis technology of the Pajero V33? Are you planning to make an off-road vehicle?"

Zhang Qihang and Yamada Jiro have always had a good relationship, so when faced with this problem, Zhang Qihang also picked up some things he could say and told him: "There is an idea within the company that the current product line needs to be improved, but there is opposition The voice is not quiet, and I think the audience for off-road vehicles is too small. Personally, I want to accumulate some technology."

"So that's it," Yamada Jiro nodded, and then asked curiously: "But Mr. Zhang, I can't understand, if it is for the purpose of technology accumulation, why don't you introduce the third-generation Pajero from Mitsubishi, but instead Are you eyeing the second-generation Pajero?"

Zhang Qihang immediately understood what Yamada Jiro meant and asked: "Do you think the built-in beam of the third generation Pajero is more advanced?"

"Yes," Jiro Yamada said without hesitation: "We believe that compared to all previous off-road vehicles, the built-in frame is the best choice."

Embedded girder is a huge innovation of Mitsubishi. After the original steel girder was "embedded" into the body, the third-generation Pajero became very weird. Say it doesn't have a girder, it really doesn't; say it does. , and it really has - compared with traditional off-road vehicles with non-load-bearing bodies and independent steel beams, the new generation of Mitsubishi Pajero with built-in beam structure is lighter and has no loss of off-road performance. Embedded girders are indeed a good design; but on the other hand, because the traditional steel girders are "embedded" into the body, the original non-load-bearing body structure becomes a load-bearing body structure. Of course, it can be used normally. No problem, but if you do some high-intensity off-roading, the load-bearing body will inevitably withstand the torsion that the original steel girder should bear. Over time, it will inevitably cause some slight deformation of the body, which is not as good as the traditional one. It's a non-load-bearing body.

It is precisely because of this that although Changfeng Motors is manufacturing the third-generation Pajero in the CKD method, the situation of the third-generation Pajero in China has never been able to replicate the success of the second-generation Pajero in China, and even the market has been underperformed. Feng's Bao Bao and Lu Xun took away most of it.

Not only in China, but also in the international market, the third-generation Pajero failed to continue the myth of the second-generation Pajero. In terms of sales, it was overwhelmed by Toyota's two hard-core off-road vehicles. Even Nissan's Tour Nothing beats the fun.

As for Mitsubishi Motors, although the sales situation of the new generation of Pajero is not ideal, the Japanese people's tendency to fight to the death has relapsed, and they insist on the "embedded" beam technology and refuse to let go. After the V7X, they launched another The V9X series, which has become the "three and a half generations of Pajero", can be called a model of breaking through the southern wall and refusing to look back. It is a very standard Japanese way of thinking about problems.

Faced with Yamada Jiro's answer, Zhang Qihang certainly would not argue with him about who was right or wrong. He nodded with a smile and said: "As an automobile manufacturing company that lacks experience and technology accumulation, Huateng Industrial Group will be relatively conservative in the choice of technology. For some, we will still tend to choose traditional non-load-bearing body structures to develop off-road vehicles."

(End of this chapter)