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Chapter 503 The common people have higher demands
Ma Shaojun's eyes lit up, and he quickly confirmed to Zhang Qihang: "In autumn, will the first batch of cars be officially on sale?"

If so, great.

Zhang Qihang nodded affirmatively: "As long as the formalities don't delay you, it should be fine."

"Don't worry about the formalities!" Hearing what Zhang Qihang said, Zhou Anming waved his hands vigorously: "The district will do its best to help you coordinate the procedures—the province has placed high hopes on our project."

"With your words, I feel relieved," Zhang Qihang nodded again and again: "By the way, leader, there is another situation that I need to report to you two."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Zhang Qihang said: "A few days before I came back, Isuzu Motors invited me to visit. I was personally accompanied by President Yoshiichi Hirota of Isuzu Motors for this visit, showing great sincerity. After the visit , President Yoshiichi Hirota and I initially reached a cooperation intention..."

Before Zhang Qihang finished speaking, Ma Shaojun and Zhou Anming asked in unison: "What intention?"

"I want to introduce a luxury road bus from Isuzu, and President Hirota has agreed," Zhang Qihang said, and at the same time took out another document bag from his bag and handed it to Ma Shaojun and Zhou Anming, and continued: "This is the car. This Isuzu GALA luxury road bus is a new generation of road luxury bus launched by Isuzu based on the design concepts of the most advanced European luxury road buses such as Scania, Neoplan and Volvo. It not only has strong power , and the comfort level is also very good, the configuration is also very high, with air conditioning and TV, it can be said that it represents the most advanced manufacturing level and craftsmanship of the world's most advanced long-distance road buses..."

As for Ma Shaojun and Zhou Anming, just looking at the color pictures provided by Zhang Qihang, you can intuitively feel the difference between our domestic bus and the Isuzu GALA in the photo: If the Isuzu GALA bus is If it is a big fashion star, then our domestic bus can only be the kind of village girl who has not even finished elementary school, has never been out of town as far as possible, and has little knowledge.

The difference is so big!
Looking at the configuration again, it makes them gasp even more: Isuzu GALA is equipped with a V19.2 naturally aspirated diesel engine with a displacement of 10 liters, with a maximum output of 350 horsepower and a maximum torque of 1176 Nm. It adopts Isuzu's special 6-speed manual transmission with lightweight pneumatic power-assisted electric suction shift, and also has a 5-speed lightweight permanent magnet maintenance-free retarder.

This is just the power system. Let’s look at other configurations. In terms of chassis, the front suspension is an independent air suspension, and the rear suspension is an axle-type air suspension. In addition, in order to ensure the comfort of the vehicle, the vehicle uses 6 shock-absorbing airbags. And what about our domestic buses?Leaf springs are still used.

In addition to these, such as the overall reinforced structure frame, rearview mirror and glass heating, rear high-definition camera, automatic electronically controlled lifting body, two-speed exhaust brake, one-button lubrication for the whole car, idle speed adjustment button, ABS anti-corrosion Locking and Isuzu's unique automatic electronic control adjustment of rear wheel anti-skid differential lock, HSA hill start and auxiliary parking system, clutch emergency switching system, emergency air pressure supply system... and so on, Zhou Anming and The two of Ma Shaojun were dazzled!
In addition, such things as the driver's airbag, the system for preventing accidental engine start, the fire alarm system, the engine preheating system in winter, the steering wheel power adjustment, etc., in the eyes of the two, are completely unnecessary or even did not exist before that. The functions I have heard of are all said to be available, and even the exterior rearview mirror has an electric heating function. In the eyes of the two, is this part a lot of money and no place to spend it?

But should I say it or not, after seeing that this Isuzu GALA has so many functions and configurations, the two immediately felt that this bus is indeed very high-end and high-end!

But it is precisely because the Isuzu bus is so high-end, Ma Shaojun is a little worried: "This bus is so high-end, so the price shouldn't be cheap, right?"

Zhang Qihang nodded: "I made a preliminary calculation, it will cost about 200 million."

"200 million?!" Ma Shaojun clicked his tongue suddenly: "A bus?!"

Of course, Zhou Anming was not much better.

Both of them were shocked by the price. It is not that there are such expensive purely imported luxury buses in China, but these cars are all used by government departments in various places as high-end reception vehicles without exception. Now, the purpose of Zhang Qihang's introduction of the Isuzu GALA must be to sell it to the market. Then the question arises: Will anyone buy such an expensive car?

Facing the question of the two leaders, Zhang Qihang explained: "You two leaders, I don't know if you have noticed that after the reform and opening up in our country, the needs of the common people are quietly upgrading. "

Ok?
What Zhang Qihang said made Zhou Anming and Ma Shaojun look at each other involuntarily: "How to say?"

"For example, in the 80s, ordinary people were satisfied with having a bicycle at home, but now, motorcycles have begun to enter the homes of ordinary people. Who would have dared to think of this 10 years ago?;
For example, 10 years ago, it would be nice to have a 12-inch black and white TV in a village, but now?For example, in our village, I dare not say that every household has a TV set, but the penetration rate of TV sets has reached at least [-] to [-]%, and color TVs account for a considerable proportion of households who have bought TV sets in the past two years;

Another example is building houses in the countryside. In the mid-80s, the houses built in our village were basically three rooms, but since the 90s, especially in the last one or two years, the houses built in the village have basically been four or five rooms. , and the style is better.Must have a porch, and most have a small annex..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang looked at his two leaders and said: "Leader, in my opinion, these signals all show the correctness and greatness of the reform and opening up, and also show that as the people become richer and richer, everyone It is no longer satisfied with 'enough is enough', but has a higher pursuit.

In terms of long-distance travel, as our country's national roads and expressways are becoming more and more perfect, and trains are still not very comfortable green leather cars, road travel has become the choice of more and more people, and this At that time, as the wallets of ordinary people became more and more bulging, everyone was no longer satisfied with 'I can get from point A to point B', but hoped that the process would be more comfortable, so I think that the current domestic buses can no longer meet the requirements. Due to the travel needs of the common people, everyone urgently needs more advanced and comfortable long-distance buses, even if the fares are a little more expensive. "

(End of this chapter)