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Chapter 657 Lao Tzu's Rules Are Rules!
Yamada Ichiro, who also did not dare to neglect, immediately faxed the contact with Zhang Qihang to Honda headquarters in the form of a written report.

Honda Motor has been paying close attention to this project. President Nobuhiko Kawamoto even authorized Ichiro Yamada to report the situation directly to him. Now that he has received a fax from Ichiro Yamada, he dare not neglect it. He immediately took the fax to see the old president and told himself The current president of the club, Mr. Kawashima Yuki, who has been promoted and appreciated.

When Nobuhiko Kawamoto rushed to the apartment where Kawashima Yuki lived, Kawashima Yuki had already set up tea. Seeing Nobuhiko Kawamoto, Kawashima Yuki smiled and greeted Nobuhiko Kawamoto to take a seat and drink tea. After a few simple greetings, Kawashima Yuki Gently asked Nobuhiko Kawamoto: "Nobuhiko, how do you view this request from the other party?"

Before coming to visit Soichiro, in addition to verbally reporting the situation to Kawashima Hoshino on the phone, Kawamoto Nobuhiko also forwarded a copy of the fax sent by Yamada Ichiro to Kawashima Hoshiro, which can be regarded as letting Kawashima like Like to know the situation in advance.

"Hi!" Kawamoto Nobuhiko bowed forward and said, "That's what I thought about it. Although I don't understand why this Mr. Zhang Qihang is so obsessed with the engine, I think that unless we give up this parallel shaft gearbox, Otherwise, we must agree to his request. However, it is one thing to agree to transfer engine technology to this Mr. Zhang Qihang, but I think it can still be discussed on the specific engine model.”

"That's right," Kawashima smiled when he heard Nobuhiko Kawamoto's words. He nodded and said, "I think so too. Which engine do you think is more appropriate to transfer to Mr. Zhang Qihang?"

Nobuhiko Kawamoto had thought about this for a long time. Hearing this, he said almost without thinking: "Our A series."

"A series?" Kawashima raised his eyebrows: "Nobuhiko, are you sure you can convince the other party to accept our A series? After all, our A series has been discontinued for a long time."

The A-series engine is the last in-line four-cylinder gasoline engine with a cast iron mid-cylinder. Valve design, yes, three valves per cylinder, for a total of 12 valves for the entire engine.

The A series engine first appeared on the third-generation Accord that was put into production in 1985. The engine is code-named A18A, and it is divided into three displacement versions: A16A, A18A and A20A. The power is 86 horsepower, 111 horsepower and 123 horsepower respectively. Converted to the more familiar liter power, it is about 40 kW/liter. If you are not very clear about this liter power level, then make an analogy, which is roughly the same as the single overhead camshaft and naturally aspirated engine produced by Fengtian Aerospace Mitsubishi in the early stage. The Mitsubishi 4G63 engine is comparable.

However, although Honda's A series appeared not more than a few years later than Mitsubishi 4G63, its life cycle is far from that of 4G63, and it can even be said to be a very short-lived engine. It was announced to stop production in March 1985, and its position was replaced by the F-series engine that Zhang Qihang was about to introduce, which was widely assembled in the fifth-generation Accord and the sixth-generation Accord. It was only produced for five short years.

In addition, here is an extra word, although the blue-headed F20B and the red-headed F20C and F22C are recognized by many car fans as a generation of magic machines, but from the perspective of mechanical performance and output parameters, most of the F series belong to Honda. The low-performance models among engines with the same displacement, to put it more directly, the ordinary version of the F series is actually the "low" that is matched with the H series.

From Kawashima's point of view, Nobuhiko Kawamoto's idea is fine. Don't you, Zhang Qihang, want to exchange technology?

No problem, what about the A-series, whose technical level is comparable to the Mitsubishi 4G63 that was successfully introduced in your country after several years of arduous negotiations?
The question is, Nobuhiko Kawamoto, are you sure you can convince that little guy in Huaxia to accept our A-series?
Facing the question of Kawashima’s preference, Nobuhiko Kawamoto said confidently: “I have analyzed this question. First of all, I think the reason why our friend wants to introduce our Honda engine is rooted in our old engine. Friend: On Mitsubishi Motors."

"Oh?" Hearing what Kawamoto Nobuhiko said, Kawashima raised his eyebrows and couldn't help sitting up straight: "You mean..."

"Yes," Nobuhiko Kawamoto nodded affirmatively and said, "It is the DELICA L400 that Huateng Group imported from Mitsubishi Automobile. This car is equipped with Mitsubishi's 4G63 engine. There are restrictions on the introduction of delica L400 from Mitsubishi Motors by Huateng Group. Although it is not very clear what the restrictions are, but considering that Huateng Group wants to obtain engine production and manufacturing technology from our Honda Motor, then this restriction must be related to It's about the engine."

He Dao's face was full of admiration: "Yo Xi! Makes sense!"

Nobuhiko Kawamoto's face was also quite complacent, he nodded slightly, and then said: "Since this is the case, it is simple, since they only lack an engine with performance similar to Mitsubishi 4G63, then we will give them such an engine... …Maybe the performance of our A-series engine is a little bit inferior to that of Mitsubishi 4G63, but it doesn’t matter, we can help him upgrade this engine for free, such as upgrading the three-valve to four-valve, so basically it can It has reached the performance of 4G63."

"Very good," He Dao nodded in satisfaction, "Then let's do it this way."

In the eyes of Kawashima Hibiki and Kawamoto Nobuhiko, isn't your Huateng Industrial Group just lacking an engine with performance comparable to Mitsubishi 4G63?So OK, then we will give you an engine with performance equivalent to that of Mitsubishi 4G63, should you be satisfied now?
As for the weight of the A series, the engine that has been eliminated by Honda, how did it equate with the value and significance of the parallel-shaft automatic transmission designed by Zhang Qihang compared to Honda cars? The two directly and selectively ignored it. , while the F series requested by Zhang Qihang at the beginning and the K series under development are not within the scope of consideration of Kawamoto Nobuhiko and Kawashima's preferences.

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Hu Jihong came to visit Zhang Qihang again.

In less than 10 days, I have been to Huateng Industrial Group three times, so that Hu Jihong began to think about a question: whether I need to book a long private room in a good hotel in Langya as my stay in Langya City point?

After exchanging pleasantries, Hu Jihong explained his intention for coming: "Mr. Zhang, after careful consideration, we at Honda agree to exchange engine-related technologies with you."

Honda actually agreed so happily?
Zhang Qihang was a little surprised, and he couldn't believe it. He confirmed to Hu Jihong: "Mr. Hu, are you sure that what Honda exchanged with me is the technology of the F-series engine present and the K-series engine under development? Well, let me tell you the truth." , I am quite familiar with all the engines that are in production or have been discontinued by Honda.”

"Uh……"

Hearing the faint reminder in Zhang Qihang's words, Hu Jihong knew that he probably couldn't be fooled anymore, but he still had to bite the bullet and say, "It's not the K series and the F series..."

"Oh?"

Zhang Qihang raised his eyebrows: "That's it?"

"It is an engine whose performance is almost the same as Mitsubishi 4G63..."

"Mr. Hu, you just need to tell me which series it is."

"Yes... it's the A series..."

"A series that has been discontinued?"

Zhang Qihang in his previous life was a senior practitioner in the automobile industry. Now he heard Hu Jihong tell himself that Honda only accepts the discontinued A-series engines to exchange technology with him. With a mocking face, he said: "Mr. Hu, you Honda Motors really have a good idea, use a product and technology that you have discontinued, come to me to exchange for a product and technology that can allow you to break Aisin's monopoly... Your Honda Do you think I'm stupid?"

Hu Jihong didn't expect Zhang Qihang's reaction to be so big, and he didn't expect Zhang Qihang to know and understand the situation of the A-series engine. I had to quickly wave my hands to explain: "No, no, Mr. Zhang, you misunderstood. The reason why Honda chose to use the A series engine to exchange technology with you is because of our country's lack of finishing capabilities. As far as the series and the K series under development are concerned, the A series is just in line with the level of our country's current finishing capacity.

In addition, this A-series engine is not the same as the discontinued A-series you know. Honda will carry out in-depth upgrades and improvements on the A-series to ensure that this engine reaches the advanced level of today’s world, fully satisfying you to replace the Mitsubishi DELICA L400. Taiwan 4G63's request..."

Zhang Qihang waved his hand to interrupt Hu Jihong, and said: "Mr. Hu, you don't need to say any more, no, I will reiterate my request again. If Honda wants my parallel shaft gearbox technology and patents, no problem, I will take yours." The technology of the F-series engine in production and the K-series engine under development will be exchanged! I will not accept any other plan except to exchange the engine technology of these two series!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Liu Jianfeng who was in charge of recording the meeting, and said, "Little Liu, help me receive Mr. Hu well."

Hu Jihong didn't expect Zhang Qihang's attitude to be so firm, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Liu Jianfeng reached out his hand to Hu Jihong in a timely manner, and said in a polite, polite but firm tone: "Mr. Hu, we, Mr. Zhang, have a very important meeting to attend later, and I will be in charge of entertaining you next." , please follow me."

(End of this chapter)