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Chapter 578 The Birth of the Divine Car (Fourth update, please subscribe)
It was another early morning, and as usual, after waking up from his dream, Zhang San could vaguely smell the perfume in the air.

It's the smell of Mariko. The two of them take turns to accompany him every day, one stays with him, and the other takes care of the children. It has always been like this.

This is life.

While feeling emotional, Zhang San had a satisfied smile on his face.

Riding a bicycle to the company, Zhang Shan just changed clothes in the locker room when he heard someone shouting over there.

"Hurry up, go to the assembly workshop later, our car will be built!"

Normally, there would definitely be the sound of the lathe cutting and the tapping of the small forging hammer coming from the workshop...

Amidst these chaotic sounds that symbolize the power of metal, the workers are busy working at their respective posts.

But things were different in the workshop today than usual. The workshop was crowded with people inside and outside.

On the other side of the workshop, a car has taken shape. A two-cylinder air-cooled engine has been installed at the rear of the car. The car is no longer an empty frame. It has a hammered hood and fenders. They were all installed, and the black paint was shining brightly.

At this time, the eyes of the Porsche father and son are all fixed on this car. Although they are both experts in car design, since your request, they have tried their best to design a car that satisfies the other party.

It is easy to design a car, but it is not easy to design a car that costs less than 500 yuan or even 400 yuan.

"The Beetle now costs $680!"

In the past year, the price of Beetle has increased by 15% due to raw materials, labor and many other reasons.

How to design a cheaper car that still meets your needs?
This is not an easy task.

This required not only wisdom, but also sweat. After nearly a year, with the efforts of the Porsche father and son and the company's engineers, they finally built a brand new car.

The car's engine is still the same two-cylinder air-cooled engine derived from the Volkswagen Beetle. Although it is designed based on the Volkswagen Beetle, its appearance has undergone earth-shaking changes. Compared with the roundness of the Beetle, its appearance is somewhat square. , the Founder model increases the depth of the interior of the car.

After getting into the car, Porsche felt what was inside the car and couldn't help but say.

"Xiao Lin and the others did a great job!"

The Kobayashi that Porsche refers to is several Japanese engineers in the company. They may not be as good as the German engineers in some aspects, but they definitely have their own uniqueness in the use of space. With their efforts, the space utilization rate has improved a lot. , which at first glance looks roomier than the Beetle.

Press the clutch, turn the key, and start the engine!
"chug……"

The engine behind the car body soon made a pleasant starting sound. Although it was the same model as the Beetle's engine, it sounded quieter and ran more smoothly.

Although standing on the periphery of the crowd, Zhang San could still see the black car with his height advantage.

Is this a car we can all afford?

It’s so beautiful to look at!
Clenching his fists with both hands, Zhang San, like many others, was full of expectations for this car. After all, he knew how to drive a car when he was in the army. When he was in Japan, he often drove Mariko out for fun in a jeep. Later, Add to that Aiko, who desperately wants to have his own car.

"When I buy a car, I will take them to Semporna to have some fun..."

Under the gaze of everyone, the black car slowly drove out of the workshop with a pleasant roar.

This is the first prototype, and in fact, a dozen more are about to be built and will be tested over the next few months.

Although it was just a prototype car, when it drove out of the workshop and saw the car's shiny paint shining in the sun, people were still jumping and laughing with excitement, nothing else... This was exactly their car, not only It is not only the car they produce, but also the car that will enter their families in the future.

"This is our car, our car..."

People jumped and laughed excitedly. At this moment, it seemed that everyone had seen the scene of it entering thousands of households.

A few days later, the two test vehicles passed the preliminary test at the test track. It can be said that they were basically successful.

As a result, one of the cars was quickly delivered to the presidential residence.

"Is this our car?"

Looking at the car in front of him, Li Yian looked a little excited. "Yes, Your Excellency."

Dr. Porsche said with some pride.

"Its body length is 3882mm, 1708mm, and 1426mm, but its wheelbase is 2702mm. In contrast, although the Beetle's length is 4278mm, its wheelbase is only 2537mm, so in terms of internal space, its The performance is even better..."

During the Porsche introduction, Li Yian had already sat in the driver's seat and personally felt the space of the car and said.

"Indeed, this space is very spacious, much more spacious than the Beetle!"

Especially in the back row, Li Yian, a tall man of 1.8 meters, still has enough legroom for two punches when standing in the back row. This kind of space performance is very good.

After feeling around in the car, Li Yian got out of the car and asked.

"What were the results of the test?"

"It still needs to be tested on the road, but the preliminary test has been successful and there should be no problems. After all, it basically uses the Beetle's frame, but it is smaller, but the speed has also increased a lot."

You Porsche father and son have really been eating Beetles for a long time. Looking at the car he modified, Li Yian doesn't care much about its appearance now. It's not that only Volkswagen has Beetles.

In fact, it now looks nothing like the Beetle at all. Apart from the rear-mounted engine, it looks more like a Beetle than a new energy vehicle from later generations. At least they look somewhat similar.

"What's its price?"

Compared with other things, Li Yian cares more about price. He doesn't even care at all whether the car can be exported. The key issue is price. After all, as a popular car, people are very sensitive to price. 500 yuan, This is the limit that he can accept, at least in the next five years, it is the limit that ordinary people can accept.

"499 yuan!"

Porsche puts out a number. Obviously, this price is almost the highest price Li Yian can accept.

"Because of its smaller size, it uses less raw materials than the Beetle, and the cost of raw materials is much lower, which further reduces production costs. According to calculations, after the production line is put into production, we can control the ex-factory price to 499 It will fluctuate no more than 5%.”

It seems like a simple answer, but behind it is the hard work of hundreds of engineers for a year. In order to reduce costs, they have gone to great lengths to reduce costs, even choosing thinner steel plates. Although the steel plates have become thinner, thanks to With the advancement of metallurgical technology, the performance has not been reduced at all after switching to new steel materials, even to a certain extent.

In fact, in the past few years, thanks to the automobile production of Foton Motor, BMW and Alfa Romeo, Donghai Steel has been able to provide all automobile steel, and has even established a structural steel research group in the metal laboratory to integrate automobile steel Conduct research and analysis on the main steel technologies, such as gear steel, steel for various shafts, etc. Then we will carry out trial production and then get it to several automobile companies for testing.

Under the guidance of German engineers, after repeated tests and trial production, domestic production and supply was gradually realized. Cold-rolled thin steel plates for automobile bodies were imported from early foreign countries and supplied to the cold-rolling workshop of Donghai Steel. The domestic self-sufficiency rate of steel has increased to 98%, and domestic self-sufficiency of steel for automobiles has been basically achieved.

In the process, Donghai Steel Company also developed a variety of new automotive steels, including automotive sheets with higher hardness. This lays a good foundation for weight reduction of the car.

Listening to Porsche's introduction, Li Yian thought of the "thin steel plate" in another world. In the future, will no one think that its anti-collision ability is poor?

But then he smiled again. The weight of the car these days is only a few hundred kilograms, so there is basically no need to consider things like collision avoidance.

"Well, that's only 500 yuan. Try to keep it within this price..."

Li Yian smiled as he patted the body of the car.

"Only on the basis of this price, can it be our people's car!"

Of course, this People's Automobile is simple and crude. According to market standards, it is a low-end version of a typical beggar among beggars. However, this does not prevent it from being the first car of a Nanyang family.

“With it, Nanyang people’s life will enter true modernization—well, it doesn’t have a name yet, right?
"Yes sir, we don't have a brand name yet."

Li Yian said as he looked at the car in front of him and thought of the best-selling national car in the land of China in another world.

"Just call it Wuling!"

After thinking for a moment, Li Yian added.

"Let's call it Wuling...Bingo!"

(End of this chapter)