Automotive Black Technology Chapter 111: ：Mitsubishi’s attitude
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Fang Hui came out of the office angrily and immediately contacted Sukula. Company executives conveyed the news to Mitsubishi.
The venture capital intervention was not achieved, which was expected by Mitsubishi. But in their thinking, there is nothing in the market that cannot be solved with capital.
If one hundred million is not enough, then two hundred million. If five hundred million doesn't work, then five hundred million. Five hundred million won’t work, so seven hundred million is better.
So the next day, another venture capital manager from Sukula came to Zhengxin again, and the price went up again. However, the poor manager didn't even have a chance to send out his business card, and was directly kicked out by Li Fanyu.
Just kidding, why did we build this engine? Isn’t it just to kill you? If you want to come over and step in, am I mentally retarded?
Then, Mitsubishi Motors couldn't sit still.
There is no reason for them to be impatient. Currently, the engine procurement projects of five OEMs in the Chinese market are under negotiation. Now that China has expressed its concern, all five companies have slowed down the progress of negotiations and started to wait and see.
As for Mitsubishi, this company also has quite a foundation. It has served the RB military since World War II, covering multiple industrial fields ranging from nuclear energy and aerospace to paper-making bicycles.
If nothing else, take the automotive division as an example, it also has a glorious history. The most famous among them is Pajero.
When Pajero was at its peak, almost all its frames were used in the Qatar Rally. Good off-road performance and fast speed. Off-road vehicles of the same period could not hide their edge.
But now in the automotive industry, engines have almost become their main business. The reason for this is nothing more than two big words - seeking death.
In 2000, it was almost a dividing line for Mitsubishi Motors.
First of all, in foreign markets, RB's top automaker has been exposed to scandals one after another; the top executives of the U.S. branch were accused of molesting employees, concealing a large number of customer complaints, and were sued by the U.S. Department of Transportation for allegedly deceiving consumers. .
Then, RB headquarters was involved in organized crime, and a large number of car quality problems were frequently exposed.
But the Chinese market doesn’t know these things.
What really caused the decline of Mitsubishi Motors in China was the Pajero V31 and V33 incidents.
On February 9, 1999, a car owner named Li Zhongliang in Wenzhou rushed down the hillside due to brake failure and the vehicle was almost scrapped.
On September 5, 2000, NX driver Huang Guoqing suddenly failed to brake while driving a Pajero, almost causing a major traffic accident.
On December 25, 2000, the brakes of a Pajero V31 in Changsha failed at a slow speed of 30 kilometers per hour, knocking down a woman named Lu Hui, causing the injured to have first-degree disability.
In just two years, Mitsubishi's V31 and V33 suffered more than 20 brake failure accidents.
After monitoring by the NX Entry-Exit Inspection Bureau, Mitsubishi Pajero has serious design flaws. The two models involved, V31 and V33, are on the market when driving on bumpy roads. Over time, the rear axle brake oil pipe will be severely worn, causing brake fluid to leak and cause brake failure.
After the test report came out, many victims of previous Mitsubishi accidents realized why they were in accidents and filed lawsuits against Mitsubishi Motors.
Subsequently, the General Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of China issued an announcement revoking the imported product safety and quality licenses of Mitsubishi Pajero V31 and V33. All domestic V31 and 33 Pajeros that have not been overhauled and replaced with newly designed brake oil pipes are prohibited from use.
However, even after the announcement was released, Mitsubishi Motors still blatantly acted shamelessly. It is claimed that this situation is caused by the poor road conditions in China!
But shameless people will eventually be slapped in the face. Just two weeks later, Mitsubishi insiders broke the news; these two cars are specially designed for the Chinese market. Moreover, an investigation by the RB Transport Ministry in 2000 found that Mitsubishi Motors deliberately concealed and failed to report defects in a total of 810,000 vehicles, covering 21 vehicle models. The production date ranges from December 1990 to 2000, which spans ten years! ! !
As soon as this news came out, it caused turmoil in the global automobile market.
In the same year, Mitsubishi Motors announced that it would recall 1.5 million cars with recurring problems around the world. However, the 72,000 V31 and V33 vehicles in China are not included in this range, and only 55 Galant vehicles were recalled.
For a time, domestic car owners were excited and rejected the boycott frenzy. Until now, some people still talk about this.
This recall incident seems to have become the starting point for the different treatment of Japanese cars towards China. Japanese car companies are good at not imitating, but have used this method over and over again for more than ten years. in the Chinese market.
However, the retribution was not good, and Mitsubishi Motors has been in trouble in China since then. Its various models have repeatedly encountered waterloo in China, and it had no choice but to transform and become the largest engine supplier to China.
(A digression here: Ms. Lu Hui’s compensation plan has not yet been reached by Mitsubishi and the owner of the accident car.)
Now, if China's independent engines are allowed to rise and seize their own market share, Mitsubishi will really be in danger.
The discussion in Mitsubishi China's conference room has been going on for more than two hours, but there is still no result.
Some people believe that it is too early to start worrying now. ZGX888 has not yet been reviewed. At least the performance of this engine after mass production will be determined before Mitsubishi's response method is decided.
Some people believe that threats should be nipped in the bud and not allowed to grow.
There are also some people who feel that we should pay close attention to the situation and respond to changes by staying the same. After all, Mitsubishi G series engines currently account for 40% of the Chinese automobile market. Some automobile manufacturers even use Mitsubishi engines as their market selling points.
It was noisy and lively for a while. But the excitement was still excitement, and the result was not exceeded until the end. So all parties compromised and planned to wait and see.
Two days later, Tiancheng Zhengxin Automotive Laboratory held another press conference - the ZGX888 engine has been submitted for review.
Following this, Tiancheng City Mayor Cheng Gang proposed at the province's economic development seminar that the province should increase support for independent research and development institutions and speed up the review process without violating the principle.
One week later, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology passed the inspection of fifteen prototypes of the ZGX888 engine.
That night, Xinhua News Agency announced that my country’s first independent engine passed the review, filling a gap in the domestic engine field.
The voice of the boss of the press is equivalent to the final word for the China Heart series engine. Subsequently, news about ZGX888 came like snow flakes.
Finally, Mitsubishi couldn't sit still.