Automotive Black Technology Chapter 447: : Codename: F150, let’s go!
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Industrial Park, Zhengxin R&D Center.
"Brother Fan, so you are going to take us to the United States for a trip?!"
Looking at the excited faces of the three top students, Li Fanyu nodded, "That's necessary. We have worked hard to develop until now, and it's time to start conquering the world mode."
"Hey, that's great. Brother Fan, let me tell you, after this thing is over, you can treat us to go for a walk in Hawaii, you pay for it!"
Li Fanyu chuckled and said, "This is nothing to worry about, but we have to get down to business now. Have you seen the drawings?"
This is the second day after Li Fanyu returned to China.
After returning home last night, he had redeemed the drawings through Xapp, completed them overnight and passed them to the three top students.
“I’ve finished my research, Brother Fan! This car model drawing of yours has many similarities with the Cavalier Fifteen we made before, but there are not many similarities internally. I don’t understand why it’s not based on the Cavalier Fifteen. Five improvements to launch a civilian version? ”
Liu Qing blinked and asked in confusion.
Li Fanyu couldn't bear to call him mentally retarded when he asked this question!
"Ma Dan, this time we are targeting the American market. Do you think it is appropriate to sell low-end versions of third-generation military vehicles to Americans?"
Looking at Liu Qing's sneer, Li Fanyu shook his head helplessly.
If normal conditions are followed to save R&D costs and time, the Knight Fifteen can completely remove some configurations and reduce costs and change it to a civilian version.
But after all, this time it is targeted at the US market. The military is still developing various weapon platforms and plug-ins for Knight Fifteen, but it has not yet been officially unveiled to the public. The domestic military is still in a testing state, and the civilian version is sold to the United States...
Don’t talk about the above-mentioned issue of concession, do you still want the order for the third-generation car in the future?
So this time, he exchanged it directly for a brand new pickup truck model from the space.
It’s the famous F150!
To say that this model is actually related to the Cavalier Fifteen, but that’s it.
Why is it so connected?
Strictly speaking, the Cavalier Fifteen is a member of the Ford F series in the time and space before the automobile history has changed. It is also a modified version of the F350. The chassis and full-time four-wheel drive technology are inherited from here.
Why is that all?
Although they are both F series, F150 and F250-F550 are essentially different.
F250 and above are actually out of the scope of light trucks and are properly heavy-duty series. To put it simply, pickup trucks can also do light and heavy tasks.
F250-F550 all belong to the heavy-duty series. To what extent is it overloaded? Take the current third-generation vehicle QS15 plug-in project as an example. It can be equipped with surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile launch bases on the QS15!
When it comes to the F450 and 550, there are two pairs of rear load wheels. If the rear bucket is removed, there is no difference between the rear bucket and the truck. These two vehicles were converted into fire trucks by the American fire department in their original history, and their load-carrying capacity and horsepower are evident.
Only 150 is a pure pickup truck.
So although it looks similar from the outside, in terms of load-bearing structure and some specific performance, it is actually not comparable to the Knight Fifteen.
The performance and size of the F150 are lower than the Cavalier Fifteen, but as a civilian pickup truck, its performance is outstanding enough.
It goes without saying in terms of body size; although the length of nearly six meters and the width of two meters are different from the QS15, they are a full circle larger than the average domestic pickup truck, and the wheelbase is also 3.69 meters. Quite awesome.
This car uses a V8 engine with 2 valves per cylinder, which can output a maximum torque of 388 Nm and a super horsepower of 287KW. Coupled with unique all-terrain driving system technology and a relatively high-strength chassis design, the F150 can easily climb over 30-degree slopes and wade through puddles of more than 70 decimeters under no load. Thanks to these properties, it can maintain high speeds even on unpaved dirt roads.
In the time and space before the course of automobile history changed, the F150 was known as the "non-paved road sports car".
With all the attributes added together, it can be described in a limerick;
Climb mountains and cross rivers. I can pull a yacht and do farm work.
In Li Fanyu’s memory, American people rarely cared about cars like this.
Looking at the silly top three students, Li Fanyu waved his hand, "Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. Now that you have seen the drawings, according to our current conditions, how long do you expect to complete the research and development before testing? Progress? ”
This question touched the hearts of the three top students. They were about to ask Li Fanyu for advice on this matter.
According to the drawings sent last night, this pickup truck, tentatively named F150, actually has three power versions: V6, V8, and V10. In addition to these three powers, there are basic models and luxury versions based on different technical and comfort configurations.
This means that the F150 model has six configurations.
This is absolutely unprecedented since Zhengxin started building cars until now!
Since the A4, the company has been adhering to the principles of practicality and cost-effectiveness in model configuration.
Li Fanyu even held a special meeting for each R&D team on this concept. The three top students still clearly remember his original words: "All configurations of cars made by Zhengxin must avoid being fancy and gimmicks. In research and development, In the process, try to avoid installing some configurations that are not commonly used by users, and make them truly practical and affordable. ”
Canima, this drawing is completely different from this principle!
"Brother Fan, I have experience in the development of the QS15. It is not difficult to make this model. I estimate that the progress before the test will be more than two weeks. But... I can't figure out these configurations... Is it too much? And in our opinion, these configurations are a bit wasteful. For example, this V8 luxury version, the smart key, the front and rear auxiliary power supplies, the tilt steering wheel... our industrial park cannot make these things. It will require external bidding. Won’t this increase the cost? ”
Facing the puzzled looks in the eyes of the three top students, Li Fanyu really hated the fact that steel cannot be made into steel, "The cost is high, so let's raise the price!"
"The price is too high...will it affect sales?"
Li Fanyu continued to be disgusted, "Isn't there a beggar's version of V6?"
"No...your high-end configuration is too high, and the beggar's version configuration is too low! Can't we combine it?"
A bunch of lumpy heads!
"Comprehensive? Combined together to make money with gross!"
Faced with the ignorant top three students, he said feebly: "You have to understand that this car is developed for the American market. Do you understand what I say?"
"Um..."
They still don’t understand!
"The meaning of research and development for the United States is that we will not sell it in China. This car is used to make money from Americans! So don't control it, just follow the configuration I require. If you think the Beggar Edition's configuration is low, let the Yankees buy the luxury one. version, or add money to choose the configuration! ”
If you say this, the three top students will understand.
Isn’t this just the cheating model of foreign car companies in the Chinese market?
Since this is the case, I can do it!
After coming out of Li Fanyu's place, the three top students quickly summoned all the teams in the R&D center.
A brand new project codenamed F150, here you go!