"Old Li, you are saying that we can mass-produce high CC engines? Hahaha … That's great! "
Bing City Machinery Manufacturing Group had been focusing on developing engines, and they had been cooperating with the Aviation Factory. As the company's profits increased, they invested more into R&D, and their technologies improved faster.
A few years ago, Bing City Machinery Manufacturing Group could already produce high CC engines, but their cost is almost double of other automobile manufacturers. That meant that they could only be competitive in Huaxia. Once they were out of the country, they were nothing.
Now, Songjiang Motors has two well-known models overseas. One is the Oriental Deer, and the other is the Little Elf. As for the Olympic, which is popular in China, other than Eastern Europe, it is not selling well in the US and Europe.
Many Westerners like high CC cars, especially SUVs, as they want high power. The original Toyota 4500 had created history with a low price and large displacement engine. It had also made them famous among the large displacement SUVs. Now, Toyota has successfully developed a low-cost 4700cc displacement engine, making another breakthrough.
It's not that other automobile manufacturers do not have higher CC engines. Volkswagen, Ford, etc. have the technologies for 4800 CC engines and are even researching on 6000 CC engines. But these engines are only used in luxury cars and sports cars. They are not like Toyota, which uses these engines on mid-range vehicles.
First, the technology was not mature enough. If they mass-produced it, the cost would be too high and they would lose competitiveness. Toyota had done a good job in controlling the cost, and the retail prices are not high. This allowed them to dominate the high CC SUV market.
It is also because of this 4500 model that Toyota still has some popularity in Hua Xia and is not suppressed by Songjiang and Volkswagen.
But FAW had suggested to Toyota to enter a joint venture with them. Since they already have the 4700 model, Toyota rejected. It is more profitable if they sell it themselves, and it is also a form of technology blockade.
If FAW gets the technologies for this engine, then Toyota can only enter a joint venture. If it is a joint venture, Hua Xia will have more advantages, and Toyota does not want to enter a joint venture.
If it's not to expand the market, Toyota will not be willing to enter a joint venture with Hua Xia. All these changes were brought about by Songjiang Motors cars.
Their current goal was to continue promoting their brand, so that they could gradually nibble away at Hua Xia's automobile companies in the future. This way, Toyota will undoubtedly become the world's number one automobile manufacturer.
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Bing City Machinery's new engine was modeled after Volkswagen's V engine, and it was inspired by aircraft engines.
As early as the 1920s, someone used the W12 aircraft engine to assemble a 24L car, which caused a sensation in the world. That's right, 24L, not 2.4L.
The Aviation Factory also had the W-type engine technologies, but they had never considered using it for cars. They were still researching on the V-type engine.
The V6 was successful, but the V8 was very difficult. Although it could be produced, the cost was much higher than Volkswagen's.
Therefore, Feng Yu suggested to them that two V6s could be connected side by side to form a W12 engine.
This reminded the engineers from the Aviation Factory, and they immediately remembered their factory's W12 aircraft engine. This is an obsolete aircraft engine.
But it will be great if they can upgrade this technology and use it on cars.
The first thing to do was to miniaturize the engine, reduce its displacement, and keep it below 6L. A large displacement will be powerful, but if the displacement is too large, it will be too fuel-efficient.
The Aviation Factory even thought that since they already have a V4 engine, they can also change to a W8 engine, which will be smaller than a V8.
If the engine is too big, they cannot install a four-wheel drive and can only use a rear-wheel drive. But if the engine is smaller, all these problems can be solved.
A four-wheel-drive car would have better handling and better off-road performance. The Aviation Factory is developing this high-powered engine for the new Oriental Deer.
This time, they had successfully developed the W8 engine, with a 4.0L displacement. This is Hua Xia's first self-developed engine with more than 4L displacement.
"Is this engine's performance stable? Can we increase the output? "Feng Yu asked excitedly.
With this engine, the Oriental Deer's off-road performance will increase by a lot. With the brand and price advantage, it will not be a problem to beat Toyota.
Also, they can produce a mid-range SUV for the European and US markets. In the US, many people still like large displacement SUVs. Even in China, many people like these SUVs.
"No problem. We have already manufactured the W10 and W12 engines in the lab. But we feel that there is no need for the W10. This is because we can increase the size of the cylinder to 600L per cylinder. That way, the W8 can reach 4.8L, and its power will increase greatly."
"Very good. How far are we from those advanced engines from overseas?" Feng Yu asked seriously.
"If we are talking about the engines used on normal sedans and SUVs, the gap is about 10 years. But if we include sports cars and the laboratory's technologies, the gap is about 30 years. I heard that Ferrari's V8 engine already has an 8L displacement. "
A single 1L displacement engine can be installed on a small sports car. This shows how advanced their technologies are. If Bing City Machinery Manufacturing Group produces an 8L V8 engine, it will be twice the size of a Ferrari. How are they going to install it on a car?
But this type of high-capacity engine is not widely used and is usually used on sports cars. Hua Xia's road conditions had limited the development of sports cars. The sports car launched by Song Jiang was only selling at an average level. On the other hand, imported sports cars from other countries were not selling well due to the higher taxes.
There is someone in Shanghai who is doing the same thing as Feng Yu in the past. He imported second-hand sports cars, and the prices are much lower. After the cars are repaired and sold, he made a lot of money.
But it doesn't matter. Although sports cars have high profits, ordinary sedans and SUVs are the ones with higher sales. Feng Yu will not give up on sports cars. It's just a temporary choice.
Songjiang Motors' SUVs are the most famous overseas, and they must maintain their reputation. As for sports cars, they have not even started selling them overseas.
"This way, the gap between us and those overseas automobile manufacturers in the family car and SUV sectors is getting smaller. Very good. We will introduce a high-capacity SUV and a new model of high-end sedans. We will also introduce a new model of sports cars. Also, we will consider other models. We must suppress those overseas automobile manufacturers who had become popular in the past few years! "
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