Siheyuan: Heavy Industry Revitalizes the Country

"Why not use the Mercedes' four-speed manual transmission?"

Yes, the gearbox of this car is still an extremely backward two-speed manual gearbox.

The reference of this Hongqi, the Mercedes-Benz 190, has a four-speed manual transmission.

Why not just copy one?

"That's why we asked you to come."

Director Yin stood aside, looking a little lonely.

"Why are you looking for me? I don't know much about gearboxes."

Fang Xiang was a little surprised.

Is it possible that the engine and Mercedes-Benz's gearbox cannot match?

“We tried it many times, the new engine and the Mercedes gearbox.

The matching is extremely difficult, so we have to use this outdated gearbox for the time being.

This time I came to you just to see if you have any solution."

Director Yin explained the purpose of inviting Fang Xiang to come here.

“You think too highly of me.

To be honest, it’s the gearbox of the BAIC 212 project.

I don’t understand matching either. It was Professor Xu who said he would find someone to do the matching work.

So, you should go find Professor Xu. Isn't it like looking for fish in a tree to find fish in a tree to find fish in a tree?"

Fang Xiang shook his head and said, "If you want to talk about designing gearboxes, he knows about that."

But matching is a big project.

The workload is no less than designing a gearbox.

Even for collecting data and real car experience.

It requires a lot of time, energy, manpower and material resources.

Manual transmission is a little better, but automatic transmission requires even more data.

Otherwise, why in the future 00 years?

The mainstream automatic transmission is still 4AT, while the manual transmission has long been the mature 6MT.

It was not until about 10 years ago that 6AT gradually became popular.

It was not until 18 that 8AT was gradually used in more vehicles.

But even if it is applied, the actual experience is very bad.

During the same period, there was almost no other car company except BMW.

Can perfectly match 8AT.

The reason is that BMW spent a huge amount of money on tuning.

Other car companies simply hope to achieve a selling point through 8AT.

But they are unwilling, reluctant, or think there is no need for in-depth training.

Of course, 20 years later, electric cars will dominate the country.

The days of using gearbox as a selling point are over.

But Fang Xiang knew that by that time, 9AT and even 10AT had already been released.

However, the development of 9AT for commercial use has basically reached its limit.

10AT has become a product that was born at the wrong time or a product that the manufacturer used to show off.

“We’ve heard about it, but we still want to give it a try.”

Director Yin didn't seem to believe Fang Xiang's statement.

Maybe people of this era still only have a superficial view of it.

As long as you can design, you can naturally teach.

“You’re overthinking it, this requires professionals.

It takes a lot of time and effort to try, match and tune to get a perfect match.

If you just want to be able to use it, the difficulty is actually not too high.

But I really can’t.

If you want me to give you any other suggestions or anything, I can take a look at them."

Fang Xiang smiled and shook his head, although he rejected Director Yin.

But he is also very clear that there is a lot of room for cooperation in the future.

It's better not to offend.

"Would you like to have a look?"

Director Yin's eyes lit up. Since he was already here, he might as well give some suggestions.

It’s better than returning empty-handed, right?

Fang Xiang started walking around the red flag again.

Speaking of which, this appearance is already calm and grand enough.

It is not an exaggeration to even say that it is domineering.

As for the appearance, Fang Xiang felt that there was no need to be too picky.

Because the beautiful lines and decorations of later generations were all based on a sufficient industrial foundation.

It can be done easily.

But the current Red Flag is not nice to say.

Many places were built by workers hammering them out one by one.

Then find fault with the appearance or make demands.

That would be too much.

However, compared to the exterior, there are many things that can be changed in the interior.

After all, the difficulty of the interior decoration is relatively simple.

After sitting in the car and observing for a long time, Fang Xiang made up his mind.

"Find me a table, chair, bench, paper, pen, and tools."

Fang Xiang planned to draw the picture directly on the spot.

"no problem."

Director Yin nodded to Secretary Huang.

Fang Xiang’s request was responded to immediately.

After a while, a small open-air office space was set up next to the red flag.

Since it is the special car for the state leader and the protocol car for receiving foreign guests.

Then there is no need to consider cost-effectiveness.

Nature is as luxurious and comfortable as possible.

The first thing to start with is the seats.

The current popular straight-board seats have been replaced with the later ergonomically designed comfortable seats.

Especially the third row of leadership seats, the seats are thickened and recessed.

It was changed from a straight three-seater to a champagne glass-style two-seater seat.

It has added lumbar support that can be adjusted by manual knob, leg rest adjustment, shoulder adjustment, and front and back, height, and backrest adjustment.

The reduced space in the middle has become a raised armrest, on which an ashtray and cup holder are designed.

There is also a small retractable and foldable desk.

A hidden armrest that can be folded up and down has been added to the middle backrest position.

In order to enhance the comfort of the back row, the middle seat is like a small bench.

Changed to a foldable style.

This allows the rear space to be further increased.

The upper part behind the middle seat has been converted into a small pull-out table.

A hanging net bag is added to the lower part to store some documents or garbage.

Considering the need for temporary office space in the back row, several manually switched lights were added.

Sealing strips have been added to the hand-cranked windows, door frames and part of the body structure.

Then the mahogany decorations and ceiling in the car were decorated with leather with stitching and wrapping.

Several storage compartments were added in convenient locations.

On the basis of double-layer bulletproof glass, sunshades that can be pulled up and curtains that can be pulled sideways are added.

Originally, Fang wanted to install a few more pop-up airbags.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I realized that airbags were not really used on a large scale until after the 80s.

There probably isn't the corresponding technology in China right now, so let's just give up.

It is only softened in places that are easy to touch.

Then, adjustable headrests were added to the back row.

Because there were no CDs or tapes at the time, let alone entertainment facilities.

Fang Xiang originally wanted to add a few speakers, but had to give up, but still marked them out.

I hope that it can be modified or upgraded when necessary in the future.

As for car phones, forget it, it's impossible.

Of course, Fang Xiang would not miss the famous Rolls-Royce umbrella.

“It took a lot of adjustments.

It can greatly increase the luxury and comfort of the car.

Of course, the costs will also increase significantly accordingly.

But I guess you won't have all the features as standard on every car.

It can be based on the purpose of the vehicle and the identity of the user.

Customizing the corresponding parts can save a lot of expenses.

For example, if leather cannot be used, cloth can be used as a substitute.”

After completing these tasks, Fang Xiang handed the drawn drawings to Director Yin.

"this......"

Director Yin was holding a thick stack of design drawings, but he obviously didn't understand them very well.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, find some professional engineers, they will be able to understand.

It is estimated that all products will need to be customized manually in the early stage, which will take a long time.

There will be things that cannot be done, but it doesn’t matter. If you cannot realize it for the time being, you can put it aside for now.

You can do it later when you have the ability.”

Fang Xiang has anticipated that some functions may not be realized or cannot be realized temporarily.

I might as well give Director Yin a heads-up in advance.

"Thank you so much."

Director Yin understood and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Fang Xiang.

"Well... I have some news, it doesn't hurt to tell you in advance.

All the leaders in the department have seen this prototype car.

I think there is a great need for us to upgrade to a bulletproof version in the future.

As you know, the bulletproof version requires more bulletproof materials.

The weight will increase significantly, so naturally it will require more powerful power to drive it.

Today's 255 horsepower may not be enough.

Maybe we will have to upgrade it to 300 horsepower.”

Before leaving, Director Yin quietly revealed a piece of news.

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