Cao Yang did not choose to develop Xingchen Motors' sports car based on the Bugatti Veyron, not because it was too expensive.

Cao Yang did not agree to consider benchmarking Lamborghini's RDO, and it was not because it was an entry-level sports car or had an all-aluminum body.

In fact, the most fundamental reason is that Cao Yang already has the answer in his mind for sports cars.

Cao Yang knew that it was unrealistic to expect Xingchen Automobile Research Institute to develop sports cars.

So he planned to "participate" himself and directly set all the requirements for this car.

Then the institute will complete part of the development tasks step by step.

Of course, after listening to the reports of Zeng Tingting and Rao Yongxiang first, it’s not just out of boredom or wanting to watch other people’s jokes.

Rather, I want to have a comprehensive understanding of the sports car market in 2005, and also compare it with some information in my mind in a timely manner.

In order to have a clearer pricing and promotion strategy in the next step.

"To make a sports car good, power is definitely very important."

"We already have the W12 engine under development, and we will continue to expand to the W16 engine development. The input-output ratio is very low."

"With this energy, we might as well consider the development of powertrains from other perspectives."

"For example, is it possible to equip a hybrid system based on the w12 engine and equip the front and rear wheels of the sports car with a motor, so that the acceleration performance can be more extreme?"

As soon as Cao Yang said these words, Zeng Tingting and Rao Yongxiang were stunned.

Hybrid system?

Using a hybrid system in a sports car?

This is something that has never been done before.

Isn't this something that Toyota and Honda, Japanese companies pursuing low fuel consumption, are working on?

It doesn't seem like something high-end.

"Mr. Cao, as far as I know, all the best-selling sports cars on the market use large-displacement engines."

"Whether it's the W16 engine, or the V12 and W12 engines, none of them have anything to do with the hybrid system."

"The hybrid systems of Toyota and Honda cars also work with 2.5L or 2.0L, or even 1.8L and 1.5L naturally aspirated engines, so that they have better fuel performance in economical cars.

And developed.”

"A system like this is used in sports cars..."

Obviously, Yao Yongxiang is not optimistic about the use of hybrid systems in sports cars.

In order to develop this sports car, he also made a lot of preparations.

I am also quite familiar with the situation on the market.

However, with Cao Yang, a boss with a God's perspective, in front of him, he obviously said that there was nothing he could do to change Cao Yang's mind.

"Our w12 engine itself is already the pinnacle of the internal combustion engine era. Except for the parameters of the w16 engine, which are better than it, there is no opponent."

"After using the hybrid system, the electric motor can output high torque at low speeds. This feature allows us to focus on optimizing the performance of the internal combustion engine at higher speeds."

"The engine has excellent power performance throughout the entire speed range, with peak torque exceeding 900nm."

"Thereby catching up to or even surpassing the performance of the W16 engine used in the Bugatti Veyron."

"The most important thing is that we can take this opportunity to enter the hybrid system and start producing batteries for hybrid vehicles."

"These things will definitely have broader application prospects in the future."

In Cao Yang's mind, Ferrari is obviously the best sports car.

This flagship supercar launched by Ferrari is to replace the Ferrari Enzo model and is limited to 499 units.

It has extraordinary performance, aerodynamic efficiency and handling, setting a new benchmark for super sports cars.

This car accelerates from 0-100km/h in less than 3 seconds.

The acceleration time from 0-200km/h is also less than 7 seconds.

0-300km/h only takes 15 seconds.

Without considering the speed limit, its top speed is as high as over 350km/h.

Although compared with Bugatti Veyron's exaggerated speed of 407km/h, there is still a little gap.

But for consumers, or for actual use, this difference is completely meaningless.

Because how can ordinary consumers drive up to 407km/h?

Even on the Deutsche Autobahn where there is no speed limit, you cannot see this scene.

The limit speed of 350km/h is enough!

"Mr. Cao, in the long run, the development prospects of pure electric vehicles or hybrid vehicles are worth looking forward to."

"But I think that in the next ten years, or even fifteen years, the world should still be dominated by fuel vehicles."

"Especially in the field of supercars, without a powerful engine, it always gives people a not-so-good feeling."

Although Zeng Tingting felt that what Cao Yang said seemed reasonable, it was obviously very difficult to change her inherent ideas immediately.

"Our Xingchen Motors sports car will set a new benchmark for super sports cars."

"This sports car has better performance than the Ferrari Enzo and is even close to the Bugatti Veyron. It can provide us with sufficient pricing space."

"People sell it for tens of millions. If we set a price of three million, it will definitely be very cost-effective, right?"

"But for Xingchen Motors, as long as consumers can accept that it can produce three million models, that is enough."

Cao Yang has no intention of turning Xingchen Motors into a Rolls-Royce-level existence.

That doesn't make much sense, and it's not that difficult.

As long as it can reach the level of Porsche, that's enough.

With the rapid development of China's economy, the market space for luxury cars will still be very broad in the future.

The small goal of annual output of 1 million may be achieved in five or six years.

It is not impossible to further challenge higher goals in the future.

At that time, even if Xingchen Motors produced one or two million vehicles annually, its annual turnover would not be lower than that of other international giants that produced seven or eight million vehicles annually.

After all, the unit price of each vehicle is not of the same level.

"Mr. Cao, three million is actually quite high."

Zeng Tingting felt a lot of pressure when she thought that she would sell her 3 million car to a consumer.

So I couldn't help but chime in.

"Yes, 3 million is indeed a very high price."

"But the real benchmark model of our Star III sports car is the classic Ferrari Enzo in the sports car world."

"With all aspects of performance surpassing the Ferrari Enzo in all aspects, I believe there will be no problem selling 999 units."

When Cao Yang said this, Zeng Tingting did not refute again.

If the performance of the Star III can really surpass that of the Ferrari Enzo and its appearance is very beautiful, then the price of 3 million is really not high.

After all, the parts used in sports cars are all produced in small batches and the cost is very high.

The use of various new technology parts has kept the cost of parts high.

In this case, if the product is sold too cheaply, it will not only have no effect on promoting sales, but will also cause the company to suffer large losses.

This is obviously inappropriate.

"Mr. Cao, the design of various parts of this Xingchen No. 3 should be very different from ordinary cars."

"Can we consider recruiting some engineers from European sports car companies to participate in the design work?"

Although Yao Yongxiang knew that Cao Yang would definitely participate in the design of the model, he couldn't just ask Cao Yang for every job, right?

Therefore, he still wants to find some engineers with experience in sports car design to join the team, so that everyone will not be like headless chickens who don't know how to work hard.

"If you think it's necessary, go recruit."

"However, the experiences of those people can only be used as a reference."

"In fact, if you simply want to know how to design a sports car, it may be more convenient to recruit relevant personnel from Japanese companies such as Toyota, Honda and Nissan."

"On the one hand, these people are easier to manage and more willing to come to work in China."

"On the other hand, the cost will be much cheaper."

It's not that Cao Yang is reluctant to spend money, he just doesn't want the situation of unequal pay for equal work to be too obvious.

At this time, you have to recruit a few engineers from famous companies such as Ferrari or Porsche. Even for the most ordinary engineers, if the annual salary is not in the millions, it will be difficult to recruit suitable people.

However, most domestic engineers still earn an annual salary of 100,000 yuan.

Now, suddenly someone appears who does a job that is not very different from mine, but the salary is ten times that of mine.

So what do you think?
To be continued...