Taking advantage of the heat of the auto show, the South Bay Consortium plans to launch its own new cars in August and September.
Originally, Wan Feng hoped to separate the release of these new cars to avoid cannibalization.
However, the South Bay Consortium did not benefit alone from the auto show. Other automakers also benefited, and those joint ventures also launched new cars.
Especially SAIC Volkswagen's Polo and SAIC GM's Sail, which mainly feature 1.4L and 1.5L engines, form direct competition with the cars of the Nanwan Consortium.
Since we are facing this situation, we might as well release all of them and start a market melee to see who will be the final beneficiary.
When this idea came to Wan Feng, his head was also hot, but when he suddenly remembered the special day of September 11, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured on his head, and his mind immediately calmed down.
Although what happened on September 11 was a million miles away from China, the economic impact it had on the world was still enormous, and China was also affected by the radiation.
As for what impact it will have on cars, Wan Feng is not quite sure.
In his previous life, in 2001, he was still renting VCD discs and playing with burners, and had little understanding of the impact of September 11th on the automobile market.
Precisely because he had no reference, he had no idea what impact this incident would have.
To be on the safe side, he believes that it is better to be conservative during this period and not release all the cars during this period. If the economy becomes sluggish, it will cause a backlog of products.
Therefore, Wanfeng decisively postponed the launch date of the new model and decided to push it to the winter of that year.
See what the situation is like.
Great Wall's civilian vehicles have sufficient orders, which will not affect their launch.
As for official vehicles, there is nothing to worry about. Even if the government slows down procurement due to the incident, it will not affect Nanwan Group's production plans.
As for the consortium, Chengnan Automobile and Tiannan Automobile are both transplanted models, and they already have a huge social base. The impact of September 11th on them will not be too great and will not delay their listing.
As for Guangwan’s new car, it depends on Guihuatang’s opinion.
Should we disclose this information to the military?
But how do you say it? Just say you dreamed that the World Trade Center in the United States was hit by a plane and collapsed?
Isn't this a fairy tale?
There’s really no way to say this, so let’s just forget it.
Anyway, the consequence of this incident is that the United States has begun to focus on the Middle East and has no time to monitor China, which is a good thing for China.
Since it was a good thing, he was not going to get involved and let the Americans deal with La Deng.
Guan Dahai returned with the test team on August 20th. The 100,000-kilometer endurance test of the new Great Wall lasted nearly three months, and they returned ten days ahead of schedule.
He looked tired, but his spirit was high.
"Boss Wan! I've noticed our cars are getting better and better, seriously!"
Wan Feng was amused by this guy's words: "You are talking nonsense, isn't it? If you keep making worse things, you will become a fool!"
"Really?! With the power of this Great Wall, I think I can get good results in a track race with it."
"Oh! Are you still interested in racing?"
Wan Feng was originally planning to discuss the issue of racing with this guy, but unexpectedly he brought it up first.
"As a driver, isn't it normal to be interested in racing?"
"How about letting you drive an off-road car and participate in a track autocross race?"
Guan Dahai's eyes lit up like a light bulb: "Really?"
Then he looked depressed again: "But there are no professional competitions in our country now?"
"It will definitely happen, don't worry! I estimate that within three years our country will definitely have its own autocross race. How can a country as big as ours, with such a huge market, not have its own auto race?"
"I think so too. Mr. Wan, do you want to organize a car race?"
"I want to organize a racing team, but forget about racing. I'm not qualified for that."
Unless an underground car race is organized, a regular car race can only be organized by the National Automobile Federation. If an individual wants to organize one, he or she must cooperate with the Automobile Federation.
Wan Feng doesn't have that mindset right now.
If the FIA wanted to host the event, he would have no problem sponsoring it, but he was not prepared to go through the trouble of organizing it alone.
Guan Dahai was surprised: "Boss Wan! Are you really going to organize a convoy?"
"Of course. I've already started recruiting. The advert has been put out. We're looking for drivers, mechanics, coaches, and support staff. I think the team will be established next year, and you'll be the team captain then."
"That's great!" Guan Dahai almost grew wings under his ribs and flew up.
Being a racing driver was his dream when he was young. He originally thought that this dream would never come true in his lifetime, but unexpectedly, pie in the sky started to fall from the sky when he reached middle age.
All new Great Wall vehicles that went out for endurance testing were brought into the workshop for all-round inspection.
After several days of system testing, the inspection results of the new car were excellent.
After 100,000 kilometers, except for some damage on the exterior, everything else on the car is intact.
There is no oil or water leakage in the three major components, and all parts are in good condition.
The new Great Wall can be put into mass production.
The 150,000-unit production line officially went into production on September 1st.
After the production of vehicles supplied to the government began, Great Wall also began final preparations to enter the civilian market.
The cars initially available on the market are white and gray, with red and blue to be produced in small quantities in the future.
The exterior of the car has also undergone minor modifications, mainly enlarging the front grille and making the waistline more streamlined.
The internal configuration has added an automatic transmission option and an elite version.
The car that is ready to be launched into the civilian market is priced at NT$223,000 for the regular version and NT$238,000 for the elite version.
While Nanwan Motors was preparing to launch new models after September 11, Huaguang was also not idle. As usual, the new Huaguang mobile phone officially rolled off the production line and entered the market in September.
The name of the new phone is H3608.
Huaguang’s recently launched mobile phones are 1688 and 2688, but the fact that this phone is named 3608 shows that it is not a new phone in the true sense.
Because of this, this new phone does not have any major highlights in terms of performance. It just brings together some innovations of past Huaguang phones, and then adds a sliding cover style.
Its only highlight is probably that it is equipped with Huaguang’s own new system Blue-ray, which has the prototype of a smart phone.
This independent system, which was finally named Blu-ray, was developed specifically for 3G networks and can be said to represent the most powerful mobile phone operating system at the time.
This operating system, which has been under development for many years, entered the fast lane after obtaining the TD-SCDMA standard. It was launched after adapting to the standard and passing testing based on the already completed development.
As to whether it is mature now, we have to wait for the market to test it.
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