Chapter 332 X5 and X7
"What do you mean? Let you go to the university to be a teacher?"
Before Fang Xiang had time to think about it, Cao Tianwei in front of him started to ask.
"Yeah, that's what I mean."
When the phone call was made just now, Cao Tianwei had been sitting opposite, so he naturally heard some of it.
Fang Xiang had no intention of hiding it and nodded in acknowledgement.
"Some of you are busy...
It seems that I came at the right time. Before you get busy with the school, you have to take care of this off-road vehicle for me first!"
Cao Tianwei was there to watch the fun and was not afraid of any trouble, so he took out a cigarette from the cigarette box in front of Fang Xiang.
"Don't laugh at me. It won't be long before you have to teach students in a college."
Fang Xiang looked at Cao Tianwei's expression and immediately laughed.
Today, Cao Tianwei is considered a well-known domestic boss in the automotive industry. Can he escape?
"You...I...
Forget it, let’s not talk about this, let’s talk about the car first.”
When Cao Tianwei heard what Fang Xiang said, he suddenly froze and the expression on his face froze.
I won’t mention the bad schools in Luoyi, as for the better ones, although they are not that good, they also have a good foundation.
For example, engineering colleges, normal colleges and polytechnics.
Given Cao Tianwei's current situation, it is more than enough for him to teach undergraduate and graduate students in these colleges.
As for Zhengzhou University and Henan University, one is in Zheng County and the other one is in Bian Jing. They are far away from each other and not very competitive, but it is not impossible.
Especially now that the country is beginning to attach importance to education and economic development.
Second Automobile Works is also a well-known enterprise in Henan Province, and is more famous than First Tractor.
Cao Tianwei knew that he could not escape, it was just a matter of time.
So he stopped laughing at Fang Xiang and turned to business.
“Off-road vehicle, you can actually make it yourself.
Over the years, I have been buying foreign cars, and you have dismantled countless of them.
Why don’t you want to do it yourself?”
Fang Xiang took a puff of his cigarette, and seeing that Cao Tianwei was not going to talk about school matters, he also changed the subject.
"I don't have confidence. With your example, we can do it ourselves. If we succeed, it's our duty.
Maybe, do you know how great the pressure is?"
Cao Tianwei shook his head. In fact, he had thought about doing it himself before coming here.
But after thinking about it, I still feel that it is safer to leave it to Fang Xiang.
"Well, you want me to take the blame, right?"
Fang Xiang laughed after hearing this and shook his head.
He knew exactly what Cao Tianwei was thinking, but he had already said before that he would draw the picture and they would build it.
It's not a good time to regret now.
“Okay, it’s just drawing two car models.
But don't worry, although I have some ideas about this model, it is brand new after all.
I also need foreign models for reference for many things, so wait for my news."
Fang thought about it and decided to just give them a start.
Who knows, the X series off-road vehicles can really make a name for themselves.
When they upgrade, won’t GAC be able to use the obsolete production line again?
In fact, this kind of OEM business has been done a lot in later generations.
"how long?"
Seeing that Fang wanted to agree, Cao Tianwei asked again.
"Are you planning to take the picture with you?"
When Fang Xiang heard Cao Tianwei's question, he knew what Cao Tianwei was planning.
"What do you think?"
Cao Tianwei asked back.
"Okay, let's start today."
Fang Xiang smiled helplessly and shook his head.
It's just drawing.
Anyway, they are all ready-made. The previous generation of the 3 Series and 5 Series were designed by him personally.
Basically, there is no need for any changes to the engine, gearbox, and chassis, except that the chassis needs to be strengthened.
How long will it take to paint a new car body and interior?
He did what he said and made a gesture to Xiao Cheng, and soon a pile of new drawings were moved in.
The earliest generation of the 5 Series was actually slightly smaller than the standard wheelbase of the later 3 Series.
However, because BMW has led the trend of lengthening cars in recent years, the size is naturally getting bigger and bigger.
So much so that the size of the first-generation 5 Series has become the standard size of the 3 Series in the previous generation.
The vehicle is 4650mm long, 1700mm wide and 1550mm high.
Wheelbase 2800mm.
The dimensions of the 4820 Series are 1720mm in length, 1560mm in width and mm in height.
Wheelbase 2920mm.
It is similar to the extended version of the later 3 Series.
For the updated generation of the 3 Series and 5 Series, Fang Xiang did not continue to lengthen them in big strides.
One is that the market is already very satisfied with this size.
On the other hand, unlimited stretching is not a good thing either.
Didn’t you see that after BBA had stretched to a certain extent, it tacitly stopped the behavior of internal circulation.
It is to ensure the sales of high-end cars.
Therefore, the size of the latest generation of BMW is basically at this level.
Just change it when necessary in the future.
So the new X5 and X7 also follow this size.
As for the seventh series?
Although the 7th Series has been upgraded, the production line has not changed and it is still the same as before.
While keeping the size unchanged, Fang Xiang only changed the exterior and interior.
As I said just now, if you take too big a step, you may end up going astray easily. It is better to leave some room for the future.
After all, it’s only 84 years now, isn’t it?
With this foundation and basis, X5 and X7 were quickly designed.
From the perspective of future generations, it is actually quite ugly, but the off-road vehicles of the same period, such as Land Rover, are even uglier.
It’s not that Fang Xiang can’t draw a beautiful appearance, but as I said, there is no need to.
Now that my pockets are empty, what should I do next?
However, what was ugly in Fang Xiang's eyes, was extremely precious in Cao Tianwei's eyes.
The reason is simple, just because of what Fang Xiang said.
“The X5 is priced based on the 5 Series, with a % increase.
The X7 is sold at a price 7% higher than the Series.
First see how the sales are, if they are good, then maintain this pricing system.
If sales are not good, you also have room to lower the price.”
You see, with the same base and a new shell, the price goes up two or three levels!
There is no need to calculate the profit. Cao Tianwei knows that the profit from selling an X5 off-road vehicle with a three-series chassis is higher than that from selling a seven-series.
"As expected, you have to come. If it were us, we wouldn't dare to sell it at such a high price!"
Cao Tianwei held the two design drawings as if they were treasures.
No one is allowed to touch it except Fang Xiang.
“Now that we have the drawings of the model, you can start work.
There are only so many production lines and the planned quantity is limited, so how do you plan to arrange the production?"
Fang Xiang spent nearly half a month drawing these two car models.
He also looked tired at this time.
"what do you mean?"
Cao Tianwei immediately realized what Fang Xiangxiang was talking about.
“Does Second Automobile Works have any plans to expand production?”
Fang Xiang pinched his temple. He had to work overtime recently because of the excited Cao Tianwei's urging, and he was overwhelmed by himself.
I haven't had a good rest yet. If I don't get rid of this guy, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well.
However, Fang Xiang was still a little worried.
"After all these years, when have you ever thought about it? But you know the objective conditions."
The excitement on Cao Tianwei's face suddenly disappeared, and he turned into a resentful look.
Since Second Automobile Works was listed, the scale of the factory has not changed.
Although with the upgrading of production line machine tools and the improvement of workers' proficiency, output is also increasing step by step.
But the output will eventually come to an end.
Just like now, the annual output can never reach the threshold of 100,000 units.
Otherwise, why would BMW be using the hunger marketing method now?
Is it because they don't want to make it? Or is it because the production volume cannot be increased?
"Do you want to put it in Yangcheng and do the manufacturing for you?"
Fang Xiang put down his hands, looked up, and brought up an idea that he had been thinking about recently.
