Chapter 258 Test Run

By the time the engine reached 132 horsepower, everyone had changed their minds. The engine, though slightly smaller than a comparable engine, outperformed the Volkswagen 1.4 t engine at 130 horsepower, it's at least 40 kilograms lighter than the Volkswagen's 1.4 t engine and seems to be making less noise. The engine has reached the peak output of the Volkswagen's equivalent engine, but it's still running smoothly!

It is understood that this is because it has not yet reached its limit!

Over 100 kilowatts and climbing. 110,120,130!

Finally, the power stops at 133 kw and is converted to HP, which is 180.8, nearly 181 HP!

Oh, my God!

This time, all the employees know that they are not retrogressive, but to create a new miracle! They have just produced an engine that is at least 30 percent more powerful than a comparable engine, even up to 40 percent!

Audi 1.8 TFSI's A4L, but only 160 horsepower, and this 1.4 t engine, can actually be in power, close to the LOW-END BMW 5 series!

If this engine is going to be used in a small hatchback like a golf, then what does golf have to do with performance? Would be blown up by a car of the same class with this engine!

Not only are all the employees excited, but even Zhang Yunfeng is excited. After the production line has been modified, under SHŌNI's control, it can be said that it has reached the technical level of more than a decade later and has such strong technical strength, dongchen into the car market, it is easy, whether it is competitive shape, competitive performance or environmental protection, cost-effective, all the cars on the market will be compared to Dongchen cars.

At the same time, transmission parts re-customized by the high-precision machining center have also been installed. Zhang Yunfeng's next step is to send the engine and transmission to the final assembly line in Chengdu, with the body of a car that they've already started to build.

He had been waiting in Zhangjiakou for two days, with six sets of engines and gearboxes packed in engineering cases and shipped to the airport for airlift.

Six large boxes were loaded into the belly of the Airbus A330, while Zhang Yunfeng was already sitting in the first class cabin of the plane, which will land in Chengdu in two and a half hours, while logistics personnel from the final assembly line were already waiting at the airport to unload the cargo, will be the first time the six power system back to the final assembly plant, where Zhang Yunfeng three models, the lowest-end two-box and three-box car body has been quietly waiting in the plant.

Assembly line workers had been told of new developments in Shijiazhuang, with 1.4-ton engines and 180 horsepower output, which they said was impossible, but their Shijiazhuang colleagues were so sure, this led Chengdu employees to believe the bizarre figures, but they were waiting for the engine to arrive, waiting for the engine to be loaded into the car after the performance of the car.

After a two-and-a-half-hour flight, the plane finally landed at Chengdu Airport. After landing, the plane was pushed into the boarding corridor. On the side of the passengers, the plane began to disembark in an orderly manner, while the unloading crew had opened the cargo compartment of the plane, start unloading the cargo.

After Zhang Yunfeng got off the plane, he met with the staff who were waiting to meet him. Then they went to the Logistics Department of the airport. After waiting for half an hour, six big boxes were loaded into the Dongchen transport vehicle.

Zhang rode to the factory in the XC90, which the company had previously supplied.

Once at the plant gate, the XC90 headed directly to the final assembly room of the final assembly line, followed by a truck that, after a u-turn at the door, dumped the car into the shop.

More than a dozen workers have been waiting impatiently, forklift drivers began to help the workers unload, and Zhang Yunfeng saw at a glance in the final assembly workshop of six cars.

These six cars all belong to a low-end model in their three models. However, this low-end model has two shapes, namely a hatchback and a hatchback. The hatchback is basically about the size of a Volkswagen Golf, and the Hatchback, it is similar in size to the Chevrolet Cruze, but the two models are very beautiful in appearance. Even though they are positioned at the low end of the 150,000 or so cars, from the appearance alone, both the overall model and the streamlined design, or wheel hub, Tailpipe, lights and other details, reflect a very extraordinary design concept, many elements, in the current model, or very difficult to see.

These two cars, from the appearance alone, have already won out!

Of course, no one would have known that one of these was a Volkswagen Golf that came out more than a decade later and was the best selling, most popular, and most critically acclaimed golf of all time. As for the other, it was borrowed from Ford Mondeo, but the overall ratio was slightly reduced.

Workers are still unloading, unpacking, and pushing a trolley ready to lift, and Zhang Yunfeng is pulling the door, ready to sit in the car to feel the space and comfort.

Although both of these cars are mini cars, the design of the interior space is very reasonable. From the moment of opening the door, people will feel that the handle of the door and the opening and closing damping force of the door are very appropriate, not light or heavy, and the feel is very good, and the car seat, is also the choice of leather seats, of course, this is in the high-end models will only have the configuration.

The steering wheel is of a moderate size, but because there is no power system, the power of the steering is not yet known, and the center console is very simple and classic, with a high-end version of the LCD navigation, these electronic devices, zhang doesn't develop them, but in the future, if you want to make luxury cars and performance cars, in-car computers and in-car Intelligence Systems, you'll have to develop your own, similar to BMW's xdrive.

The workers began to pull two different cars onto the lift platform. After the two cars were fixed, the lift platform rose to an altitude of about 1.7 meters, which was convenient for the workers to install and adjust at the bottom, and the front cover has been removed above the workers, the engine is hanging in the upper body, ready to install.

Zhang Yunfeng got out of the car and walked to the side of the lift platform to watch. The workers who took over from wo Erwo were all old employees. Their skills were very skilled. In addition, they were excited and excited. They worked very hard and were in high spirits, the first thing to be loaded in, is the engine, the engine is loaded into the car, immediately after the fixed installation, connecting various pipelines and lines.

The automatic transmission was soon in place, the lift was lowered, and a worker came with an oil gun to refuel both cars. After a start up test, both cars were successfully started.

There have been several professional test drivers in the final assembly plant. As soon as each car comes off the line, it is handed over to them for trial use and various kinds of kneading and maltreatment are carried out, in order to understand the power of the car, turning, braking and suspension hardness and other performance tests, looking for small problems are not appropriate, and then the technician will according to the overall evaluation of the test driver, a new round of car training.

This time, the four test drivers have already started rubbing their hands together to experience this legendary little monster engine. Since both cars are mini cars, the weight is small, and the engine is about 40 kilograms lighter than an ordinary car engine, 180 horsepower in this car, can be said to be super-high configuration, easy to make this car into a performance car.

The commissioning engineer's plan is to divide the four test drivers into two groups, each with a test driver, a front driver, test driving performance, a co-driver, Test Riding Comfort, as well as objective experience of vehicle performance, cross-tested by two people, after they had both been tested, the two groups switched cars and continued testing.

The final assembly plant has an oversized parking lot that is vacant, and an Oval Road that was built at the same time as the initial construction of the ring factory, built at the level of the racetrack, of course, this simple track has a big gap compared to the professional testing ground, can only carry out relatively simple tests, if you want to carry out rigorous tests, you must find a professional testing ground.

Many domestic brands, due to their lack of strength, simply do not have the capacity to build large-scale and perfect specialized test car parks, while the joint venture brands basically have their own special secret test car parks in foreign countries. They have put into production the car models of China, all of them have been fully tested in foreign countries before they were handed over to China's local production. Therefore, no foreign car brand has ever set up a testing ground in China. Jiefang, Dongfeng and byd have their own testing ground, but the technological content is too low, even if it is too low to be called a testing ground, so far, there is not a real professional testing ground in China, just this, you can also see the gap between domestic and foreign car brands.

Zhang Yunfeng did not think of setting up a test car park. One is that the area is too damn big, and the investment is also big. Sometimes, some high-end brands need several kilometers just to test the top speed of vehicles on a straight track, plus a variety of other facilities down, a car park area, is likely to be larger than the urban area of many cities, his car will have what data performance, Zhang Yunfeng know, so the significance of establishing a car park is not big.

Two cars slowly pulled out of the building and headed to the assembly line parking lot, where at the height of Vorvo's peak, at most, thousands of new cars had just come off the line, but now the parking lot was empty and there were no cars, it's a good place for a test drive.

The two test drivers who were driving the vehicle also seemed to have made an agreement. On the way to the parking lot, they both drove at a very slow speed. No one pressed the gas pedal deeply. What they waited for was that when they got to the parking lot, then let go and try the real motivation of your own car.

The test driver in the passenger's hand is holding a stopwatch, which is a simple but very straightforward tool used to test the acceleration performance of a car, from the moment the car moves, to the time between the speed reaching the specified number on the dashboard, it's basically zero error.

A large number of employees crowded around the parking lot to watch this exciting moment. Previous models of the car were all finalized and manufactured before the Volvo was sold to Geely. Therefore, they have never really tested a new model. Today, or A girl in a sedan chair? First Time.