This shock absorption is not to make the driver's ride more comfortable, but to protect the engine!
This engine is a delicate thing, and the current road conditions are generally poor. Except for cement roads and cinder roads in cities, most other places have gravel and dirt roads. The road conditions are incomparable to the flat roads of later generations.
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This vehicle was very bumpy when driving, so in order to protect the engine, a shock-absorbing suspension device was installed.
The entire truck has a dead weight of only 1.5 tons, and the carriage load can reach two tons.
This load capacity is actually not very large, it is about the same as most four-wheeled carriages.
After decades of development, the technology of the carriages in the Tang Dynasty has become very advanced. Generally, carriages for freight have a load capacity of more than one ton, and there are also carriages that can carry two tons.
However, the load capacity itself is not the key. What is important is that this thing has enough horsepower. After carrying two tons, it can still walk on some cinder roads and gravel roads. It even has pretty good uphill capabilities and can run on straight roads.
The speed is quite fast.
Whether it is speed or uphill ability, etc., they are incomparable to ordinary horse-drawn carriages.
After this kind of truck was launched on the market, the response was not great at first. It was not until a transportation company in Zhengzhou purchased a few trucks that it became popular.
Because those transportation companies discovered that although this thing is quite expensive and troublesome to maintain, its transportation volume is really considerable and its speed is very fast. If nothing unexpected happens, it can run up to 80 kilometers in one breath. If you bring it again,
If you put on a few tanks of gasoline, it won't be a problem for hundreds of kilometers.
And there is no need to maintain a large number of horses.
Raising this horse is very troublesome and expensive.
As for these cars, they can run on fuel.
And it's not as big or slow as the previous steam tractors.
Those freight companies immediately discovered that these trucks of Zhongyuan Automobile Company are extremely suitable for short- and medium-distance transportation. They are convenient and fast, and the operating costs are lower than using horse-drawn carriages...
As a result, several local transportation companies placed a large number of orders with Zhongyuan Automobile Company. Soon, the whole country knew that Zhongyuan Automobile Company had developed a truck that was extremely suitable for medium and short-distance transportation.
As a result, Zhongyuan Automobile Company's truck business became popular, even more popular than their private car business.
In the last quarter of the 41st year of Xuanping, they received orders for more than 1,000 trucks. In the first three quarters of the 42nd year of Xuanping, they had received a total of 3,000 orders.
In total, there are orders for 5,000 units.
This made the people at Zhongyuan Automobile Company feel greatly relieved.
In the past, in the private car business, they were severely suppressed by Suzhou Power Machinery Company. They did not sell hundreds of cars in a year, and most of them were friendly orders...
When people talk about private cars, the first thing they think of is West Lake Automobile, which has nothing to do with Zhongyuan Automobile...
The rich and powerful have all identified with West Lake luxury cars. They feel that this thing is a combination of technology and luxury, and riding on this thing can reflect their own style.
There is no way, Xihu Auto took the right path from the beginning, and seized the market in advance, establishing a luxury car brand, leaving no way for latecomers.
Because at this time, it is no longer a question of whether the car is good or not, but a question of quality.
Last year, in order to open up the market, Zhongyuan Automobile Company also tried a price reduction strategy. Thinking of the idea of selling even if it did not make money, it directly lowered the price to 4,000 yuan. In the conscience of heaven and earth, Zhongyuan Automobile Company basically had nothing to lose at this price.
Profit.
But of course there is no egg!
Before the price reduction, it was fine. Rich people would occasionally come to inquire, and a few cars could still be sold.
Once the price is reduced, it will be over and no one will ask...
Later, their management was very puzzled. Their senior management specifically asked several rich people to ask, and the answers from the rich people were different.
But to sum it up, people don't care about cost-effectiveness at all, nor do they care about the horsepower of your car. They only care about whether the decoration of the car is luxurious or not, and whether you can look good when going out in the car.
One of the rich men did not answer directly, but described a scene to them: If I bought your car, I took your car to attend the rally. During the meeting, we talked about this car, and Lao Wang on the right said that I had mentioned it.
It’s a 42-year-new model of Westlake. Westlake recently went on sale and it was quite cheap. I got their high-end luxury version for just over RMB 8,000.
Lao Li on the left also said: Yes, yes, West Lake Automobile is holding an event. I just ordered a privately customized version of West Lake Automobile. It used to cost more than 20,000, but now it is only 15,000.
You can win it with a thousand.
Do you think I can still have a good chat with them at that time?
Do I have to tell them, yes, yes, I also took advantage of the Zhongyuan Automobile discount and bought one for only 4,000!
People should not look worried: Brother, has your business encountered difficulties recently? If you have any questions, just say it. We are all brothers. Anyone who can help you will definitely help you. Don’t hide it, otherwise you will be unable to recover and go bankrupt.
It's not good...
Do you think I am the kind of person who is going to go bankrupt when encountering difficulties?
What, you said no.
Since you know that I am not, what are you telling me about a car worth 4,000 yuan? Does this rich man lack that 10,000 yuan?
Then, the talents of Zhongyuan Automobile Company reacted. At that time, someone from Zhongyuan Automobile Company shouted: I will say, I will say, why are Xihu cars more and more expensive? There are new models in addition to ordinary models, and luxury models among new models.
, extreme luxury models, high-end luxury models, high-end customized models, one is more expensive than the other, what those bastards buy is not cars, but face!
In short, West Lake Motors is not an ordinary means of transportation in contemporary Datang, but more like a tool used by the rich to show their strength.
When going to discuss business, there is nothing more aura than riding in a West Lake luxury car.
As for ordinary people, they would like to buy a cheap private car of 4,000 yuan from Zhongyuan Automobile, but this 4,000 yuan is not something ordinary people can afford.
Those who can afford to buy a car these days are wealthy people who are not short of money. There is no difference between four thousand and eight thousand for them.
Rich people who can afford four thousand dollars usually buy Westlake cars worth eight to nine thousand dollars.
If you can't afford eight thousand, you can't afford four thousand either.
After calming down, Zhongyuan Automobile Company has fully shifted into the field of trucks. In addition to launching civilian trucks, they are also actively seeking orders from the military.
This makes life easier.
As for another domestic automobile company, it is Qixiang Automobile Company.
They did not take an ordinary path from the beginning. Their main business was two-wheeled and three-wheeled vehicles.