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Chapter 496 The Big Mac in the Truck Market

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In today's world, if you think of heavy-duty trucks, you can't help but think of the brand IWC.

Of course, if you mention Wanguo Trucks, many people who are not involved in the field of public transportation may not be familiar with this brand. However, if you mention Optimus Prime and Megatron in the famous Transformers movie a few years later, people may not be able to

He said he didn’t know anymore.

The predecessor of IWC Trucks was actually McMick, a small company specializing in manufacturing harvesters. Later, as the United States became a major agricultural country and the country expanded, this company also continued to develop.

Later, after continuous development, this company has become a large-scale joint enterprise specializing in agricultural machinery, and in 1902, it cooperated with two other companies to form the now famous Universal Combine Harvester Company.

At that time, the company was mainly involved in construction machinery, agricultural machinery, trucks and buses.

Later, with the rise of the United States in World War I and World War II, the truck business of this company also continued to expand. Especially during World War II, their kb series trucks even became more popular with the United States.

The military boots of the soldiers have crossed the ocean and entered the world.

And this kb series truck is also the GIS truck of the Soviet era and the prototype of my country's earliest truck Jiefang ca10.

In 1979, due to a series of decision-making errors and conflicts with employees, the company's senior management was involved in a series of economic scandals, and the company eventually had to be reorganized.

The newly formed company was renamed Navigation International Group, while Wanguo Commercial Vehicles remained as a company specializing in the manufacture of heavy-duty trucks, school buses, buses and large engines.

Although the IWC brand was severely damaged after such a setback, after several years of recovery and the reliance of the U.S. domestic economy on large transportation trucks, the company quietly recovered.

And it has continued to make achievements in the field of heavy-duty trucks. This is also the main reason why famous machinery and equipment manufacturing companies like Caterpillar choose to cooperate with this company.

The current ct660 later launched by Caterpillar is actually slightly different from the Paystar of IWC in terms of appearance. Many other parts are actually completely used parts of Paystar of IWC, including the most important ones.

Chassis and engine.

It’s just that this paystar is the latest generation product developed by the Hangxing Group in 2008. The highlight of this new car is of course the two latest diesel engines equipped on this paystar.

The brand name of these two diesel engines in the Navigation Star Group is maxxforce. Later, after they were OEMed by Cat, they became ct11 and ct13 engines.

The reason why Navigation Star Group is so generous in allowing Cat Group to use their engine and chassis technology for OEM production is because since the financial crisis in 2008, Navigation Star Group's product sales have been sluggish, especially their

It is owned by Wanguo Commercial Vehicles.

Because of the sluggish world economy, it has also led to the continued downturn and recession in the transportation industry, which has resulted in the poor performance of their trucks on the market.

IWC has also tried various methods to increase their sales, but has always had little effect.

They previously developed the latest paystar in 2008, but they spent a lot of money on this model. However, the market was sluggish, and sales of the new truck have been poor since it was launched. They have been unable to withdraw funds to provide molybdenum.

The group Navigation Star Group has also brought a lot of pressure.

Just at this time, Caterpillar, the overlord in the field of machinery, came to visit. They happened to be interested in testing the field of heavy-duty trucks, so Wanguo Commercial Vehicle simply followed the trend and asked for a large amount of funds from Caterpillar, and then opened up

Share your own technical fields with Caterpillar.

So after Caterpillar obtained the technology from IWC, it redesigned the appearance of its own truck, and then integrated the technology from IWC into it, so this cat ct660 belonging to Caterpillar was born.

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IWC has not done very well in promoting its new products. This is of course related to their economic strength, but what kind of company is Caterpillar?

He and Navigation Star Group are not companies of the same magnitude. In the field of mechanical construction, Caterpillar can definitely be regarded as the well-deserved overlord!

In the world, there are almost no mechanical controllers who understand machinery and like heavy metal style who are not familiar with this super overlord in the construction machinery industry.

Originally, Caterpillar came up with such a heavy-duty truck, which was just an ice-breaking test in the field of heavy-duty trucks. You must know that they have been specializing in various engineering vehicles, such as excavators, mining trucks, and crawlers.

Bulldozers, etc., but in terms of heavy-duty trucks, they have not yet made a breakthrough!

So after the ct660, which was originally meant for fun, was produced, Caterpillar gradually began to pay attention to it. Later, it spent a lot of money on advertising, and even made the car's prototype Big Mike

It became Megatron's prototype vehicle in Transformers 3.

With such generous promotion and Caterpillar's reputation in the construction machinery industry, this originally toy-like ct660 has begun to be slowly promoted in the field of construction machinery.

Because it is a product of Caterpillar, people are more willing to believe in the quality of Cat. Therefore, the performance of this truck has been good since it was launched. It can be said that it is completely different from the fate of its cousin in IWC.

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The load capacity is from 10 tons to 68 tons, and this is the cargo capacity without modification. If such a truck were to be put on the Chinese truck market, wouldn't it immediately cause a sensation?

Although this vehicle also does not have a rest room, as a tractor, its load capacity is enough to attract many transportation owners.

Moreover, the energy displayed by his two 10.5-liter 4-cylinder diesel engines and the 12.4-liter 6-cylinder diesel engine is quite astonishing. This is equivalent to clearly telling those transportation owners that this car still has plenty of modification capabilities.

, even if a large trailer is attached behind it, we can still pull it.

Such data is definitely good news for those transportation owners who understand trucks.

What are the data on the trucks currently purchased in China?

The Jiefang heavy truck, with a displacement of 11 liters, can only pull a load of more than 30 tons at most, and after modifications, it can only pull more than 50 tons.

The data of the remaining large trucks such as Auman heavy trucks and Dongfeng Tianlong are also the same. They are all about the same. Moreover, the fuel consumption of domestic heavy trucks is not necessarily lower than that of this car.

The trucks currently used in China are basically the same as those in the civilian passenger car market before the emergence of Huayang Power. They are basically products that are one generation behind the international market.

Even after this year, when Jiefang's J6 was newly launched, it still maintained a displacement of 11L, and its traction was only 40 tons, and the modified traction was only 60 tons.

It is not impossible to increase the towing weight, but if you do that, you will only damage the car. However, in order to make a living, many transportation owners will still greatly increase the towing capacity. After all, the livelihood problem is right in front of them. Facing domestic problems,

With such a messy road environment, if you don't add a tow truck, you will lose money, so many owners would rather damage their cars than add a tow truck.

Although Jin Xiaoqiang really dislikes those privately modified trucks, he also fully understands the survival pressure faced by those transportation owners.

Road officials need to eat, traffic police need to eat, and transportation owners also need to eat (this paragraph is a bit vague, but I believe everyone understands it. In order to prevent river crabs from infesting, I will not go into detail about it), so in the end, I have combined several aspects.

The result is that there are almost no large trucks on the road that are not overloaded.

And his original purpose of developing this car was actually to make the domestic transportation industry more standardized and to allow transportation owners to reduce the number of privately modified vehicles as much as possible.

After all, cars that have been modified in the past are more dangerous to drive on the road due to the control. Secondly, the modified trucks will damage the engine, so those large trucks are usually scarred after only a few years.

, and some are directly scrapped or overhauled, which increases the burden on those transportation owners. Thirdly, the environmental pollution capacity of modified large trucks is quite severe. I believe everyone has seen the kind of trucks with large trucks hanging on them.

A scene of trucks passing by while hanging in the air, spewing black smoke.

The development of this truck by Huayang Dynamics can just make up for the original intention of car owners to modify their vehicles privately. The original towing capacity of the vehicle is relatively large, and even if it is modified, it can be modified to be more powerful. It is estimated that if this vehicle is modified, the traction capacity

Lifting a hundred tons should be easy and stress-free.

Moreover, the engine of American origin will also make this car look more solid. It will not be like the domestic engine, which will be tired like an old scalper after only a few years. Almost every time it is run, it will have to go to the overhaul shop.

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These advantages can all be reasons for owners who are engaged in transportation to choose this car.

In short, as long as this Big Mac can be manufactured, Jin Xiaoqiang believes that no one will buy it, and when the time comes to submit it for approval, he can also follow Uncle Liu's route. I believe it will not be difficult to get it approved.

If I remember correctly, Wanguo Commercial Vehicles returned to the Chinese market in 2009, and plans to reach the top five in the country within a few years. If it does not occupy the market early at this time, it will wait until others do

Once you actually get in, it’s hard to say!

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