Versailles C5 X just went to the market that time, I went to the store to see the real car, the biggest shock point is not how amazing the design of this car, how low the price, but I think that at this price of the product, dare to use materials on the chassis at any cost, may only be the French car.
The chassis is a very test of the conscience of the enterprise, if nothing else, because the chassis is something that cannot be seen or touched, and some companies can use very bad materials for the chassis, and through their own tuning, they can also adjust the driving experience that is not too bad.
However, it is worth mentioning that the chassis architecture is a systematic component of the whole, the control is only a measure of good or bad, and the other missions of the chassis are lightweight, safety and sound insulation performance.
In fact, I have systematically looked at many joint venture cars and even domestic chassis architectures, and the conclusion is relatively clear: in terms of chassis quality, French cars are still the well-deserved TOP1.
On the one hand, French cars still regard the chassis architecture as the soul of the enterprise, so when designing and producing the chassis, they basically plan a large part of the cost.
On the other hand, the design chassis itself is the strength of the French car, so this is the competitiveness that comes with the product in the womb.
Willing to use materials, and the ability to adjust is very strong, so in the control of most of the French cars are very bright, of course, I just said that the control is only one aspect of the highlight, the other highlight must be safety and lightweight standards.
From the material itself, the quality of the aluminum alloy material is lighter, although the strength gap between the two is not very large, but it must be known that basically the parts that can use aluminum alloy are lighter, and the material is not ambiguous.
In other words, steel parts can easily cut corners, such as anti-collision beams.
There are many companies that think about the anti-collision beam, there are more iron, and basically present very thin, the size is relatively small, some cars do not need to say crash, the foot kick can be deformed.
Steel will indeed be better, but there are also two problems: small size and thinness.
Enterprises that can use aluminum alloy before and after have basically given up the idea of saving money on this component, such as Versailles, the anti-collision beam is thicker than the size of my arm, although the strength of the aluminum alloy is not as strong as steel, but the size is large enough, thick enough, and the impact resistance is definitely the first echelon.
There are many brands that save costs on the collision beam, and I can directly name it, Volkswagen, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, basically a small-size anti-collision beam.
To show you the best German car Langyi sold, the anti-collision beam is a layer of stamped steel plate, the thickness is about two millimeters, and the rear anti-collision beam is also a stamped steel plate, with a thickness of more than one millimeter.
Even if it is more than 200,000 Tiguan, the thickness of the anti-collision beam is relatively thin.
This accounting company calculates very clearly, even if a car of Langyi has a year of sales of 400,000 yuan, the cost of the front and rear anti-collision beam can save 100 yuan, this part can save 40 million yuan a year, and the north and south Volkswagen sales peak during the peak period of more than 3 million, this cost is 300 million a year.
I didn't even dare to calculate the cost of invisible suspension.
Peugeot, Citroen many models of suspension parts are aluminum alloy, horizontal tie rod swing arm, etc. are thick and rounded aluminum alloy parts, the cost is obvious, I have seen the suspension material of Tanyue, such as the lower control arm is a single layer of stamped steel plate.
The concept of French car manufacturing is to put good things where they are needed, so we can see a lot of materials and designs that do not care about costs and returns, and I can only say that the French people do not know how to make profits in the matter of car building.
On the contrary, Volkswagen is smarter, and the components such as anti-collision beams, swing arms, and tie rods that users can not see at all must be replaced by stamped steel plates.
You know, the cost of a ton of aluminum alloy and a ton of steel is huge, saving materials in invisible places, I can't say that the French are too stupid to do this, I can only say that the Germans really know how to make money.