Chapter 174 Xiao Luo and the trial production EVO first met

October 10st was the National Day in mainland China, and Fang Hexuan took advantage of this atmosphere to go north to Shenzhen.

Five months have passed since the end of April, but the two automobile factories in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, took only more than four months from the completion of civil construction to equipment installation and debugging.

If it is an ordinary businessman, this process will only take more than 3 months to complete.

But Fang Hexuan attached great importance to his first automobile factory, so the entire process was extremely strict and he repeatedly invited Japanese and German equipment experts to inspect it.

When he arrived at BYD and BMW, BYD had already started small-scale trial production and produced 80 vehicles in more than half a month.

This is not a problem of production capacity, but a trial production rather than mass production. The cars manufactured are used for various inspections and road tests, so there is no need for too many of them.

Fang Hexuan looked at these dozens of machines and suddenly felt like yelling loudly.

In his previous life, he bought a Mitsubishi EVO, which he modified several times and spent almost one million yuan on, but he still found it very enjoyable.

For men, machinery has a different kind of beauty and is a kind of romance that all men understand.

There are only 80 units now. When the official mass production starts next year, Fang Hexuan's cars will be able to be driven in every corner of the world. This sense of accomplishment can probably only be understood by his peers.

He leaned forward and slid his fingers over a black EVO, feeling the coolness of the steel and the elegance of the car's curves, which immediately made his heart surge.

The cars closest to the boss are, of course, tested and fueled up.

So, when Fang Hexuan expressed his desire to test drive the car himself, Uchiyama Hisahiko nodded calmly, as if he had expected it.

Boss Fang drove BYD's EVO around the large factory area for seven or eight laps before he finally had his fill.

If we look at it from the perspective of the future, the current EVO still has many shortcomings.

But if compared with the performance of today's mainstream cars, BYD's EVO may not be very dazzling, but it will definitely impress car fans who know cars.

Since the engine incorporates technology from Mitsubishi and AMG, the EVO's power output is still quite wild.

Of course, this is also because the entire car weighs only 1.18 tons.

In addition, the chassis and suspension have been guided by French engineers and AMG experts, and are much better than ordinary cars.

These two points can be said to be the biggest highlights of EVO. For real car fans, the very plus appearance coupled with a good engine and excellent chassis technology is really very conscientious.

Fang Hexuan got out of the car and threw the keys to Luo Lixian next to him.

Xiao Luo, who was not even 18 years old, danced with excitement and immediately sat in the right driver's seat.

In March this year, the EVO maintenance team members who went to the United States to shoot "Cannonball Run" returned to Hong Kong and were received by the big boss.

The team leader introduced Luo Lixian to Fang Hexuan, saying that Luo not only had excellent maintenance skills, but also first-class driving skills. Most importantly, he used his actions to convince Hollywood stars and proved to Americans that Chinese people can also build cars.

Of course Fang Hexuan knew this stunt expert in his previous life, but he never expected that this guy was actually in his own company.

This time I came to Shenzhen to inspect the performance of the trial production EVO, and I brought Xiao Luo with me.

Luo Lixian's excitement was not fake. He has loved playing with cars since he was a child, and he is an expert in both repairing and racing cars.

But the cars I had played with before were either from Japan, West Germany or the United States, and there had never been a car made by the Chinese themselves.

He even fantasized whether he would have the chance to build a car in the future.
At the age of 15, he joined BYD's R&D center in Hung Hom and saw the real R&D process and technology of automobiles, which was like entering a new world. In the R&D center, he eagerly learned all the knowledge about automobiles. Even though he had a low academic degree, it did not hinder his enthusiasm.

Because of his quick mind, ability to identify problems and solve technical problems on his own, he was fortunate to be selected into the maintenance team for EVO's filming in the United States.

Although I know that the performance of this pre-production EVO is not as good as the three cars prepared for the filming,
But even if it is the beggar’s version, it can be mass-produced and put on the market!
Those performance cars may always stay in the R&D center and be unknown to the world.

Although Luo Lixian pursues the ultimate performance of cars, he likes to challenge conventions.

Wouldn't it be more fulfilling if you could drive a mass-produced ordinary car to a level that even performance cars can't reach?

He thought so and indeed did so.

All the people who accompanied the big boss on the tour today just watched Luo Lixian driving the basic version of EVO on the concrete field, sometimes accelerating, sometimes turning, and sometimes drifting.

The entire factory could hear the sharp sound of tires rubbing against the ground, and could see wisps of blue smoke rising into the sky.

There were now dozens of black tire marks on the originally grayish-white cement ground.

The big boss Fang Hexuan just stood outside the venue and watched Xiao Luo showing off, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he admired him very much.

Such people are not burdened by worldly matters. When they encounter a career they love, they really devote themselves to it wholeheartedly, so their success is truly beyond words.

Moreover, Luo Lixian's racing skills were indeed pleasing to the eye. Even BYD's president, Hisahiko Uchiyama, a Japanese devil, nodded repeatedly while watching.

Fang Hexuan felt that for someone as wild and unrestrained as Luo Lixian, being just a technical engineer was indeed a waste of his talent.

He feels that Ronaldinho belongs on the track and on the road, and he is very suitable to be a professional driver or a test driver for BYD.

Perhaps, when BYD competes in WRC in the future, Luo Lixian will also have the opportunity to drive EVO to compete with foreign car companies and foreign drivers.

Fang Hexuan certainly hopes that BYD can train its own drivers, preferably Chinese, which will be more meaningful for the brand.

In addition to Luo Lixian, Fang Hexuan learned from Dayanming that there are also many outstanding underground drivers in Hong Kong's underworld.

These are all talented people. Even if they cannot become professional drivers, they can help BYD conduct long-term road tests in various terrain environments around the world.

Luo Lixian had a lot of fun. The performance of this trial production EVO exceeded his expectations. The 1.8L engine is indeed not as good as the 2.0L one, but the whole vehicle is several hundred kilograms lighter than the three performance EVOs.

Therefore, when actually driving on real roads, the difference with the performance version is not particularly obvious.

Moreover, the engine and chassis of the pre-production EVO received help from AMG, which is not available in the performance version.

Xiao Luo was very excited. He wanted to find his big boss to buy a trial production EVO. Even if he didn't use it for racing, the commemorative significance would be very important.

Having been in BYD for nearly three years, from being confused when he first joined to being completely devoted to it now, it is BYD's incredible technological progress that has given him unlimited room for imagination.

To be honest, even if the performance of this batch of EVOs is terrible, he is still willing to buy them.

Even though I’m not a fan of appearance, Xiao Luo still thinks that this car designed by BYD is really beautiful!

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