Chapter 185: Stepping on the Car Door
It seems that overnight, the safety of cars has become the biggest hot news that the American people are concerned about, and as one of the largest television stations in the United States, ABC TV is naturally unwilling to be left behind, and at the moment they are broadcasting a new program.
In front of the camera, Ms. Loefel, the famous host of ABC, faced the camera and talked eloquently: "Ladies and gentlemen, I solemnly introduce to you this Mr. Chandler next to me, Mr. Chandler is a senior engineer of the Federal Highway Administration of the United States, with more than 20 years of work experience...... Mr. Chandler, would you like to say hello to the audience in front of the television?"
The camera focuses on Chandler, who is standing next to Lofel, the host, in a lab coat.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the camera gave a close-up of the car parked next to Chandler that was blocked by adhesive tape for about two or three seconds, the point is that although the car logo was blocked, as long as people who paid more attention to the trends of the American car industry during this time could recognize this car as the latest star model: Chrysler "family".
Facing the camera, Chandler, with the shyness and shyness characteristic of engineers and technicians, waved his hand at the camera, and greeted the audience in front of the TV: "Okay, ladies and gentlemen in front of the TV, hello everyone, I'm Chandler." ”
After an opening remark, Ms. Lofel, dressed smartly, said to Chandler: "Mr. Chandler, Chrysler told us that we can judge whether a car is made of full materials by the sound of opening and closing the door is 'heavy' enough, can you tell the audience in front of the TV, in addition to listening to the sound of closing the door is 'heavy' enough, what other ways can we users judge whether a car company is making cars with the attitude of making products for users?"
"Okay," Chandler nodded at the camera and said, "I believe that the audience in front of the TV already knows the easiest way to judge the quality of a car, which is to listen to whether the sound of closing the door is thick and dull enough, but frankly speaking, this method is a bit simple and crude, if a manufacturer deliberately strengthens this area, a car of average quality can actually create the texture of the sound of closing the door that only high-end cars will have."
Of course, we must also admit that before Chrysler's contribution to the method, that is, before the car produced before now, this method is used to judge whether the quality of a car is good enough or basically easy to use. Here, I would like to introduce you to a relatively simple and crude method that may even cause relatively large damage to the car......"
Speaking of this, Chandler waved his hand into the distance, and the camera immediately waved in the direction of Chandler's hand, and the next moment, more than 20 strong men appeared in the audience's field of vision in front of the TV.
Looking at these more than 20 strong men, the audience in front of the TV set was a little confused: What is this going to do? Is it planning to let these people move the car?
The host, Ms. Lofel, had the same question, and she asked Chandler with a puzzled face: "Mr. Chandler, are you going to let these able-bodied gentlemen overturn the car?"
"No, no, no, we don't have to go through this trouble," Chandler smiled and waved his hand, "It's so untechnical, what we're going to do next is more technical......"
The host, Ms. Loefel, coldly threw out a sentence: "To be honest, I don't think what you are going to do next will have any technical content. ”
Loefel's words drew unanimous approval from the audience in front of the television: yes, in the face of these 20 or so strong men who are comparable to Texas cowboys, you can't expect this guy who claims to be a senior engineer of the National Transportation Administration to do anything technological.
As it turned out, Loefel was right, and what Chandler was doing was really not technical...... He commanded the more than 20 strong men to board the car one by one, although it blocked the front and rear car logos, but the discerning person knew at a glance that it was the Chrysler "family".
Seeing these more than 20 strong men with an average weight of at least 200 pounds (181.43 pounds) stepping on this Chrysler "family" one after another, especially the two people standing on each door, that is, Lofeld with a total of 8 people standing on the four doors, his eyes were about to pop out, and he covered his mouth and kept shouting: "Oh, my god! Oh, my god!"
In fact, not only the host Loefel, but also the audience in front of the TV were no better than Loefel, they didn't know that the suspension of the car itself carried most of the weight for the doors, they only knew one thing, namely: each side door was fixed to the door frame by two fixed points, each fixed point was only fixed by simple welding, and now, each door carried at least 400 pounds, and the four doors carried at least 16,700 pounds, this Chrysler" Family" doors show no signs of deformation or damage!
Even if the welding point is strong enough, the door frame and door itself are just a layer of iron sheet, and the door and door frame should also be deformed when pulled and torn by such a large weight.
But......
No!
Not at all!
After a while, the strong men got off the car and the door, and the host Lofell opened and closed the door with a disbelieving face, and the camera showed that the Chrysler "family" sedan that had been "ravaged" by more than 20 strong men before opened and closed the door was very smooth and smooth, and the action of opening and closing the door was not smooth or smooth, and then carefully compared the position of the door and the frame, and there was no sign of displacement.
Damn, it's amazing!
A concept and impression quickly formed in the minds of the audience in front of the TV: the quality of this Chrysler "family" is really good!
"Pretty impressive, isn't it?" Chandler was clearly very proud of the result.
Loefel kept nodding his head like a chicken pecking rice: "It's unbelievable, how can a car door bear such a heavy weight? Mr. Chandler, has the door of this car been specially modified or reinforced?"
That's right!
Loefel's words reminded the audience in front of the TV that while it was impressive to have two strong men standing on each door, it would not be incomprehensible if the fixed point connecting the door to the body had been specially modified and reinforced.
"I knew you would have such doubts," a senior engineer is a senior engineer, and Chandler waved at the camera with a "I knew you would think so, but in fact, everything is under my control"...... Come on, shoot here, yes, here it is, come and give a close-up ......"
Through the close-up of the camera lens, the audience in front of the TV can clearly see that the doors and hinges of this Chrysler "family" are not much different from their own sedan, and for a while, the audience in front of the TV are a little dazed: I don't see how different it is from the door hinges of my own car, why can eight 200-pound strong men stand on the door of this Chrysler "family"?
Loefel also asked: "Why can this door withstand such a large weight?"
"Because this is the product of our American automobile manufacturer, our company is producing their products with a strong sense of social responsibility," Chandler said with pride, but in fact, he helped Chrysler advertise fiercely, and at the same time did not offend his American counterparts: "Compared with the products produced by our American automobile manufacturers, I want to say that I am curious, if the same test items are put on Japanese cars, I don't know what will happen to the results?"
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Although this advertisement was made by Chrysler, GM, Ford, and AMC have no reason not to help Chrysler, after all, Chrysler made it clear in this program that spent a full $1 million on sponsorship that only American automobile manufacturers can produce such excellent products with full materials.
Following Chrysler, General Motors, Ford and AMC Motor Co., Ltd. also released videos of their products stepping on the door at lightning speed, and GM even directly modified the idea slightly and put it in advertising: their Buick sedan, with three people standing on each door.
While desperately advocating the quality of their own products, the four auto giants have not forgotten to stumble on Japanese cars, Toyota Corolla, The video of Honda Civic and Suzuki Alto being stepped on the door of the car kept appearing in major TV stations and evaluation columns, although Toyota and Honda were not slow to react, and immediately launched a video of four people standing on their own doors, but it couldn't stand the preconceived impression of the American people: damn the Japanese, this is a deliberate strengthening of the connection of the door after the lie was exposed, otherwise why was the previous door stepped on, and now it's fine?
In the face of the sharp decline in the North American market, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. President Kawashima and Toyota Motor Industry Co., Ltd. President Eiji Toyoda were full of bubbles, and they held meetings for many days to discuss how to deal with it, but they couldn't find a suitable solution for a while.
As the initiator, Chen Gengchen watched the latest report happily on the flight to China: just last week, the number of deliveries of Chrysler's "family" reached a record high, reaching a record high of 600 deliveries per day - which means that if this sales can be maintained, the annual sales of "family" will exceed 210,000 units!
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PS: The second update arrives, since the door has appeared, how can there be less of the classic stepping on the door?