The engine has always been the core of fuel vehicles, in the early years, independent car companies due to the lack of technology, usually directly use other brands of engines, such as Mitsubishi engines, once almost the standard of domestic cars. However, with the improvement of independent brands in technology, more and more independent car companies have developed reliable engines.
For example, Changan's Blue Whale engine series, Chery's 1.6TGDI, Great Wall's 2.0T engine, etc., not only surpass the joint venture engine with the same displacement in performance, but also have been fully tested by the market in terms of quality control. As far as the engine field is concerned, the independent head car company has completely failed to make a joint venture car, and the advantages of the joint venture car are only in the gearbox.
However, whether it is Changan or Chery, the maximum displacement of the engine developed by it is only 2.0T, and no large-displacement engine has been published until now, only Hongqi and Great Wall have their own large-displacement engines, and they are all 3.0T V6 engines. In fact, this is not because Changan and Chery do not have the technical strength to develop large-displacement engines, but are caused by their own development strategies.
Taking Changan as an example, the main market of Changan Automobile is the household market of 200,000 yuan, for a family car of 200,000 yuan, a 2.0T displacement engine is enough, there is no need to spend a lot of money to develop a large displacement engine. Coupled with the fact that the future automobile market is the world of new energy, and the emission indicators of automobile exhaust are becoming increasingly demanding, large-displacement engines are destined to be eliminated by the market first, and Changan Automobile does not need or have the possibility to develop large-displacement engines.
The Great Wall is different, in addition to the family car market, the Great Wall has become famous in the off-road market in recent years. In the pickup market, the Great Wall has a series of gun pickups, and in the hardcore off-road market, there are star products such as the Tank 300. Friends who play off-road know that in order to meet the demand for off-road, it is necessary to load a large-displacement engine, and the Great Wall developed a 3.0T V6 engine to meet the needs of off-road.
The situation of Hongqi is different from the Great Wall, every Chinese has a special feeling for Hongqi, hongqi that was once high on the red flag since Xu Liuping took the helm has finally entered thousands of households, as one of the few high-end brands in independent traditional car companies, Hongqi must use a large displacement engine to cater to its own luxurious positioning.
Although both Hongqi and Great Wall have 3.0T V6 engines, the attitude of the outside world towards the two is diametrically opposed. Most of Hongqi's engines are treated critically, but the Great Wall's 3.0T V6 engine is highly praised, why is this situation happening?
In fact, this is related to the technical strength of the two engines, Hongqi's 3.0T V6 engine model is CA6GV30TD, although it has been officially emphasized as "independent research and development" since its inception. But in fact, it is to learn from Audi's previous generation EA837 3.0T engine, it is not too much to say that it is reverse research and development, after all, FAW and Audi are cooperative partners, and it can be understood to learn from Audi's technology, but Audi will not give its latest technology to FAW.
The Great Wall is different, there is no resource to learn from the engine technology of foreign car companies, can only rely on independent research and development, which is why private car companies are often better than state-owned car companies in technology.
In addition, Hongqi's 3.0T V6 engine uses a mechanical supercharging method, and the mechanical supercharging is known to everyone, and the advantages and disadvantages are very obvious. The advantage is that the power response is fast, but the power loss is particularly large at high speeds. The Great Wall's 3.0T V6 engine is turbocharged, and it is also a dual VTG turbocharger, which can greatly compensate for the hysteresis effect caused by turbocharging.
From the perspective of parameter comparison, Hongqi's 3.0T V6 engine also has a big gap with the Great Wall. Taking the Hongqi HS7 and tank 500 as an example, both are positioned as medium and large SUVs, the maximum horsepower of the Hongqi HS7 is 337Ps, while the maximum horsepower of the tank 500 is 354Ps. In terms of torque, the Hongqi HS7 can only reach a maximum torque of 445 N·m at 3000-5000 rpm, while the tank 500 can achieve a maximum torque output of 500 N·m at 1500 rpm. Obviously, Hongqi's 3.0T V6 engine is almost interesting compared to the Great Wall.
Finally, there is the problem of brand influence, because FAW has been relying on joint venture cars for so many years to "lie win", holding the best resources but not having its own core technology, and exchanging market for technology has become a market for money here in FAW, which is also a common problem of many state-owned car companies.
As a private car company, Great Wall Motor is far inferior to FAW in terms of resources, and in order to survive in the car market, it must develop its own core technology, and in terms of core technology, Great Wall is obviously the leader in its own brand, and its market influence and consumer recognition are far better than FAW. As a result, the Great Wall has a better reputation and brand effect than FAW.
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In general, whether it is Hongqi's 3.0T engine or the Great Wall's 3.0T engine, it is a rare boutique in its own brands, if there is no Hongqi and the Great Wall, the entire independent brand camp will not have a large displacement engine so far. If there is none now, it will be even more unlikely to exist in the future, or praise for the Red Flag and the Great Wall!
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