My Italy

Chapter 452 The Radical Fiat Model B

This order, purchased by Italy with borrowed money from Japan, has given the Italian industry a small boost.

Of course, the order brought by the loan will not last too long, and the promotion effect on Italian industry will not be too high.

But no matter what, if these 300 million orders continue, the Italian industry will definitely be much better off.

Of course, one thing to note is that the officers and soldiers sent by Japan and Russia to receive the warships need to be separated. Italy does this very well. The Russian warships are all built in Genoa, while the Japanese warships are built in Venice, Naples, and Taranto. Unless the two parties are deliberately looking for differences, it is impossible for them to get together.

Of course, the orders from Japan and Russia only have a temporary promotion effect on Italy, and the better way is to rely on the development and expansion of domestic industry. In this regard, the emerging automobile industry has done very well. Fiat Automobiles, the current leader in the world's automobile industry, has not given up on automobile research and development after ensuring that Fiat's cars are the world's leading position.

In this new year, in addition to continuing to sell the popular Type A car, Fiat is also innovating. Based on the Type A car, it has come up with the Type B car plan. Compared with the crude A-type car, the B-type car is much better, at least it doesn't look so crude. Moreover, the B-type car also uses a large number of new technologies, such as vanadium steel, electronic lighters and many other new technologies.

Among so many new technologies, the most noteworthy is the electronic lighter, which is also the biggest selling point of the B-type car. The pioneer of this technology was American Fabio Henry, the first president of the American Academy of Sciences. He invented many good things. For example, the relay in the telegraph machine was invented by this big man.

Of course, since it is a pioneer, this shows that it is not practical enough, and Fiat has jointly developed a practical electronic lighter with the Marino Electric Power Research Institute.

The reason why I think this electronic lighter is the most noteworthy new technology is because the heavy hand crank is too dangerous. According to Fiat Automobile statistics, there were as many as 106 accidents caused by hand crank ignition last year. Most of these accidents were minor accidents causing minor injuries, but this was enough for Fiat to take it seriously.

After all, the cars they sell are vehicles, and they don't want their customers to be hurt by starting their cars. And every injury caused by a Fiat car is widely reported, and it’s easy to see why. However, in the face of such a situation, Fiat used the media to defend itself, while naturally developing new technologies to improve certain shortcomings.

The electronic lighter was born in this environment. From the day it was born, Fiat executives headed by Giovanni Agnelli had high hopes for it. Because this simplifies the difficulty of starting the car, which originally took a long time to start, now only requires a slight twist. Such a convenient way makes car driving safer, easier and more convenient, and is especially favored by a large number of new consumer groups including women.

In addition, in order to make women interested in the B-type car, Fiat designed its appearance to be softer. Compared with the large number of right-angled A-type cars, it looks a lot better.

Of course, its price is definitely much higher than that of Type A. Compared with Type A which costs 3,400 lire, Type B’s price reaches 4,400 lire, which is a thousand lire higher.

Even though the price is a thousand lire higher, Fiat is still confident. On the one hand, this model is very good. Compared with the 20-horsepower engine of Model A, the 28-horsepower engine of Model B is more powerful. And even when carrying four people and carrying 200 kilograms of luggage and other cargo, it can run at a speed of 75 kilometers per hour.

It needs to be explained here that because of the huge sales of Fiat cars, the number of cars in various countries has skyrocketed, and at the same time, the number of accidents caused by cars has also increased. As a result, various countries have promulgated traffic laws and regulations to regulate car driving.

Of course, in addition to regulating driving, many cities are beginning to consider re-modifying roads. After all, the previous roads were basically driven by horse-drawn carriages, and neither the width nor the load-bearing capacity could be compared with cars.

In this regard, Turin has given priority to setting an example. The Turin Municipal Government has carried out road reconstruction in the city, requiring that basic roads must ensure a minimum of two lanes in both directions, while trunk roads must have a minimum of four lanes in both directions, and main roads can Considering two-way six lanes, it is best to use asphalt pavement on the above roads. In addition to roads, Turin also has more than 800 parking spaces throughout the city. Basically, it solves the biggest problem of getting the car on the road and parking it.

Turin also has its own reasons for doing this. Turin is currently known as the automobile capital of the world, all thanks to the support of Fiat Automobile Company. In view of its increasing international business, Fiat Automobile Company has considered building its B-type car factory in Genoa. After all, it is close to the sea, so it is very convenient for both import and export. Genoa is also very willing to let Fiat set up a factory here.

However, this intentional discussion between the man and his concubine was ruined because of Turin's intervention. In the final analysis, it is the reason why the two cities attach great importance to Fiat. Genoa itself has a large number of companies, so it would be best for Fiat to come. If not, it would be a pity.

As for Turin, apart from the Turin Military Factory, Turin, which was originally the capital of the Savoy dynasty, is actually not very good in other industries, but chocolate production is good, so Fiat is much more important to Turin.

So in the end, Fiat still chose to put its B-type car factory into production in Turin. Fiat was very confident about the B-type car and built a large factory with an annual production capacity of 60,000 vehicles.

Yes, the launch of Fiat's B-type car will not affect the continued production of the A-type car. Of course, some new technologies can also be used on the A-type car with slight improvements.

After all, there is a certain price difference between the two, which will not greatly affect the sales of the two models.

In fact, within Fiat, the views on both cars are the same, and they are market-opening models.

Although there are currently capitalists in other countries who are looking at Fiat and want to imitate its industrial production, at least in the past two or three years they have not been enough to pose a threat to Fiat. At present, the automobile market is basically dominated by Fiat. Of course, when competitors appear in a few years, the market share will definitely decline sharply, but Fiat, which currently monopolizes dividends, is very good at using the market to expand its scale.

After all, cars require many things, including steel, wood, leather, rubber, paint, etc., so the production of cars really has a huge development effect on the Italian industry.

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