Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 21

Cao Yang did not explain to everyone how he planned to attack General Motors and Ford Motors.

This made all the ministers very curious.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Jenny, the editor of the Yahoo Auto Channel, received a rather special email a few days ago.

It was revealed that Toyota Motor was discussing with a Chinese designer to purchase the exterior design of a pickup truck. The contributor also attached the front shape of the vehicle.

Although the Yahoo Auto Channel receives some spy photos from time to time, and this type of news has a relatively high reading volume, most of those spy photos are photos of various car companies in the trial production and testing stages of new models.

And the shots often aren’t necessarily particularly clear.

It is relatively rare that the plan is exposed in the early design stage and the drawings are directly provided.

Under normal circumstances, Jenny will publish an article based on this submission information, slightly edit it.

But Jenny, who has been in the automobile industry for more than ten years, is keenly aware that the appearance of this pickup truck is very stunning.

The United States is the world's largest automobile market, and what consumers here like most is pickup trucks.

This is completely different from other markets.

Even if China's automobile market becomes the number one in the world in the future, pickup trucks will not be able to make it to the table.

But in the United States, there must be a pickup truck at the top of the best-selling list, or even more than one.

I realized the amazingness of this pickup truck, and what was exposed was the cooperation between Toyota Motor and Huaxia designers. There was even the contact information of the Huaxia designers.

Jenny immediately planned to write a good article and report it as the headline of the Automobile Channel.

After all, Toyota is now the biggest rival of American auto giants such as General Motors and Ford.

Jenny believes that this article will definitely become the most read article on the Auto Channel this month.

In this way, after two days of deliberation and revision, Jenny's article appeared in the eyes of netizens.

"Edward, why haven't you come to the company today?"

In a large villa in the suburbs of Detroit, a sleepy Edward had just pressed his Motorola A6188 when he heard a familiar voice urging him.

"Austin, I am a designer. I need to find inspiration every night. Isn't it normal to get up late and go to the company late?"

In 2000, General Motors was still relatively prosperous.

Although many hidden dangers behind it can already be seen, at least the company's profits are still increasing steadily.

Edward, the design director, naturally does not have that much work pressure.

"Site! You will die on a woman's belly sooner or later. Hurry up and turn on your computer and watch the news on Yahoo!"

Austen knew Edward too well.

As the purchasing director of General Motors, there is already a lot of work to communicate with the design director. In addition, the two have a good personal relationship, so the two can be considered good friends.

Obviously, Austin discovered something related to Edward.

"What? Could it be that Yahoo's stock has fallen?"

"Edward, I don't have time to joke with you now. If this matter is not handled well, it will be more troublesome than Yahoo's stock falling."

Austin and Edward both bought Yahoo stocks. Now that Austin said this, Edward finally became serious.

"Wait a minute, I'll go take a look right away."

Edward, who was lying lazily on the bed with one hand holding the ball, immediately stood up and quickly opened his computer.

In 1999, the penetration rate of computers in China was still relatively low.

But here in the United States, it has begun to enter thousands of households.

Soon, Edward entered Yahoo and saw the top news on the Auto Channel.

"Damn it! What do these Japanese people want to do? They have already caused us so much trouble by making low-fuel consumption cars. Do they still want to compete with us in the market for pickup trucks?"

Edward knew what was going on without Austin needing to explain anything.

"Judging from the sketches currently exposed by Yahoo, the exterior design of this pickup truck is very stunning. Coupled with Toyota's low fuel consumption, low cost and good quality, we will be in big trouble by then."

Edward was deeply convinced by Austin's words.

Since the 80s, Japanese cars have conquered the United States and captured a lot of markets.

Toyota's Corolla and Camry, and Honda's Accord and Civic are leaders in their respective market segments, defeating General Motors and Ford.

If it weren't for the fact that the American people had a soft spot for large-displacement cars, GM's crisis would have erupted now, before the financial crisis.

"Austin, is there any way you can get in touch with Yahoo Auto? I think it is necessary to meet with the other party to see how to snatch this cooperation from Toyota."

As a designer, Edward can feel the amazement of the sketches currently exposed better than anyone else.

He is sure that if the designs of other parts are as stunning as those exposed, then this pickup truck will become a classic.

Today, Toyota's pickup trucks are still not as good as those of established giants such as Ford and General Motors in the United States. If the other party has such a pickup truck, then things will be really big.

By then, the pressure on Edward, the design director, will definitely be huge.

"Our sales team has cooperated with the Yahoo Auto Channel, and we will definitely be able to find the editor of this article, but I think you need to act faster."

"After all, you can think of snatching this cooperation project from Toyota, but can't Ford, Chrysler and Dodge think of it?"

"Besides, after reading this article, will Toyota wait there?"

When Austin said this, Edward immediately became nervous.

He knew that there was not much time left for him.

At the same time, Ford's design director Metz was already reporting his proposal to CEO Nasser.

At this time, Ford still has something to be proud of.

In 1999, Ford Motor had $220 billion in cash.

From 1997 to 2000, Ford Motor's profits reached an astonishing US$390 billion.

Volvo, Land Rover, Aston Martin and Jaguar are now owned by Ford.

Because of this, Ford wants to follow suit, unseat General Motors and become the No. [-] player in the global automobile industry.

"Metz, is this sketch really not yours?"

Nasser was able to become the CEO of Ford Motor Company, and now he also has a very good vision.

He could tell at a glance that the model in front of him was very promising.

But what Metz reported to him caused him some confusion.

"Nasser, I really hope this is my result, but the fact is regrettable." Metz spread his hands and continued: "Now what we should focus on is how to get the complete appearance of the model, and how to make this car a Ford new car.”