A storm of weather and Jiangling Ford heavy truck past and present life

Recently, Jiangling Motors recently announced that the first Jiangling heavy truck will be listed soon. Jiangling and Ford are deeply involved. The chassis, engine and cab technology of this Jiangling heavy truck are all derived from the Ford Cargo heavy truck.

The upcoming JMC heavy truck is not a brand new product independently developed by JMC, but a Ford Cargo heavy truck that has been sold in Europe and South America for many years. It seems that the Ford heavy trucks out of the country will replace the JMC logo and will soon land in China. They will soon meet the majority of domestic consumers.

Since the old T. Henry Ford created a T-car and water production line, the car was sent to thousands of ordinary families, leading the world into the industrial age.

Ford Motor Co., Ltd. has become a milestone in the history of human civilization. Every move in one's hands and gestures carries a heavy history. No one can match that.

Today, it is still the world's most important automobile giant.

As Ford's important commercial vehicle product - heavy truck, why is it not well known in the country? What is its instinct? Ford heavy trucks and Jiangling heavy trucks are inextricably linked?

Today, we have to set aside the haze of history to explore the past and present of Jiangling Ford heavy trucks.

The history of Ford heavy trucks can be traced back to the 50s and 60s of the last century.

After the Second World War, the United States became the world's economic hegemon. Under the support of the United States' vigorously promoted Marshall Plan, the European economy began to flourish and embarked on the road to full rejuvenation. When Ford heavy trucks were born, they just caught up with the wind of this shareholder.

In 1957, it had special significance for the Ford. During the year, Ford launched two distinct heavy-duty trucks in North America and Europe, namely Ford North America's C-Series and Ford Europe's Thames Trader.

Ford Thames Trader: The Thames Trader is a pioneering work of the Ford Truck. It is led by Ford United Kingdom. There are two kinds of gasoline engines and diesel engines, with different wheelbases to meet the needs of different types of users. Thames Trader is especially popular for its unique cab design. At that time, the London Transport Department used the Thames trader as a chassis to create a double-decker bus that traveled through the streets and became a beautiful scene in London at that time.

As a pioneer, the production of Thames Trader was not long, but laid a solid foundation for Ford heavy trucks in Europe.

Ford C-Series Trucks: When Thames Trader took off in the European market, the other side of the Atlantic - the United States, Ford introduced the C-Series heavy trucks.

Ford's C-Series trucks launched in 1957 created a miracle that no one can break yet. In the 30 years since its listing, the C-Series trucks have not made major product updates and sales have continued unabated. Incomparable quality and loyal users, this magical product with a strong ET style has been sold until 1990.

By this year, its grandchildren's Ford Cargo heavy truck was imported from Europe to North America, and it was only retired.

Ford D-Series truck: Jiangshan generation of talented people, when the Thames trader bid farewell to the historical stage in 1965, Ford Europe launched the Ford D series trucks.

Compared to Thames Trader, D-Series trucks have made great strides. They have two types of trucks and dump trucks. They are equipped with three diesel engines with capacities of 3.97L, 5.42L and 5.95L, and the power ranges from 82.5PS to 129PS. Outside of Europe, the Ford D-Series is also equipped with 129PS and 149PS gasoline engines.

In order to ensure the success of the D-Series trucks, Ford UK is doing its best to ensure reliability, safety and comfort. The hard work of the British gentleman was not in vain. The D series was quite successful after its listing. Not only was it popular in the European market, but it also settled in distant Australia. In 1967, the British redoubled their efforts to launch the super enhanced version Phase II D1000 Series of the D-Series trucks, which weighed 28 tons from 14 tons. This is a truly heavy-duty truck product and it is officially announced that Ford will enter the heavy truck market.

Ford L-Series trucks: A step ahead for Europeans in product development, Ford North America said it was not convinced. The British’s leading edge did not last long because Ford North America introduced the Ford L-Series heavy truck in 1970.

The L series is a groundbreaking masterpiece. In addition to dump trucks and trucks, the L series also introduced heavy duty tractors.

The L-series trucks later became the classics of the North American truck market. Its first square-shaped grille was exaggerated with a bold front face and full muscular masculine styling, with a deep sense of dedication and ambition. It has become a symbol of the golden era of the rapid economic growth of the United States. It has not only profoundly affected the truck culture of North America, but has also become part of the American spirit of adventure, fearlessness and progress.

Ford Transcontinental: In the tenth year after the listing of the D series - in 1975, the successors of the D series surfaced, Ford named it Transcontinental.

It can be seen from this name (Transcontinental means crossing the intercontinental) that Ford expects it to be high, positioning it as a model for long-distance transnational transport logistics.

In the continent of Europe at that time, transnational trade and logistics were on the rise. The Transcontinental, a pet company that had become a favorite, was equipped with the state-of-the-art Belle Ie high-end cab, Cummins engine and Eaton gearbox, and it featured comfort and efficient power. With a displacement of 14L and a maximum horsepower of 350ps, at the time, this was clearly a powerful human performance at the time of convulsions. The look of this tractor, which was forty years old, does not look dated even now.

Unfortunately, the sales of this beautiful truck with outstanding performance is not satisfactory. The reason is that Ford's engineers are pursuing extreme performance and comfort, resulting in the weight of the product. Worse, the most important market at the time was implementing the strictest truck load limiting policy in history - the maximum truck load could not exceed 32 tons.

Transcontinental is a product that transcends the times. No one does not like its appearance and powerful performance, but most people shake their head once they have to pay for it.

Ford Cargo: In 1981, Ford made a comeback in Europe and launched Ford Cargo as an alternative to the well-known Ford Transcontinental.

Ford Cargo is a very successful product. After taking lessons from Transcontinental, Ford Cargo pays more attention to practicability and quality. With the improvement and improvement of products, Ford Cargo sales increased continuously. In addition to the British plants in Western Europe, Ford successively set up factories in Turkey in Eastern Europe and Brazil in South America to produce and assemble Cargo heavy trucks to meet the needs of local markets. .

In 1986, Ford United Kingdom faced operational difficulties under multiple pressures such as slowing economic growth, strong competition for Japanese cars, and a sharp increase in domestic labor costs. Although the Cargo heavy truck is a very competitive product, Ford decided to cooperate with Iveco in heavy truck business in Western Europe. The two sides set up a joint venture and the Cargo factory in the UK was managed by Iveco.

In this way, Ford Cargo's technology was widely used on the Iveco heavy truck, and Ford Cargo became the Iveco Ford Cargo heavy truck, although its vitality was quite strong and tenaciously supported for ten years.

The wind was always blown away by wind and rain, and a new generation changed for the old. In 1997 Iveco shut down the Cargo production line in the United Kingdom. Just one year later, Ford North America also contracted its business and sold the truck business to Freightliner.

With a 40-year history of Ford heavy trucks, it is time to bid farewell to the historical stage. At the time of the crisis, there was a hero who was riding a white horse. It was Ford Otosan in Turkey.

In the 90s of the last century, some domestic cities had also used Ford Cargo as a highway sweeper.

New Ford Cargo: The so-called wall outside the flowering wall of incense, the West does not shine east. After all, good products will not be forgotten. In Eastern Europe Turkey, Ford Otosan developed a new generation of Cargo, and Cargo heavy trucks miraculously reborn.

In 1999, Ford Otosan released the second-generation Ford Cargo heavy-duty truck (internal code name H476). The second-generation Ford Cargo has a brand new cab design with a smooth and sleek appearance, and it looks very distinctive, with its own Ecotorq diesel engine, row The quantity is 7.3 liters, the maximum horsepower is 300 horsepower, the gearbox adopts ZF 9S109 type 9 speed gearbox, the vehicle allows the total weight to be 40 tons.

Compared to the first-generation Ford Cargo, the second-generation Ford Cargo has greatly improved its engine technology, safety factor and product reliability.

Ford Cargo began a long road to recovery. With good quality and practicality, Turkey and Brazil as the center, and in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South America once again selling.

In 2013, Ford Heavy Trucks added another Tigers to the road to counterattack, and the third-generation Ford Cargo (internal code H566) was officially released. It changed the previous restraint and moderation, and the third-generation Ford Cargo has a very public appearance and personality. . The biggest progress comes from the engine. The new Ford Cargo's own Ecotorq engine has been upgraded from the original 7L engine to 9L and 13L, and the maximum horsepower is up to 500PS. It has made a qualitative leap in terms of power, fuel consumption and comfort and has reached the international level. Level.

Since its launch, Ford’s new generation of Cargo has performed well in the Eastern European, Middle Eastern and South American markets, and has not lost ground in competition with Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and Scania. Especially in Turkey, the market share of Ford Cargo reached a staggering 25%, leaving Volvo and Scania far behind.

Today, Jiangling Motors and Ford Otosan are working closely together to bring a new generation of Ford Cargo technology to the pack and will soon introduce JMC heavy trucks in China.

According to Jiang Ling's habit of “not to mention it, it is a big move”, this JMC heavy truck based on Ford technology is worth looking forward to.

Judging from the photos that have been published, the appearance of this Jiangling heavy truck is quite cool, and it obviously has a green blue color.

One of the Jiadu storms and Cheng Jiangling Ford heavy truck past life JMC heavy truck

According to insiders, Jiangling hired a large number of Ford experts to carry out product development and development, strictly followed Ford's standards and processes, and made every effort to ensure that the JMC heavy trucks followed the high quality of Ford Cargo heavy trucks in terms of reliability and fuel consumption. Comfortable and very competitive.

In fact, this is Ford Cargo, dressed in a JMC coat.

From the Thames River Trader Thames Trader in 1957 to the JMC heavy truck in 2017, the time spans 60 years. The Ford heavy truck, which has survived the vicissitudes of life and has survived, was reborn as a Jiangling heavy truck and came to China. According to Chinese people, 60 years is a top priority. The first one is a reincarnation and represents a new beginning.

With the Ford Gene JMC heavy truck, as a brand new brand in the heavy truck market, there is still a long way to go. Whether it can successfully break through the top five of domestic heavy trucks remains to be tested by the market and customers.

The only thing that can be determined is that this is a very powerful product. We are walking to the masses of consumers with full sincerity. We may as well wait and see.