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“No, Mr. Benz. You have done well in this matter, which is what I had instructed before. After meeting the cost requirements of the car, you have the right to start mass production.” Arthur shook his head and said with a smile, “So you have not done anything wrong, and I will certainly not blame you.”

After hearing Arthur’s words, Benz and Disel finally breathed a sigh of relief, completely relaxing.

“Let’s go and have a look at our new type of car.” Arthur looked at the two who had visibly relaxed and said with a slight smile.

Under the guidance of Benz and Disel, Arthur and his party came to the warehouse of the Benz Car Factory, which was the building near the right side of the factory.

After the employees opened a warehouse door, Benz walked up, removed the black cloth covering the car, and said with a smile, “Your Highness, please look. This is our new type of car, which has a basic shape and structure similar to your car. However, it uses cheaper materials in some parts, ensuring the cost is around 80 pounds, and it won’t exceed 85 pounds.”

Arthur looked at the black body and tires revealed under the black cloth, nodded, and asked, “How is the performance of such a car? We shouldn’t only care about the price and neglect the performance of the car, which is an important factor in the car market.”

“Please rest assured, Your Highness. Although we have used cheaper materials in some aspects, it will not affect the car’s sturdiness, practicality, and specific performance. It’s just that compared to your private car, there are differences in glass material, body material, and engine model, so the performance may be slightly inferior. However, in terms of performance within the world car market, our cars are still top-tier.” Benz explained.

Although this new type of car is quite different from Arthur’s custom-made car, using more affordable materials in many aspects,

it does not mean that the performance of the new car would be poor. On the contrary, even with the use of many cheaper materials, the performance of the new car still remains top-tier in the world car market. In terms of practicality or performance, the cars from the Benz Car Factory are definitely top-notch.

“That’s good,” Arthur nodded and asked, “How are the specific performance and the estimated pricing of the new car?”

Benz handed over a data sheet, impatiently saying, “According to our multiple tests, the new car is stable and has a very high cost-performance ratio. The specific test data is on the sheet, please have a look, Your Highness.”

Arthur took the data and began reading curiously.

At this stage, the testing of cars is relatively simple, mainly divided into modules such as maximum speed test, constant speed stability test, car stability test, and car failure rate test on different sections of the road.

In terms of the maximum speed, the new car uses the latest gasoline engine jointly developed by Benz and Disel, instead of the diesel engine.

The advantage of gasoline engines is a significant reduction in noise, making them more suitable for people’s daily use.

Of course, diesel engines can also use more materials to reduce engine noise, but this would significantly increase the cost of cars, and only custom-made vehicles for powerful nobles like Arthur would do so.

With five people in the car, the maximum speed of the new car can reach 55 kilometers per hour, and an empty car can reach 65 kilometers per hour.

In terms of speed, the new car is excellent. At least, there are fewer than five cars in the world that can reach a maximum speed of over 65 kilometers per hour, other than Arthur’s custom-made car.

For the constant speed test, the new car can travel at a stable speed of 35 kilometers per hour for more than ten hours, or travel at its maximum speed for more than three hours.

In this regard, Arthur was also satisfied. At least the new car can travel at about 35 kilometers per hour continuously for more than ten hours without problems.

Although driving at maximum speed for more than three hours may cause problems, there should be no one who would buy a car and then drive it at maximum speed all the time, right?

After all, the price of a car has reached 150 pounds, which is the savings of many common people in Europe for several years.

Even though the price has been reduced, cars are still a luxury item, and unless people really have too much money to spend, no one would want to damage the things they have finally acquired.

Of course, there is one essential premise: these tests are currently performed on very flat roads.

At present, cars cannot withstand bumpy and uneven roads or other places without roads.

If they are driven in areas with poor road conditions, the stability of the car will be significantly reduced, even causing problems frequently.

However, this issue does not need to be worried about for now. As luxury items, cars’ real customers are European and American people.

Along with Australia’s development and various policies, the people of Oceania can also join and become potential car customers.

Whether in the Americas, Europe, or Oceania, they either have an extremely developed transportation system, flat roads connecting everything, so there is no need to worry about the road conditions,

or, like Australia and New Zealand, they have not-so-developed road systems but are in the process of construction.

Flat roads have been built between cities in Australia and are expanding to towns and rural areas.

People in Australia who buy cars do not need to worry about roads, as the Australian government will build accessible roads before they buy a car.

It’s not that Arthur doesn’t want to consider the people in other regions. But if we look at the income levels of people in other regions, the vast majority of them need to save for decades to buy a car.

Some powerful and noble people might be interested in cars, but their purchasing potential is definitely not comparable to that of Europeans and Americans at present.

As expected, in the final test of stability on different road sections, the new car performed a bit better than other cars but still had similar issues with stability and high failure rates as cars of this era.

But this is unavoidable. Weren’t excellent cars in later generations also developed step by step from cars like these?

At least for now, having a new type of car with relatively excellent performance satisfies Arthur’s initial expectations.