As we all know, the domestic RV industry is still in the early stages of development, and industry standards, manufacturing processes, parts production, etc. are not yet perfect. For most of the RVs on the market, the manufacturers actually purchase the chassis from the OEM, and then go back to carry out the bodywork by themselves. Although the technical requirements for RV refitting are indeed not that high, but in terms of technical quality, safety performance, etc., OEMs of course have obvious advantages over refitting factories. Moreover, compared to a modified RV with two certificates, the chassis and bodywork must be maintained separately, an original RV with a factory certificate provides a vehicle warranty, which obviously has more after-sales protection. Recently, the editor had such an opportunity to visit the Yangzhou Yaxing main engine factory to see how the original Yaxing Euromonitor car based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis came about.
Knowledge point: In September 1996, Jiangsu Yaxing Bus Group Co., Ltd. signed a joint venture agreement with Germany’s Mercedes-Benz AG (now DaimlerChrysler AG) to establish “Yaxing-Benz Co., Ltd.”
In February 2007, the joint venture company was changed into a domestic-funded enterprise, and its name was changed to Yangzhou Yaxing Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd.
In December 2011, Shandong Heavy Industry (Weichai Power) comprehensively acquired Yangzhou Yaxing Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. and became one of the core wholly-owned subsidiaries of Weichai Power.
As for the longer history, we have to go back to 1945. Today is not a history class, so I won’t introduce it in detail. Since the birth of the first bus in the history of Yaxing, Yaxing has been silently in the field of Chinese bus manufacturing. It has been cultivated for seventy years.
This is the “tip of the iceberg” of Yaxing’s chassis production workshop. The scale and output are definitely not comparable to ordinary small modification factories. The ten-year “marriage” with Mercedes-Benz has enabled Yaxing’s car manufacturing level to make great progress, and has derived many highly competitive products in the market. The most famous of them is also the protagonist of our story today – Yaxing Euromonitor RV! This product is completely against the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter series. On the basis of retaining the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis from the original joint venture period, it has improved the technology with completely independent intellectual property rights!
When the editor visited, it was still Sunday, which was supposed to be a holiday, and the workers were still working overtime, hoping to deliver the car to the user as soon as possible. The chassis of Euromonitor RV is adjusted by ECS, a professional debugging organization of Mercedes-Benz in Germany. The safety system of the whole vehicle is ECS9.0 system, with active safety 4-wheel disc brake ABS/EBD, and passive safety system with dual airbags as standard , Early-warning force-limiting seat belts and other configurations. Full load-bearing chassis structure, independent suspension, front engine and rear drive, considering the bearing capacity of later modification, the rear suspension adopts Yaxing’s unique one-piece three-leaf leaf spring design.
Yaxing Euromonitor is currently focusing on the B-type RV. The black body color is high-end and elegant. The overall appearance is consistent with the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. The whole car uses 140-degree high-temperature baking paint imported from Korea. The full-loaded high-strength body, 70% uses High-strength steel materials and advanced cathodic electrophoretic coating technology can guarantee that the whole vehicle will not rust for ten years. The interior floor is laid with solid wood floor, which is high-end and durable.
Measuring the upper loading space of the lower rear compartment, the editor is 180 (cm) tall, and it can be seen that the internal height is still considerable. The 3665 (mm) wheelbase of the chassis can also ensure sufficient space for the rear compartment.
The layout of the cockpit is still the same as the original Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, without much change. It is matched with a 6-speed manual gearbox, and the shifting is very smooth. It can also be equipped with an AAMT automatic clutch to achieve shifting without stepping on the clutch. The direction control adopts imported technology The power steering can be operated by the driver with one hand, which is the same as driving a normal car.
For a RV with a heavy body, the most important thing is whether the chassis is good or not is the power performance. The Yaxing Euromonitor RV is equipped with an Italian VM2.5T engine, which was introduced by the current parent company Weichai at a cost of 300 million yuan. The only company that can print the VM logo, the real VM technology engine. With the front-rear drive driving method, the engine output torque can reach 370 Nm, and this model can also be upgraded to a 2.8T engine, and the torque has reached 400 Nm, so there is no need to say more about the power.
There is also a key advantage, which is absolutely impossible for refitting factories. The issue of RV safety has always been a topic of discussion among many people in the industry, so whether a RV is safe or not must go through various tests before the final decision can be made. Answer. But doing the test is all about money! However, as an OEM in Yangzhou Yaxing, safety is very important in the manufacture of various vehicles. The whole vehicle has completely passed the three high (high temperature, plateau, and high cold) tests, as well as safety tests such as wading and collision.
The Euromonitor RV adopts Yaxing’s unique fuel heating system – all the copper pipes outside the chassis of the engine fuel tank are heated, excellent antifreeze, especially suitable for northern users! Moreover, the rear-mounted wiring harness adopts imported German Audi standard wires and sockets, computer version control modules, fuse boxes, etc., which fully realizes the overall matching with the chassis.
Finally, I have to go back to the beginning of the article. For RV users, after-sales maintenance and repairs have always been a headache. If you buy a RV from a modification company, if there is a problem with the chassis, you must contact the original OEM for repairs. If there is a problem with the internal space system of the RV, the modification company will be responsible for the repair. Yaxing Euromonitor RV will not face such problems, because it is a complete vehicle production, there are more than 8,000 after-sales service networks in the country, 24-hour after-sales service, 7*24-hour on-site support for major failures, and 5 *8 hours of live support! No worries at all.
After reading today’s article, do you have the urge to learn more about the products of this OEM? Don’t control it, because the Yaxing Euromonitor RV purchase benefit on June 22 is coming soon! This event brought three layouts of the Euromonitor B-type RV, with a unified price of 330,000. Interested friends can leave their contact information or sign up through the background, and go for a test drive together!
