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亨利·福特:我的生活与工作·补录 87
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
The design which I settled upon was called "Model T." The important feature of the new model--which, if it were accepted, as I thought it would be, I intended to make the only model and then start into real production--was its simplicity. There were but four constructional units in the car--the power plant, the frame, the front axle, and the rear axle. All of these were easily accessible and they were designed so that no special skill would be required for their repair or replacement. I believed then, although I said very little about it because of the novelty of the idea, that it ought to be possible to have parts so simple and so inexpensive that the menace of expensive hand repair work would be entirely eliminated. The parts could be made so cheaply that it would be less expensive to buy new ones than to have old ones repaired. They could be carried in hardware shops just as nails or bolts are carried. I thought that it was up to me as the designer to make the car so completely simple that no one could fail to understand it.
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定位:Additional excerpt 87 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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福特最终定下的设计叫“T型车”。新车型最重要的特点是简单:全车只有四个结构单元——动力装置、车架、前轴、后轴。这些部件都容易够到,设计得不需要专门技能就能修理或更换。福特当时有个大胆想法,但很少说,因为太新奇:零件应该做得又简单又便宜,便宜到买新的比修旧的还划算,这样昂贵的手工修理威胁就彻底消除。零件可以像钉子螺栓一样摆在五金店卖。他认为,作为设计者,他的责任就是把车做得简单到没人看不懂。
上下文
这是福特在自传中讲T型车设计理念的核心段落,背景是20世纪初汽车零件昂贵、修理依赖专业技工。
今日一问
你能否把某个复杂的东西简化到“买新的比修旧的更划算”,让普通人自己就能搞定?
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