Chapter 1256 The car that was smashed with money
The company's new car has long passed the road inspection. The test point is located in the North Ring of the Nürburgring on the outskirts of the border between Germany and Belgium. The track is more than 20 kilometers, with 88 left bends and 84 right bends, running between the hills of the mountain.
The road is more difficult than the legendary racing holy land of "Akima Mountain". Major automakers like to test the performance of new cars there, and they have to run back and forth countless times until they can't find any problem.
The reason why this track test was held today is mainly because Mr. Bob, the head of the development team, heard that the little boss was coming. In his opinion, the quiet new car was not attractive when running on the track. He was trying to show off to the little boss.
Developing a car is never an easy task. During this period, it is necessary to use sketch drawing, tape pasting, 1:5 sludge model, 3D scanning, Alias modeling, outlining details, rendering, CNC manufacturing parts, and other links that are troublesome to polish and paint.
After that, production line preparation, process selection, etc. will be carried out, and the investment will be huge.
This time, Han Xuan spent money to hire a team from Boeing to design the technology of Boeing 777 aircraft and use it to design cars. It saves time and many processes through the "Fat Ding" super computer, which is why it is developed so quickly.
A total of six cars were developed simultaneously, and almost all well-known universities and institutes of automobile industry were involved. The plan was code-named "Optimus Prime", which cost nearly 1.6 billion US dollars to create these cars and supporting processes.
In order not to let the photos of the real car be revealed, the new cars in front of them are covered with very common zebra patterns. The complex black and white patterns can interfere with people's sight. Even if the reporter stands next to you, you don't have to worry.
When I was testing the Nürburgring North Ring Road, in order to hide the real car, all the logos were even replaced with Porsche, so that Porsche became in a confusion for a while. It was not until someone remembered the cars he saw at the Snow Mountain Group press conference that he realized that Porsche was caught in the shooting.
In fact, before the new car is completed, keeping the appearance confidential is the best choice. Copycat manufacturers do not need to make it exactly the same. As long as the appearance meets 70% and the price is only one-fifth of the real car, they can win some of the market first.
A few years ago, Han Xuan had some consideration when announcing his new car, and then he told people about the new car model in advance.
In addition to increasing attention for his Hans Auto Group, it is also to please the major existing automobile companies and prevent them from joining forces to make trouble.
The automotive industry has unspoken rules that have been passed down for decades, and is called "planned design elimination". Through little changes, the old cars that were once used to be eliminated, invisibly allowing people to chase and buy new cars.
Several cars designed by Han Xuan are at least ten years ahead of the automotive industry design style in this era. Once they are suddenly launched and launched, they will sweep the current automotive industry and break the existing unspoken rules.
There are countless examples in history that can tell Han Xuan that those who dare to do this will never have a good ending.
The automobile industry is one of the national pillar industries, and the energy of shareholders behind those automobile companies is unimaginable.
So he openly announced the car model with only one empty shell a few years in advance, and told them that he would design a new car of this style, giving those car manufacturers two or three years to prepare for the impact they caused.
The consequence is that in the past two years, major auto manufacturers have also competed to develop new cars, scolding Han Xuan for being bloody and suffering heavy losses.
And speed up the upgrade and replacement. Usually, they usually make small changes every year and major changes every five years. Now they are forced to take out all the technology that is under the box. Every time they are large-scale auto show, they can always see big changes...
Han Xuan and his father Han Qianshan came to the edge of the fence with a prismatic grid.
The huge track is twelve meters wide, with a total of nearly 7,000 meters in total, showing a winding and closed shape, more like an F1 field. In fact, this is built by imitating the F1 track.
Several cars were running at high speed on the track, and it can be seen that the driver's skills were very good. The leading Aston Martin new sports car drifted beautifully, and the tires drifted white mist on the ground, making a roar, and accelerating again.
Then came Aston Martin X.
X” is the engineering code, it should be called the upgraded model DB7-S of the DB7.
Originally, the design teams of Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce were moved to the United States. When Maserati bought it, there was only one empty shell. The original designers had been dissolved, and Han Xuan only needed the brand.
Executive Kesten Miller said: "These two Maserati use the V8 engine developed by our Rolls-Royce Automotive Engine Research Institute. It's amazing to hear the sound.
Unfortunately, V12 engines are still to be purchased from Germany. The cost of developing V12 engines is too high. Only Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin can be used, and Bentley can use them on a small scale. It is better to purchase them from other manufacturers."
At that time, Han Xuan wanted to ask the Roll-Royce Engine Company to set up an automotive power department to specialize in developing automotive engines.
With the technology of Rolls-Royce Engine Company, it is not impossible to do it, but it takes time, at least six years.
Han Xuan couldn't wait, so he proposed to cooperate with Cummins, the US to renovate the company's existing engine, and the patent fee paid for it was as high as 90 million US dollars.
Now, except for Aston Martin's V12 engine, the cars in front of him were purchased from the German BMW Group, and the rest were made using the engines created by the Rolls-Royce Automotive Engine Research Institute established with Cummins. It can be said that he spent money to spend these cars.
Han Xuan had a smile on his face. Even if the cars were covered with black and white zebra patterns, he could see the smooth lines of the car. In his opinion, this should be a car, not the old antiques running around the streets now.
He said to Kesten Miller executive: "After acquiring Lamborghini, we will bring us a design drawing of a V12 engine, seize the time to study it and digest the technology as soon as possible.
The engine is the heart of the car. No matter how much it costs, you can't fall behind in this regard. Don't worry, how much money you need, just tell Executive Anthony that the headquarters is not short of money now.
Where to get in? I want to try those cars myself.”
Chapter completed!