The day before Zhang Wenhao arrived in Dresden, the topgear program team had already arrived at Volkswagen's test track in Dresden. The reason for arriving early was not that they valued Dongchen, but because they were not prepared
A certain 2.5t car model in China takes up an entire program time, so in order to save time and labor to the greatest extent, they have moved forward the original plan to test the new Audi a7 in half a month, preparing to take advantage of this opportunity.
, testing both models at one time in Dresden.
For the Volkswagen Group, its products cover too many levels. Most of Volkswagen's models focus on the mid- to low-end market, and the mid-to-high-end is also supported by its Audi. As for the high-end cars, the variety is even more complete. Lamborghini is theirs.
Bentley is theirs, Bugatti is theirs too.
Audi is also preparing to launch the new Audi a7 at the auto show in January next year. This time, the model that will be tested by topgear is the 3.0 supercharged top version of the new a7. Topgear originally planned to combine the two cars.
If tested separately, there will not be any conflict between the two models on the show. After all, in their view, it is impossible for them to use a 3.0tfsi supercharged Audi A7 to humiliate an unknown Chinese brand.
2.5t.
When the team finally drove into the Dresden Volkswagen test track, as soon as the car entered the gate, the topgear program team had already set up cameras and was waiting. In fact, their host had just recorded a program, the main content of which was exaggerated narratives.
The Chinese company is trying to be famous and mysterious. They have narrated what happened at the airport through the camera. Now they are waiting to capture the members of the Dongchen Group and the mysterious 2.5t car, in order to highlight the front and back, which will be good for the following programs.
He humiliated Dongchen nicely.
Zhang Wenhao saw the other party posing for photography in the car, so he took out a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses from his bag and put them on, a cap with the Dongchen logo printed on it and an ordinary medical mask.
As soon as the car stopped, the photographer carried the camera outside the car door, and the lens was focused on the opened car door. At this time, another camera was shooting the three hosts of Topgear. These three British guys were all wearing
The men in suits were standing in a row outside the car, waiting for the members of Dongchen Company to get off.
At this time, the talkative Jeremy did not forget to joke, facing the camera, while adjusting his suit, he said: "I heard that Chinese people like this kind of greeting ceremony, so I had to wear such a stupid suit
tie, I really hope our new Chinese friends won’t disappoint us, otherwise, I will never wear this suit out of the country again.”
Just when Jeremy was secretly teasing Dongchen, Long Xiaoyue stepped out of the car door first, followed by Zhang Wenhao and other technicians.
Jeremy came up with the two hosts, shook hands with Long Xiaoyue, and said with a smile: "You must be Miss Long. Before you came, I discussed it with James and Charlie. Unexpectedly,
You are so young and beautiful."
Long Xiaoyue smiled slightly and said in standard English: "Thank you for your compliment."
Jeremy clapped his hands and said: "We have been waiting for your company's mysterious new car for several days, but now the car is still parked in a sealed container. I don't know if we can see it now.
What is the true identity of this mysterious new car?”
Long Xiaoyue nodded and said: "Of course." After saying that, she glanced at Zhang Wenhao, and Zhang Wenhao led several technicians around him to the container. Following them, except for Long Xiaoyue and the three hosts,
People, as well as a large group of directing staff, came to the trailer. Zhang Wenhao instructed the technician to step forward and open the door of the container. Two cameras were facing the container, hoping to capture the appearance of s3c immediately. When the door opened,
At that moment, everyone behind him exclaimed.
"Oh!" Vengeful Jeremy looked at the front part of the Chinese red S3C car in the container and couldn't help but admired: "Apart from anything else, the front face of this car is so domineering! I like its aerodynamics.
The texture design, as well as its air intake grille, just at a glance, the front face of this car is not inferior to that of Aston Martin. You know, Aston Martin’s front face design is recognized as the most classic
of."
James May on the side curled his lips and said: "I was finally happy to find that I couldn't find any copycat features in the front part of this car. Chinese companies have finally begun to embark on the path of independent design."
Jeremy smiled and said, "You're right. What you said reminds me of the Rolls-Royce that China's Geely imitated before. For God's sake, please forgive me. It's simply a complete copy and plagiarism."
At this time, Zhang Wenhao ignored the sarcastic discussion of the three people, strode up, opened the car door halfway in the container, and got into the cab with some effort. Then, he closed the car door and started the s3c in the container.
engine.
Charlie on the side said: "Jeremy, listening to the sound of the engine starting, I think the power performance of this car should not be much better than the Mondeo."
Jeremy laughed exaggeratedly and said a little loudly: "Charlie, you underestimate the strength of the 2.5t engine. Even if a 2.5t engine is made in South Africa, it will definitely be more powerful than the Mondeo engine.
powerful."
Zhang Wenhao braked easily and idled the car little by little out of the container. When the car passed the slope, Jeremy exclaimed again: "Judging from the front half of the body, this car has a very good shape."
"Cool!" Hammond pursed his lips, with a surprised and puzzled expression on his face, and said, "I have to say, this looks much better than I imagined. I had already taken a look and changed the car before today.
The target is Woerwo s80l, I didn’t expect that they changed the appearance of the car quite a lot!”
Immediately, the car was completely driven out of the container and drove past the slope to the flat ground. There was a burst of admiration from all around. Even Jeremy said in surprise: "If this car is the new BMW 5 Series GT, then I
You must buy one! It’s beautiful, it’s really beautiful!”
The other two hosts also agreed. When this S3C appeared, its appearance was indeed far beyond their imagination. The overall shape of the car body was very consistent with the streamlined design. It was not only very pleasing to the eye, but also had a hint of domineering. 20
The 5-inch wheels also look just right. Coupled with the Chinese red paint of the entire car, this car looks very eye-catching as soon as it appears.
At this time, Zhang Wenhao lowered the car window and asked in English: "Excuse me, when will the test start?"
Jeremy blurted out: "Right now, let's go to the laboratory to test the overall power of this car."
Zhang Wenhao nodded. In order for others to test the true performance of the car before this, he decided to drive the car into the laboratory himself.
A Land Rover from the topgear program group led the way, and the others took electric sightseeing cars. Zhang Wenhao drove the s3c and slowly followed the Range Rover leading the way.
When the car arrived at the laboratory, engineers from Volkswagen Germany had been waiting for a long time.
The Dresden Proving Ground is Volkswagen's most high-end and most complete proving ground. This proving ground not only has a top-notch testing venue, but most importantly, Volkswagen has also set up many indoor test projects here, which can ensure that the test is successful.
If any deficiencies are found in the vehicle model on the track, they immediately go to the laboratory to make changes. The test of vehicle power is one of the basic experimental projects here.
Under the instruction of the engineer, Zhang Wenhao drove the car into the laboratory, got out of the car and asked the experimenters to drive the car onto the test bench. They immediately opened the hood skillfully and began to connect the transmission system under test.
Others also arrived at this time. Jeremy faced the camera and held a microphone and said: "Dongchen's new model s3c has arrived at the laboratory. We will now conduct a comprehensive test of the vehicle's power.
, including their gearboxes, of course.”
With that said, while the staff were busy preparing, Jeremy curiously asked James May, another host beside him, and said: "James, what do you think the maximum power of this 2.5t engine can reach? In addition, what do you think?
Which gearbox will they use?"
James May pretended to think seriously for a while and said: "According to my understanding of Woerwo, they have used a 2.5t engine on the xc90, and the horsepower should be around 210, but this time they seem to want to modify it.
It's a little monster, so it's added twin turbochargers. Looking at it this way, I think the horsepower should be between 260 and 270. As for the gearbox, I think it must be the Ford 6-speed powershift gearbox used by Volvo.
.”
Jeremy nodded and asked Charlie next to him: "Charlie, what do you think?"
Charlie shrugged, spread his hands and smiled: "You know, I don't like Volvo very much, so I think the overall power of this car should be around 250 horsepower. As for the gearbox
, James and I have the same view."
Jeremy then turned his head back to the camera and smiled: "It seems that the three of us all have the same view. The overall horsepower of this car should not exceed 270, and it should be equipped with a Volvo
Ford's 6-speed PowerShift transmission was used in many previous models of Wo."
At this time, a Volkswagen engineer passing by stopped and said to Jeremy: "Although I don't know whose gearbox they are equipped with, I can tell you one thing first. This should be an eight-speed gearbox."
Gearbox."
"What?!" the three of them asked in unison. Jeremy hurriedly grabbed the engineer who was about to leave and asked, "How do you know that car is equipped with an eight-speed gearbox?"
The engineer smiled and said: "I drove the car to the test stand just now. After a cursory look, their speedometer was marked with a maximum speed of 320 kilometers per hour and the tachometer was marked with 10,000. So, according to common sense,
, should be equipped with an eight-speed gearbox." (To be continued...)
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