Chapter 1192: Changing Hearts

It is determined that the work of the racing design and research institute will not delay the group's pre-treasure aunt is after the introduction of the soil. Zhang Lan has not had time to spare, and there are still many things that this kid needs to do: although the models on his side have basically been determined, several automobile manufacturing departments with independent brands under the group will also participate in the Frankfurt Motor Show, and Zhang Lan needs to understand the specific progress of their work.

There are three companies in total, one of which is the snake company that Alice grabbed from the group in her spare years, and said that "Snake may not be a person who knows a lot about cars and has never heard of this company, but if you talk about the famous Hummer, it is estimated that there are few people who have not heard of this world-renowned high-performance off-road vehicle brand."

That's right, the company is the famous company that produces Hummer cars, as a famous off-road vehicle brand that has been famous in the world for many years. The Frankfurt Motor Show was an excellent opportunity for Hummer to promote itself.

In addition, there are another brands, one of which is, of course, Rolls-Royce and Bentley, two luxury RV brands that Zhang Lan grabbed from BMW and Volkswagen.

Naturally, Zhang Lan has too much to worry about the issue of these two brands participating in the exhibition. In fact, if at this Frankfurt Motor Show, Hummer didn't come, after all, although that guy has superior off-road performance, but for Europeans who pay attention to environmental protection and emissions, the pollution of this car is too high, and Europeans are more or less a little uninterested in this car.

But Rolls-Royce and Bentley are completely different. For Europeans with a strong concubine complex in their bones, if Rolls-Royce and Bentley, the two absolute aristocratic brands in their minds, did not arrive, then this Frankfurt Motor Show will undoubtedly lose a lot of color.

Since the 80s, it can be said that it has been at the Frankfurt Motor Show since the Second World War. Although because of Rolls-Royce's parent company: Vickers Group because of its own sales strategy. I am afraid that Bentley will have an impact on the Rolls-Royce market and deliberately suppress the Bentley brand, because although Bentley may occasionally be absent from major auto shows in the world, Rolls-Royce has never been absent.

Rolls-Royce has always been the focus of attention in the luxury car industry, and is the absolute king of the world's luxury car industry. Although there are several brands that claim to be able to compete with Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce is Rolls-Royce. Their so-called comparison is more of an act of putting gold on their faces.

Even since the acquisition of the Rolls-Royce brand by Alice Group, although there are not many international exhibitions in which Alice Group's self-created brand vehicles have participated, all the auto shows that Rolls-Royce has participated in represent the authority of this auto show: Rolls-Royce has never been absent from the five major auto shows in the world, such as the Geneva Motor Show, the Paris Motor Show, the Frankfurt Motor Show, the North American Motor Show and the Tokyo Motor Show. The right to speak in this world is in the hands of the rich, since they think that Rolls-Royce, which looks more like an antique, is more in line with their aesthetics, then whether it is an aristocratic model or a grassroots model, it is natural that they will desperately cater to the needs of their own God, even the arrogant Rolls-Royce will not be an exception. But this time. Rollslas and his little brother Bentley were destined to compete at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Although there is still some time before the official start of the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Frankfurt Motor Show Organizing Committee has repeatedly written from me. Confirm Elaine's accuracy of the Rolls-Royce presence this time: Is the Rolls-Royce model on display confirmed to be a Rolls-Royce Phantom?

No way, this is almost the attitude of any organizing committee towards Rolls-Royce at any auto show. And it's not just the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Elaine, who couldn't cry or laugh, could only reply to the Frankfurt Motor Show Organizing Committee repeatedly: That's right, it's the Rolls-Royce Phantom. In other words, you can rest assured. We won't be absent.

Rolls-Royce Gust is still in the deactivation stage of the brand, Rolls-Royce, Qi is still in the research and development stage, as for Rolls-Royce Blazing. Is there such a model? In addition to the Rolls-Royce Phantom, Rolls-Royce does not have any other models for the exhibition, the only thing to be thankful for is that the Rolls-Royce Phantom is also divided into several levels.

Even if there is only one car, at most three cars will be brought over, and the booth area of Rolls-Royce will occupy a huge number of square meters, and one car will occupy four square meters of display area, and Rolls-Royce will be worthy of its kingship.

Plus Bentley Continental "Bentley Elegance occupies another square of persuasion, and finally there is the Hummer. Poor Humvee is even more miserable, only "this one model, although in the Humvee ... On the basis of several Xia Dan, all of them use the chassis, engine and gearbox of the Hummer, the only difference is probably that the structure on it is not very different. Some are pure off-road vehicle-style hatchbacks, some are two-row pickup-style off-road vehicles, and some single-row pickup trucks, and that's just the kind of back and forth.

As for the Hummer extended car, which was very popular a few years later, it is a pity that it is modified on the basis of the Hummer anal, and there are special modification car factories in the United States, which is not the responsibility of Hummer, and even if it is exhibited, it has nothing to do with Hummer. But these cars, no more than spider cars, also occupy a square display area, and the Frankfurt Motor Show organizing committee almost smiled crookedly.

The three high-end brands under the Alice Group occupy the sacrificial one. square meters, the area of one and a half booths. Fortunately, I won the total alone, ahhh The Alice Group, with its square meter booth area, is a big customer of the Frankfurt Motor Show Organizing Committee anyway, and for big customers, even if it is a world motor show like the Frankfurt Motor Show. The organizer also needs to be taken care of.

After coordination by the organizing committee. The extra half of the booth was coordinated to Ford's top British off-road vehicle brand: Land Rover. In terms of the relationship between the Alice Group and the Ford Motor Group, that's a small thing. In fact, it's really not a big deal, and it doesn't even have the qualifications to alarm the top management of both companies.

Land Rover only has three series: Land Rover Surround, Land Rover Discovery and Land Rover Freelander, in comparison, compared to only one Hummer, the series is at least much better on the bright side. This time, Hummer and Land Rover dealt directly with each other, which made Zhang Lan feel that it seemed that the two had a big comparison to see who was the world's No. 1 off-road vehicle brand. ,

Rolls-Royce will not talk about it for the time being, as a classic, any small change must be carefully considered, and the designers of Rolls-Royce have to be cautious about any small change; Bentley not to mention, since the Alice Group took over the Bentley brand, relying on the strong management team of the Alice Group, this top luxury car brand known as the "royal athlete" has completely glowed the second spring, has launched the Bentley Continental, and Bentley Elegance in the European luxury car market has achieved good results, for a car brand that was taken over by the network last year, can achieve such results, Even Zhang Lan didn't expect that this would be much better than the results achieved by Volkswagen after taking over Bentley in history.

The only problem now is probably the Humvee. Big guy, Humvee... The turbocharged diesel engine with a displacement of up to 6 liters is a typical engine with low power and high torque output. Generally speaking, off-road vehicles emphasize torque and don't care much about power. But it can be extreme to Hummer, it is estimated that there is only such a Hummer in the world: the 6-liter engine is actually only, and the power of 10,000 kilowatts makes people almost can't believe their eyes, and this little power output can be achieved even if it is a well-tuned wound-liter gasoline engine; But the high-to-Nm, Nm torque output makes almost all four-wheeled off-road vehicles only out of reach.

Although this guy has the "king of off-road small" in the world off-road vehicle world. If you want to shake the status of Hummer in the high-end off-road vehicle market, probably only the series of Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz models can compete with it. But this guy's ultra-high fuel consumption and the emission problems caused by ultra-high fuel consumption are also quite a headache, Zhang Lan has long wondered whether to replace this big guy with a new engine.

The idea was already in the first semi-forced collaboration with Volkswagen to inject diesel engines into four-turbo cylinders. Although the off-road ability of the Hummer car is indeed very strong, it has won the love of many people with its strong off-road performance and strong appearance, but the ultra-high fuel consumption beyond the imagination of ordinary people and the exhaust emissions of cars that exceed the ordinary vehicles are also criticized by many people. And this auto show seems to be an opportunity to introduce a new engine. The brand-new, four-turbocharged in-cylinder direct injection diesel engine for the Hummer was put on the agenda soon after finalizing the cooperation intention with Volkswagen, with the basis of cooperation with Volkswagen, Zhang Lan naturally will not have any worries, the work of this diesel engine specially developed for Hummer is progressing very smoothly, with the foundation laid by Little Chenxi Little Alice and Brother Zhuzi, plus Cosworth on the side. Just a few. In a few months, a new eight-cylinder, four-wheel supercharged in-cylinder direct-injection diesel engine with a starting displacement completed the initial finalization test from the laboratory.