If you want to develop a high-performance sports car, the most exciting thing is naturally the AMC Automotive Engineering Institute.

Although Chen Geng personally developed a few models, but he personally led the team responsible for the research and development of the project, each of which has achieved great success, look at the Chrysler family, now it has become a pillar product in the Chrysler automotive product line, look at its own GL8, in the field of MPV, up to nearly 30,000 sales per month almost swallowed half of AMC's production capacity!

After the company decided to develop a high-performance sports car to establish a brand image and a high degree of technology, the entire automotive engineering institute was excited, and everyone was discussing what kind of car the boss wanted to develop, so when Chen Gengfu appeared in the automotive technology engineering institute, David Leibson, the vice president in charge of the daily work of the engineering institute, asked Chen Geng excitedly: "Boss, are you going to restart the 'Swordfish' series this time?"

"No, no, no," the Swordfish series is a large-displacement muscle car under AMC that is the same as the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro, Chen Geng said very politely: "Does the 'Swordfish' series use the word 'high performance'? What we want to do is a car that can win medals in top competitions, not a car that can only run fast." ”

A car that can win medals at the top level? David Leibson was getting more and more excited.

It was only when David Leibson, as the team coordinator, heard Chen Geng's first request for this car that he began to be dumbfounded......

"Gentlemen, first of all, we have to be clear, what kind of car are we going to make? Is it a traditional American muscle car? No, no, no, this is not what I want, in my opinion, the kind of thing that only knows how to pile up the displacement, without any technical content, and will only be ridiculed, the car we are going to do next must not only have the qualification to win the championship in the United States and even the world, but more importantly, this is a car that is strong enough to compete with the Ferrari 288 GTO, The Lamborghini Countach and the Porsche 911 Carrera are comparable supercars. ”

As soon as Chen Geng's words came out, the engineers and technical elites of dozens of AMCs on the scene all gasped: they wanted to develop a car that surpassed the performance of the Ferrari 288 GTO, the Lamborghini countach and even the Porsche 911 Carrera...... At least a supercar that can be compared to these three cars in terms of performance?!

My God!

Almost everyone thinks their boss is crazy!

Among the three cars, the Lamborghini countach is the coolest in shape, but at the same time the weakest in overall performance, but whether it is a Ferrari 288 GT0 or a Porsche 911 Carrera, which one is not a representative of the world's flagship sports car in the late 70s and early 80s?

Any of these three cars are steeped in the technical heritage and black technology of the old European automakers that are beyond the reach of American automakers, surpassing the Ferrari 288 GTO and the Porsche 911 Carrera?

Lose your marbles!

The owner must be crazy!

"Think it's impossible?" Chen Geng raised his eyebrows: "Or do you think you can't do it, and I can't do it?"

“......”

No one spoke.

Also, how can everyone accept these remarks of the big boss? Saying that he can do what he can do? That is nonsense, something that even Ford and GM cannot do, and how can AMC, which is the last seat of the four major American car brands, be able to do it? But if you want to say that you can't do it, who knows if you will annoy the boss and lose your job? While saying that you can't do it, you still think that the boss can't do it? It's either crazy or crazy.

In this case, silence becomes the best option.

"If you think you can't do it, you can voluntarily withdraw from the project now...... Has anyone taken the initiative to stand up and admit that they can't do it? No, it's good, then I'll go on," Chen Geng, who unceremoniously forced @ raped public opinion, and continued: "There is no doubt that whether it is brand awareness or its own performance, Ferrari 288 GTO, Porsche 911 Carrera, Lamborghini countach, are the top and most outstanding products of this era, so the question is, what do we have to do in order to achieve or even exceed the performance of these three cars?"

First of all, power, the engine is the foundation, without enough excellent power, no matter how good the design is, it is useless;

secondly, the chassis and suspension;

Again, the lightweight of the whole vehicle, the saying of 'one kilogram on the wheel, ten horsepower on the wheel', I believe you all know;

and most importantly ......"

Speaking of this, Chen Geng paused deliberately, and after attracting everyone's attention, he continued: "A four-wheel drive system that can guarantee that a car can run fast in both straight lines and corners at the same time, and the performance is strong enough." ”

Four-wheel drive?

The car that the boss is going to do, is it a four-wheel drive car?

Knowing this, all the engineers and senior technicians were stunned, and they didn't know what to say or what to say.

To put it bluntly, in this era, in the field of supercars, four-wheel drive technology is the heresy of iron, and it needs to be knocked over to the ground and then stepped on countless feet.

Look at Ferrari, look at Lamborghini, look at Porsche, look at McLaren, look at Jaguar...... These world's top sports car brands, do they have any models that play four-wheel drive?

Several major American car brands are loyal fans of this view, in order to run fast, they are crazy to increase horsepower, for example, we can see in Hollywood movies crazy modified American muscle cars run 0-400, resolutely do not use four-wheel drive, do not use four-wheel drive in this life, rather add a mechanical supercharger more than half a meter higher than the hood, only let the rear wheels land on the ground, and resolutely do not use four-wheel drive - four-wheel drive is synonymous with sissies, which is basically equivalent to "only sissies can do women, and iron-blooded real men only do men".

At this moment, even David Leibson couldn't help it, he couldn't help but persuade: "Boss, are you going to make a four-wheel drive sports car?"

Chen Geng raised his eyebrows: "Something?"

David Leibson smiled bitterly, of course he couldn't directly say to the boss that "four-wheel drive is a sissy", so he had to say euphemistically: "Boss, although we also have four-wheel drive technology, but our four-wheel drive technology is four-wheel drive in the off-road direction, and the four-wheel drive on the sports car is a completely different technical route......"

It's a pity that David Leibson's idea fell through, and before he could finish speaking, Chen Geng said: "I am personally responsible for the research and development of this four-wheel drive system." ”

“......”

David Leibson opened his mouth and couldn't say a word: the big boss said so, what else could he say?

"I know that everyone in the room has a problem with my decision, but what I want to say is that you either join the project, cooperate with me seriously, and enjoy the high subsidy, or you withdraw from the ...... Now tell me, is anyone planning to quit?" Chen was arrogant with a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other.

Quit?

It is impossible to quit, and you are not a well-known car designer, and you can't make money by fame, so you can only maintain your life by hugging the thighs of the big guy.

A group of engineers, designers, and senior technicians who receive a monthly salary of about $3,000, you look at me, I look at you, while secretly slandering their colleagues in their hearts that they simply do not have the discipline of a technician: "Don't you know that design concept is the soul of designers?", while secretly looking forward to how much the boss can pay everyone.

"Very good," After waiting for half a minute, seeing that no one had withdrawn, Chen Geng nodded with satisfaction: "Then let me announce the name of our product first: AMC GT-R." ”

GT-R？

The boss is very ambitious.

When it comes to the GT-R, the first reaction of countless fans is: it!

But in fact, GT or GTR is not exclusive to a certain brand, among the world's major car brands use GT and GTR to name their high-performance sports cars, Ford has the famous GT series sports car, domestic fans are most familiar with Ford GT40, Mercedes-Benz also has GTR, that is, the famous Mercedes-Benz AMG GTR.

Why is everyone not afraid of Nissan suing itself for infringement? Because according to the naming rules for early cars, G is Grand, which means a car with superior performance, T is Touring, which means a car that can run long distances, and R is Racing, which means a car suitable for racing, so under normal circumstances, if you define your own product as a car with superior performance and can run long distances, it can be called GT, with superior performance. A car that can travel long distances and has been specially tuned to allow it to compete is also a GTR.

Although after the 60s, GT and GTR have gradually become synonymous with high-performance sports cars, as long as they meet one or more of these points, there is nothing wrong with calling it a GT or GTR, and even SI, ST, EVO, type-R and other special names used to indicate high performance in a certain product series have come out, such as Focus Focus ST, Lancer Evolution, Civic type-R and so on.

Moreover, the current Nissan skyline GT-R is far from the R32 generation that made them famous, let alone the world, even in Asia, where automotive technology is weak, the reputation of the Nissan skyline GT-R is not obvious, and as for the Americans, they have never heard of the Nissan skyline GT-R.

So for Chen Geng's name for this car, although everyone felt a little arrogant, no one felt that there was anything wrong.

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Moreover, the current Nissan skyline GT-R is far from the R32 generation that made them famous, let alone the world, even in Asia, where automotive technology is weak, the reputation of the Nissan skyline GT-R is not obvious, and as for the Americans, they have never heard of the Nissan skyline GT-R.

So for Chen Geng's name for this car, although everyone felt a little arrogant, no one felt that there was anything wrong.