CHAPTER 160 BAOMA B5 AND Z1

Because, after the car design entered the ******, the body shape of the third-generation BMW 5 Series was obviously much fuller, and this feeling came from its "fat ******", and this sexy rear shape was one of the reasons why countless consumers were firmly attracted to it and paid to take it home. The irregularly shaped taillights www.biquge.info of the pen "fun" pavilion have changed the monotonous design of the past, and the slightly upturned "little tail" on the trunk lid can be called the finishing touch. The dimensions of the third-generation BMW 5 Series are 4720mm long, 1751mm wide, 1412mm high, and have a wheelbase of 2761mm.

The third-generation BMW 5 Series still uses the front MacPherson and rear half-tow arm independent suspension, while consolidating the classic styling design, its drive form also continues the layout of the previous two generations of models with front and rear drive, and the more optimized chassis structure and tuning make it have a high driving pleasure in the same class of models in the same period. At this point, BMW's concept of emphasizing driving pleasure was already beginning to bear fruit.

The third-generation BMW 5 Series is also more abundant, including electric adjustment of exterior mirrors, power windows, electric sunroof, leather seats, electric adjustable seats with memory function and heating (optional), 6-disc CD audio system, trip computer, dual-zone automatic air conditioning, car refrigerator, car telephone, steering assistance, ABS anti-lock braking system and many other configurations, while airbags are also equipped in the third generation BMW 5 Series.

Thinking of this, Ye Kai picked up a pencil and began to draw on the paper the outline of the third-generation BMW 5 Series, which is low in the front and high in the back, and the arc structure is introduced as a whole. After the drawing, in the blank space of the front of the car, the shape of the grille and the shape of the headlights began to be revised.

When you finish your draft, write the BAOMAB5 car in the upper right corner of the drawing.

After completing the shape design of the B5, according to the plan, Ye Kai still has one last model to design, that is, the shape design of the sports car.

In Ye Kai's heart, there will be a sports car model included in each of his car brands, and the reason why he did not put it forward when designing the Aodi model is because Ye Kai is still considering which brand of shape and configuration is more appropriate.

However, Ye Kai has long thought about the shape and configuration of the sports car of the joint venture company, and since they are all completely copied from BMW's models, then the sports car will naturally use BMW's.

BMW's sports car model is called the Z series, which is named Z because it is named after the first letter "Z" of the German Zukunft (Zukunft translates into Chinese as "future"), and then BMW began all two-door convertible sports cars with the letter "Z".

It hasn't appeared yet, so his name Ye Kai naturally laughed at it and became BAOMA's Z series.

Ye Kai wrote the BAOMAZ series sports car on the paper, and then began to recall the bits and pieces of information about the BMW company's relationship with the Z series.

On January 1, 1985, BMWAG founded a subsidiary of BMW Technik GmbH. Within BMW, its code name is "ZT", and the responsibility and mission of "ZT" is to research and develop the latest and even advanced automotive technology and the most cutting-edge automobile design of the current era, and to make the avant-garde technology and design of these laboratories as technical reserves for the future production of cars on the market.

Therefore, any technological development carried out here, any design is revolutionary, and the engineers and technical experts working here do not have to think about whether the project they are doing is relevant to the market, let alone whether the current car owner needs it or not. Yes, "ZT" is simply a utopia of happiness for these genius scientists. UlrichBez was fortunate enough to become the first leader of BMW Technik GmbH, and "ZT" matured from his hands, and with it, jaw-dropping creations were born! The first great piece was the Z1!

At the end of 1987, BMW unveiled the Z1, a two-seater roadster that had been in development for three years.

As a production concept car, the BMW Z1 was already very avant-garde and advanced at the time, for example, its doors do not open inside and out like traditional doors, but instead use vertical lifting, which hides the doors in the side sills when getting out of the car, which is inspired by traditional roadsters with metal or fabric doors. For the manufacture of the body, the BMW Z1 adopts the hot-dip galvanizing method of welding the metal sheet formed by one-time pressing, which can increase the torsional hardness of the frame by 25% compared with the traditional method, and at the same time, a thermoplastic material is used in the crash-prone parts of the body to resist minor collisions.

In terms of power performance, in order to reduce R&D expenditure, the Z1 uses the engine, gearbox and suspension of the E30325i, but the rear suspension of the Z1 adopts a new multi-arm four-link design, which is also the first BMW model to use multi-arm four-link suspension. The Z1's 2.5-liter SOHC six-cylinder engine can produce a maximum power of 170 hp and a maximum torque of 222 Nm, and a top speed of 225 km/h. At that time, the Z1 was priced between 83,000 and 89,000 marks, and in the five years from 1987 to 1992, BMW produced only 8,012 Z1 sports cars, of which about 80% were sold to the German market, a little more than 5% to the Italian market, and 4% to France.

Since then, BMW has launched the Z2, Z3 and Z4, which have been well received by fans around the world.

Now this model that has allowed BMW to occupy a corner of the sports car market, Ye Kai smiled quietly and silently became his own.

The shape of the Z1 in the previous life was quite fashionable, with a bullet-like body, a beautiful streamlined shape, and an electric storage shell, which was unique among professional sports car brands.

Ye Kai hummed a song that had not yet appeared in this world, picked up a pen and paper, and began to sketch the appearance of the model that belonged to the BAOMAZ1.

Ye Kai believes that as soon as this design drawing comes out, it can not only conquer those R&D personnel, but also give car owners a strong visual impact, so why worry about sales and fame?

Ye Kai also believes that with the appearance of the model he designed in the market and after becoming famous, perhaps how to run the company Hans will be independent in strict accordance with the contract, but only the car design work, Hans will definitely strictly respect his own opinions, so that his technical authority in the joint venture company has been established.

Hans is outside, Ye Kai is inside, the two cooperate perfectly, what is a BMW company?

Ye Kai was thinking in his heart while sorting out the drawings.

The appearance of the joint venture's model has been determined, and what remains is the matter of its own R&D center.