Now Ducati is in full swing at the World Superbike Championship (SBK), riding the head of Japan's "Big Kong" with great arrogance.

According to the known information of Zhang Lan's previous life, the SBK competition is currently monopolized by five major teams: Italy's Ducati team, Japan's "Big Kong" Honda team, Kawasaki team, Yamaha team, and Suzuki team. Since the first SBK was officially held in 1988, in the 17 editions that have been successfully held, the Ducati team has topped the list with 12 championships, and has maintained the first place in the annual overall ranking in 1991~1996 and 1998~2003. It was only in 1997 that Honda stole the limelight.

Ducati's success in the Superbike Championship is due to the fact that in addition to the talented riders under his roster, they have a team of high-performing, consistent and combat-savvy bikes.

However, Kukadi did not stop there, and in order to achieve more, Ducati returned in 2003, after a 30-year absence from the GP, as a long-time leader in the Superbike Championship (SBK).

At that time, the Ducati team and the Kawasaki team appeared together, and the already treacherous and changeable field immediately became more turbulent, and Ducati was regarded as the most powerful contender for the championship, Honda and Yamaha. The Ducati team, which is gearing up for the GP competition, first selects the best racing players - excellent racing drivers Carbirosi and Bairis, and then brings in the big sponsor Marlboro and brings a new type of GP car. These cars are powered by an L-shaped water-cooled engine that can rev up to 17,000 rpm.

Although it was still the Honda team that won the 2003 GP, Ducati's performance was unanimously recognized. In the 2004 GP competition, the most powerful teams to win the championship were still Ducati, Honda, and Yamaha. SADLY, DUE TO PETER PAN ROSSI'S PERFORMANCE AT THE YAMAHA TEAM, DUCATI HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WIN THE WORLD MOTOGP CHAMPIONSHIP. But everyone has to admit that Ducati has always been the most favorable contender for the world MOTOGP championship.

Zhang Lan knew that the current relationship between Ducati and the Kajwa Group was a honey blend, but only a year later. Dragged down by the poor performance of its subsidiaries, the Kajiwa Group has slowly reduced its support for Ducati, and not only that, but in order to balance the group's finances, the Kajiwa Group has even withdrawn a large amount of money from Ducati's finances for several consecutive years. to balance the group's losses.

Losing the support of the head office, and then being withdrawn from the capital, Kukadi had a very difficult time. It wasn't until 1996, when Ducati spun off from the Kajiva Group and was taken over by Texas Pacific, a Texas investment fund, that Ducati was able to get better off with the new owners, who not only brought in much-needed capital from Ducati, but also gave it a new management team and a strong team of engineers, enabling the company to continue to break new sales and profit records. And its business has also broken through the original superbike and expanded to a variety of clothing and decorations.

Although Zhang Lan really wants to take Ducati under his command. But now is obviously not a good time, everything, it takes time.

For the proposal of the American Alice Group, the Ducati Group felt very difficult.

"Beautiful Miss Alice," DelTorchio, the future CEO of Ducati, hesitated, "maybe you don't know very well, Ducati is not the same as Piaggio, and now Ducati is no longer engaged in the manufacture and development of 600cc motorcycles, although we would love to cooperate with your group." However, our existing production line with a displacement of 250CC is still a product of the sixties, and it has been out of use for a long time, and I am afraid it cannot meet your needs. ”

"So?" Alice also felt a little headache. I really didn't expect this to happen, the other party turned out to be large locomotives with a displacement of more than 600CC, and even if such a car was produced, it was obviously beyond the domestic purchasing power.

In fact, Ducati has produced motorcycles with a displacement of less than 250CC, Zhang Lan gave Alice some information, and Alice also asked people to find some relevant information about Ducati. In the 60s, Ducati's representative product was not the V-twin large-displacement sports car of today. Rather, it is a single-cylinder engine 250 series. In 1964, the Ducati 250 cc motorcycle line-up was strong, with famous models such as Diana Mark 3, Monza, Aurea and Scrambler, which were able to reach speeds of about 150 km/h, which was a very good result at the time and captured the hearts of sports motorcycle fans around the world.

"Can you still use those production lines?" That's what Alice cares about the most.

"There are no problems at all," DelTorchio nodded, "for those lines that have been withdrawn, we maintain them very well, we have special personnel to do regular maintenance, and those lines can be put into use with simple adjustment." ”

"So," Schwawan said in a loud voice, "do you still have those 250cc engine production technologies?" I mean, do you still have the production capacity for those engines? ”

"This," DelTorchio looked down and thought for a moment, "I think, Mr. Schwa, that's no problem, our Ducati technology is all in the same vein, and the 250cc engine production technology is not too much of a problem for us." ”

"Can you redesign your previous 250cc engines? I believe that with your current technical ability, there should be no big problem in redesigning this relatively simple engine on the original basis and further improving the performance. Schwa suggested.

At present, the Japanese engine production technology introduced in China during this period is only in Japan in the fifties and sixties, and Japan's technology in this period is really far from that of Europe. Alice is confident that with the careful refinement of these engineers, the new engine will be able to reach the level of the late 70s and early 80s. Compared with the motorcycle technology of this period in China, it is still much more advanced.

"Of course, there is no problem at all for us." DelTorchio is proud of his company's technology, and he is extremely confident in it, "It's just too easy for our strong engineering team. He hesitated a little as he spoke. However, I have to say that I am sorry because this requires the approval of the head office, and it is not an action that we can take up ideas. ”

"There's one thing I want to know." Schwa thought for a moment, "To what extent can a redesigned engine go technically?" Can it reach the international average level of technology in the early 80s? ”

"You are contemptuous of our great engineers," Ducati's technical director blushed with excitement before DelTorchio could speak, "We are Ducati, the best motorcycle company in the world, we have the best motorcycle engineers in the world, and it would be a shame for Ducati to fail to reach the international leading level in the eighties after our reimprovements." ”

Sure enough, it is engaged in technology, and it has the common problem of all technicians. Alice snickered to herself: the most intolerable thing is the doubts of others about her technical ability.

"In that case, things are much easier to handle by now," Alice took over, "and you don't have to think about the problems on Kajiva's side at all, so it's good to leave the work to us." So let's continue to ask, can we take such a cooperative approach: we entrust you to re-design and innovate the 250CC engine, and then re-design the whole vehicle according to our requirements, and then the engine and the production process and production line of the whole vehicle, is there a problem with this work? ”

"As long as the head office agrees," DelTorchio excited. This is a good way to generate income, a 250cc car? Oh my God, compared to those big guys with 800-1000CC displacement. It's a pediatric thing, it's so simple! "There's no problem at all on our side."

"OK," Alice stood up, "then you can go about your pre-design preparations." ”

"Is that so?" The president of the Kajiwa Group nodded, "Of course, there is no problem, but I will be presumptuous. We also need to renegotiate the brand of the motorcycle you produce. ”

"What is Mr. President's suggestion?" Alice is as good as she is.

"I wonder if we can refer to the way your group works with the Piaggio Group?" Mr. President finally threw out his purpose.

It turns out that you hit this idea, thinking about cultivating the market? Yes, we've taken advantage of your Ducati too! Such a prominent brand, of course, is the best to be able to use, and I will not object to having the opportunity for everyone to make a fortune together.

"Of course there is no problem," Alice said with a coquettish smile, like a cunning little fox, "then do we refer to Piaggio's contract for everything, and explain in advance that some of the contents of the contract cannot be made public." ”

"Oh," Mr. President smiled awkwardly, "if you can, of course it's the best, of course it's the best." "Mr. President doesn't dare to have any contempt for the beautiful woman in front of him, this woman has a very deep background, and she can't afford to provoke her.

"I'm sorry, I just made a joke with Mr. President," Alice stood up with a smile, "Of course there is no problem, your company has done more than we imagined, I am very happy to know Mr. President, I hope we will have more opportunities for cooperation in the future," said and stretched out his hand, "We will have more opportunities for cooperation in the future." ”

"Huh?" The president was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, this is Alice said to herself: Everyone will get closer in the future, you don't have to worry. This guy forced himself to resist the excitement in his heart, and quickly stretched out his hand, his tone was very excited, "Of course, I am convinced of this. ”

"I have a suggestion," Alice thought for a moment, and a new thought came to her mind, "I wonder if Mr. President would like to hear it?" ”

"Listen up," President Kajiwa behaved like a child who had seen a teacher at this moment, very restrained.

"It's just a suggestion, it's entirely up to Mr. President to decide whether to adopt it or not," Alice stood up, first walked a few steps slowly, and suddenly turned her head, "We can use the newly developed car to target the Asian market, and the brand will still use the Ducati brand, or it will be named "Alice Ducati". In terms of publicity, it can be emphasized that Ducati has developed an entry-level high-performance street car specifically for the Asian market, and in terms of the technical performance of this car, it needs to be used as a novice practice car and a motorcycle racing 250cc displacement class as long as it is properly modified. ”

"That's a good idea," Mr. President lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head, "It can make up for the shortcomings that Ducati does not exist in the low-end car market, but I suggest that the brand name of this car be 'Alice-Ducati', I don't know what Miss Alice thinks?" ”

This old guy still wants to distinguish himself from Ducati, which is not a bad way, not only to promote the Ducati brand, but also to distinguish it from the orthodox Ducati, this old guy, good idea! But it's not without benefits to yourself, at least there is a Ducati golden signboard, and your car can quickly open the market, which is a win-win way!

"Happy working together!" Alice nodded.

"Happy working together!" Mr. President was overjoyed.

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