Chapter 898: Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred
Although Lin Qiangsheng is very modest, Honda Hiroshi has decided to promote the development of Honda to the Chinese market as soon as possible, otherwise when Lin Johnson's automobile empire grows, it will be more difficult for Japanese cars to enter the Chinese market than now. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
He decided that when he returned to Japan, he would immediately discuss with his father and the current president, Kume Yoshishi, that it was urgent for Honda to officially enter China.
The group came to Sant'Agata Bolognese, a small town in Modena, where Lin Johnson took Honda Hiroshi on a tour of the new Lamborghini factory.
He confidently introduced to Hiroshi Honda: "This new factory cost $200 million to build, and the production line makes full use of automation equipment to reduce labor costs, improve process quality, and at the same time hire designers for the planning of the factory, this is my supercar factory!" ”
The design of the Lamborghini factory is unique and artistic, and Hirotoshi Honda is already a little jealous, he said: "The advanced culture of the West, coupled with the glorious history of Lamborghini, will definitely create extraordinary quality, I hope Mr. Lin will not bury it!" ”
Lin Qiangsheng twitched the corners of his mouth, he also saw the unwillingness on Honda Bojun's face, and quickly thought about it, after all, the Japanese also regard themselves as a member of Western countries, but Lamborghini was acquired by him, will this make Honda Bojun have a feeling of kinship and hatred.
He looked at the other party and said seriously: "Honda-kun, Lamborghini will continue to be brilliant, it will not be buried, you have to worry about this!" ”
Hiroshi Honda straightened his face as natural as possible, he turned his head to look at Diablo on the production line, and asked, "Lin Jun, is this the supercar you designed, and how is its order situation?" ”
Saying that the order was placed, Lin Qiangsheng said with a smile: "According to the current statistical results, the Diablo ghost has been booked 122 vehicles, and now more than half of the Frankfurt Motor Show, it is estimated that the order for this supercar will likely reach 200 vehicles at the end of the auto show!" ”
"Shw, incredible!" Hiroshi Honda let out an exclamation and said in shock: "As far as I know, Diablo sells for $240,000!" ”
Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said with a smile: "The sales are good, with Ferruccio personally out of the horse, plus some publicity in the early stage, we also invited a lot of rich people from the Middle East and Lamborghini collectors and enthusiasts, they are very generous and have a lot of feelings for Lamborghini!" ”
Honda Bojun was a little speechless, why did he ask Lin Qiangsheng to buy the world's top supercar manufacturer, this guy sells a car and Honda sells more than a dozen or twenty cars. In addition, he was a little worried about how much it would help China's auto industry if Lin Qiangsheng applied Lamborghini's technology to his car industry!
Lin Qiangsheng invited: "Honda-kun, do you want to test drive the diablo?" ”
Hirotoshi Honda nodded and said, "Of course, if I can, I want to experience the excellent performance of the Diablo now!" ”
He wanted to see how the supercar designed by Lin Johnson was, whether it was as good as it was said in the magazine, what kind of revolution in the supercar industry, the Europeans had blown the changes in Lamborghini into a flower, and he frowned when he looked at it.
Several people came outside again, and soon, Villanica drove a black Diablo to Honda Hirotoshi and several Japanese people, and lightly turned the cab to face the crowd.
The low and flamboyant body, the muffled roaring power, is worthy of being a bull, so that Honda Hiroshi does not feel that it is good, and several Japanese engineers are also amazed by the excellence of Lamborghini, just with this appearance, this supercar can give 90 points.
"It's a perfect inheritance of the characteristics of the contas, but very different!" Hirotoshi Honda said in admiration, after all, it is a good car.
He said to Lin Qiangsheng: "Congratulations on designing such a beautiful machine, and we East Asians have such an excellent product in the field of supercar design, which is very remarkable!" ”
Lin Qiangsheng nodded and invited: "Please, Honda-kun, if there is anything you are not satisfied with, please don't hesitate to give advice!" ”
"I will!" Hirotoshi Honda nodded, he opened the door, the scissor door design was very unique and flamboyant, and he sat in lightly.
Lin Qiangsheng helped him close the door, and Honda Hiroshi looked at the interior craftsmanship of Diablo, which was rated by the European car industry as the biggest highlight of this auto show, and the change of the supercar industry revolution.
This time Lamborghini did make the interior very well, not as crude and simple as the previous works, but gave him a very luxurious feeling.
The black body with a brown-red interior, high-end leather wrapping, starting the supercar, the dashboard is lit up, very dazzling, like opening the jet port of a spaceship, and immediately a sci-fi texture comes to the face.
The chrome buttons and the black and shiny center console are extremely delicate and gorgeous, which makes Honda Hiroshi feel unbearable.
He moved his body back and forth, surprisingly felt that the wrapping and support of the seat were perfect, and tried to adjust himself to the best position, the electric adjustment system is very responsive, which means that the electronic system of this supercar is very advanced, and Lamborghini has invested the most in electronic technology, claiming to have used the entire staff of the computer department of the University of Modena and the University of Bologna to collect data.
Hiroshi Honda looked at the Philips CD player on the center console, pressed it, and a rather dynamic music sounded.
He put on the steering wheel, gently refueled the car, and drove from slow to fast onto the road in front of the factory. I felt that the car was in good condition, I stepped on the pedal, the engine suddenly exploded, Honda Bojun's body shook, this feeling of pushing back came immediately, and the power performance was also quite surging, as if there was an inexhaustible source of energy gushing out, Lamborghini's continuous acceleration was very good, and it was really the king of straight lines!
Honda Hiroshi owns a car tuning factory, of course, he is very interested in this kind of extreme sports, he changed gears and continued to increase the accelerator, he felt that the accelerator pedal was not like those previous Lamborghini cars, which required a lot of strength to pedal. At the same time, I feel that the gear shift is also more labor-saving, and the transmission tuning is very comfortable, in the past, Lamborghini needed strong and powerful arms to control, but the Diablo gave people a much more relaxed feeling, which is very different.
After driving two laps, Honda Bojun slowly stopped the car, and after he got out of the car, he said to Lin Qiangsheng: "The performance of this car is very good, but the fly in the ointment is that it lacks some personality, I don't know if it's all like this."
I've also driven other Lamborghini models, like the Contash which requires a lot of hard throttle, and the forward and backward gears also need to be pushed hard, although it is not friendly to the driver, but it is full of personality, and this Diablo does not have these characteristics of Lamborghini! ”
Lin Qiangsheng spread his hands and said: "The new generation of car consumers are more concerned about comfort, improving handling and friendliness. However, the personality you mentioned, we have not discarded, if the customer needs it, you can customize, change back to the original style is no problem at all. ”
"You can still do this!" Honda Hiroshi was quite surprised, Lamborghini to Lin Qiangsheng's hands, it was really too different to be seen, I don't know if such a Lamborghini can reproduce its glory, he has some pity and some expectations, of course, he expects Lin Qiangsheng to fail.
Next, Lin invited Honda to visit the Automotive R&D Center, where the F1 car will also be designed.
Honda Bojun nodded and said, "Lin Jun, please rest assured, we will bring in a strong technical team to help you design the car and form a team!" ”
It turned out that Honda did not take Lin Johnson's formation of the F1 team as an important matter at the beginning. They are now the engine provider for Formula 1 events, like the Williams team that has won two consecutive championships in the past two years, they used Honda's 1.5L turbocharged RA167 engine, and beat the team with 3.5L naturally aspirated engines to a losing temper.
In '87, several teams will use Honda engines, and in the F1 race, Honda as an alternative existence, can be described as infinitely good. In this case, Honda certainly does not look down on the newly formed Dongxing team.
However, now the East Star that cooperates with Lamborghini is different, Lamborghini is the only brand in the supercar industry that can compete with Ferrari, whether it is its influence or technical strength, Honda cannot be underestimated. So this time, the Japanese were very attentive and sent strong technicians to get a glimpse of Lamborghini's roots. (To be continued.) )