Chapter 346: Modena - The Cradle of Supercars
“Cheers!” Strongson Lin, Ferruccio and Blüchette raised their glasses to celebrate the victory at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Ferruccio raised his bubbling beer glass with relief, and Brüchette gulped down his drink.
Together with his staff, they were invited by Johnson Lin, a bar street not far from the banks of the River Main. Although Frankfurt is part of the state of Hesse, it's also famous for its horseshoe beer, and the local Licher beer is also a great choice for celebrations, just as good as the Bavarian draught beer!
Bluchette observed Ferruccio Lamborghini out of the corner of his eye, and then he glanced at Lin Qiangsheng again, Bluchette really didn't expect that this young man from the East turned out to be the owner of the legendary supercar Lamborghini!
Previously, he thought that Lin Johnson and Ferruccio approached because he wanted to order a limited edition supercar, but after a period of contact with Blüchert, he found out that Lin Johnson was actually the backstage boss of Lamborghini.
It has long been revealed by the media that Lamborghini has been sold to a Chinese, and now it has really been confirmed, Blüchert saw that Ferruccio really respected Lin Johnson very much, and privately reported to him the order situation of Lamborghini at this auto show. Although I don't know what else they are talking about, Bluchette can guess that Ferruccio's eyebrows must be a resurgence of Lamborghini!
Investing in a supercar company is not a small amount of money can be discarded, which of the supercar models of the world's famous automobile companies does not have hundreds of millions of dollars in R&D investment, and the young man in front of him actually dares to own Lamborghini, which is one of the two giants in Italy!
Seeing this situation, Bluchette looked forward to Lin Qiangsheng even more, as long as he had a good relationship with this rich man, then his car sales company would not be able to develop!
The next day, Lin Qiangsheng instructed Blüchette to determine the sales partner as soon as possible and increase the business layout of the car sales company, and then he flew to the northern Italian city of Modena with Ferruccio and his party on a Lufthansa passenger plane.
Modena is a traditional industrial and agricultural center in Italy. It is a small town, one of the safest scenic spots and one of the most important historical and cultural cities in Italy, and it has the reputation of "gastronomic paradise" and "engine capital" in Italy!
Modena is also known as the 'World Famous Car Capital' and a well-deserved pilgrimage place for car fans around the world, because many of the world's top car companies such as Maserati and Ferrari are headquartered in the suburbs of Modena, and almost all of Italy's mainstream supercars are headquartered in Modena. And Santa Agatta, the hometown of Lamborghini, a sports car known for its extreme speed. Bolognese and Modena are also close neighbors. No wonder Westerners call this the capital of engines!
You may be unfamiliar with all of the above, but you may feel that this place is quite close to the hometown of the famous tenor Pavarotti.
Modena Airport is not big, Lin Qiangsheng and Ferruccio and others walked out of the passage together, Ferruccio was followed by three or four engineers and technicians, all wearing black suits and wooden ties.
When the group walked out of the airport, there were Lamborghini greeting personnel waiting, and three Lamborghini Contash LP500S were quietly lined up at the door, and the appearance of these sports cars always attracted tourists to stop and take pictures.
Ferruccio laughed and said to Lin Qiangsheng: "Lin, do you dare to race with me?" ”
Lin Qiangsheng glanced at Ferruccio and asked with a smile, "Are you okay, old guy?" He really wondered if Ferruccio was joking, because he was 66 years old. Whether his body can still control the brute bull is a question mark!
Ferruccio raised his fist and smiled: "Don't look at my age, but there is absolutely no problem driving a contash, no one knows Lamborghini better than me!" ”
Lin Qiangsheng spread his hands and said helplessly: "Okay, maybe you're right!" ”
He turned his head to look at the red, black and blue Lamborghini of various colors, raised his hand and pointed to the black hard-top contash in the middle and said, "This is me!" Without waiting for Ferruccio, he ran over and got into the low body.
"Hey, don't cheat!" Ferruccio shouted happily and hurried over to the red Lamborghini at the head.
The word contash actually comes from a dialect of a small place in Italy, and probably means the cheers of men when they see beautiful women, something like "wow, yes" or something like that.
Indeed, people do marvel at Lamborghini Contash when they see it. This car is as exciting as a beautiful woman full of wild and bewitching dancing in front of your eyes!
"Woo woo~~" Lin Qiangsheng twisted the key to start Kontash, stepped on the accelerator a few times, and the engine immediately let out a roar as if he was holding back his strength.
He moved and sat in an uncomfortable position and fastened his seatbelt. The low, flat body is not comfortable to sit in, and perhaps this is the biggest difference with Ferrari, which is increasingly looking for comfort while Lamborghini is still obsessed with speed.
Looking at the somewhat rough and simple interior, Lin Johnson held the steering wheel of a similar racing car with his left hand, pulled the gear with his right hand, and the black Lamborghini slowly turned a corner and drove towards the street.
"Haha, Lin. You're lagging behind! Ferruccio surpassed Lin Qiangsheng and didn't forget to laugh at him.
Lin Qiangsheng was pushed back and pressed on the seat made him feel a little uncomfortable, coupled with the low body made him feel depressed and breathless, it seems that he is really not used to driving such a small sports car, Lin Qiangsheng prefers a big car like the American Dodge.
The remaining three or four engineers looked at each other, and then saw that there was only one contash left, so they had to choose one to drive the car and pull the luggage back, and the rest took a taxi.
Lin Johnson drove a Lamborghini all the way to Ferruccio's car, passing through a classical cathedral-like building and antique stone lanes in Modena, and the Lamborghini's black glossy glazed body also imprinted the reflection of streets and pedestrians.
Lin Qiangsheng did not speed up in such an environment, but let Lamborghini walk slowly through the city. This beautiful and dazzling car shadow amazes many locals and tourists in Modena.
Although Modena is the famous capital of the world's famous cars, the headquarters of Ferrari and Maserati, Lamborghini is also a unique existence in Italy, because when it comes to Lamborghini, people can't help but put it in a higher position than Ferrari, it is like a lonely fighter who independently challenges Ferrari with a strong background, which is also more like the style of the Italians, with excellent qualities that the Italians worship!
Mr. Lin drove his Lamborghini through the city past the headquarters of Maserati and Ferrari on the outskirts of Modena, and these top supercars are still old-fashioned buildings, and from the outside, they don't look like factories that produce the world's top sports cars.
Mr. Lin also wanted to buy Maserati because it was not owned by a multinational conglomerate as large as Fiat, and Maserati's shares were in the hands of a motorcycle company and a natural person.
Maserati's flagship models in the seventies, the Maserati President 3 and the Carami, were both models that the company began to focus on coupes, and in fact the sports car company had abandoned the development of supercars. The oil crisis and environmental demands in recent years have made the company's sales performance somewhat dismal, and both coupe models are models with a displacement of more than 4 liters, and they are also civilian-grade coupes. In recent years, the European public has become more receptive to environmentally friendly models with small displacements, so Maserati launched a Maserati Biturbo in 81.
The power system of this car is very unique, it has a twin-turbo system, the twin-turbo is for the turbo hysteresis phenomenon of exhaust gas turbocharging, two turbines in series, one large and one small, or two identical turbines in parallel, when the engine is low revs, less exhaust can drive the turbine to rotate at high speed to generate enough intake pressure to reduce the turbo hysteresis effect.
The European version of the car in Italy and some European countries is equipped with a 2.0LV6 twin-turbo engine with a 90-degree cylinder angle and three valves per cylinder with overhead camshafts, based on the Maserati V8 engine used in Formula 1 cars in the early years. The export version is equipped with a 2.5-litre V6 engine with a maximum power of 185 hp (138 kW) and a maximum torque of 282 Nm.
The Biturbo coupe looks more like a super-wide Jetta or Beverly complex, and when it first came out, it brought great prestige to Maserati, with 40,000 units sold every year!
Maserati's finances have improved so that its owner, the Argentine racing driver De? Tommaso's confidence exploded, and in the face of Lin Johnson's acquisition, Tommaso resolutely refused, and also ridiculed Lin Qiangsheng, a Chinese who didn't understand racing, couldn't run a sports car company at all, and predicted that Lamborghini would definitely fall in the hands of this nouveau riche.
Huge sales let's de? Tommaso is ambitious to lead Maserati to become the king of Modena, and even beat Ferrari in the same city to make Maserati the number one sports car in Italy. (To be continued......)