Chapter 683 of the text AMX American muscle car

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Lin left New York for Los Angeles without waiting for Time magazine to publish his interview, as the newly developed Saturn Aura model had already begun to be made into a full-scale metal model.

The engineers of the LS Automobile Research Institute have basically not used the clay mold modeling, and use a large numerical control precision cutting machining center to directly cut out the appearance of the car, which is more time-saving and labor-saving than the clay mold, and now many automobile manufacturers have begun to use this method.

In addition to the Aura Aura, a performance car R&D project was also established, which was the first task received by the LS Automotive Research Institute to develop a performance car.

The Amcamx was a two-seater GT sports car introduced by the American automobile company in 1966, or rather an American muscle car that was close to a sports car in appearance, and due to its short wheelbase design feature, it was quite unique among the huge muscle cars of its time.

At that time, Amcamx's main competitor was the Chevrolet Corvette. Originally, it was equipped with a 6.4-liter AMCV8 engine with a maximum power of 315 horsepower, paired with a 4-speed manual transmission or a 3-speed automatic transmission, accelerating to 100 kilometers in less than 7 seconds, and the measured speed of the civil even reached 324 km / h, which was quite a powerful small muscle car in the late 60s and early 70s!

Although there is Saturn Ola, but the AMC brand can not be discarded, so Lin Johnson remembered to revive the AMX brand, which originally came from an American automobile company's concept model, and then launched a four-door model named 'Javelin' in 74, but AMX spread around it, and Javelin did not have the success of its predecessors.

To this end, Lin Johnson specially invited Vic Rivio, who was in charge of the design of AMX, to participate in the revival plan of the brand and the design of new performance cars.

Rivio is over 60 years old and has reached the age of retirement, but he is still very happy that someone has hired him to participate in the development of the model, not to mention that this is the model he was most proud of at the beginning.

In the automotive test shop, a short, lean Amcamx is parked in the middle of the field. The old man said to Lin Qiangsheng: "Actually, the design concept of AMX is to try to integrate muscle cars and sports cars to meet the needs of both audiences. It's a pity that when the oil crisis came, people gradually abandoned the fuel-guzzling models! ”

Lin Qiangsheng asked suspiciously: "At that time, AMX's opponent was GM's Corvette?" ”

Vic nodded, glanced at AMX and said proudly: "At that time, the Corvette was already very powerful, it was an American sports car made of the shell of a British car, and it was quite popular in the market. But AMX also identified the sports car market, and at that time, AMX was not lagging behind the Corvette in terms of performance and audience love! ”

He shook his head and continued: "It's a pity that the leaders of AMC ruined this good car, the audience of American muscle cars and sports cars absolutely did not accept each other's ideas, after the launch of this car, although it attracted a lot of young people who love sports cars due to its low price of more than 3200 US dollars, but the audience of real muscle cars rarely accepted it, on the contrary, they were attracted by the opponent, another real muscle car Ford Mustang, AMX did not complete the real integration of the two aspects and finally failed." In 1979, AMC discontinued the car, and when Renault acquired AMC, I resigned as vice president and left the company! ”

Looking at the old man's lonely look, Lin Qiangsheng said comfortingly: "So I decided to re-enable this brand, the American car company wants to use this car to continue its position in the car industry, this pure bloodline with American genes model AMC can not be discarded, I am also confident that it will be revitalized!" ”

Vic nodded in relief and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at AMX, walked forward and walked around the car, he looked at the length of the car and shook his head and said, "The new car will use a 4.3lv8 engine." Modernized with a new engine with electronic fuel injection and variable valve timing technology to boost horsepower! I plan to lengthen the wheelbase, which is no longer suitable for the American market. I think that the price of oil has fallen, and the American people are starting to like big cars again, and the wheelbase of 2464 mm is obviously not suitable for the needs of the market, at least it should be lengthened by another 250 mm, so that the space of the 2-door model will be much more comfortable, and the interior will no longer be crowded. Fit for the growing body type of the American people! ”

The wheelbase of the Camaro is 2852mm, which can be said to belong to the category of medium and large cars; And the classic wheelbase of another Ford Mustang is also 2720mm, so the future is the world of long wheelbase, and the short wheelbase has reached the point where it is time to abandon it.

Victor Vivio was surprised and said, "That's so much!" ”

However, he also nodded and said approvingly: "Yes, so that the whole car looks smoother than now, and the interior space has increased a lot, and it can also enrich a lot of new technology configurations, okay, just do it!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded, and continued: "We removed the monolithic fiberglass shell for this car, and used a new alloy steel shell with an average thickness of no more than 1.3mm, and the fenders and front and rear bumpers are made of engineering plastics. ”

He looked at the position of the waistline and the C-pillar, and said to Vic Rivio: "The black strips on the front and rear fenders and waistline should not be curved, but should be changed to two straight designs, from beginning to end, so that it looks neat and clean!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng gestured a corner with his hand on the C-pillar, and then said: "The C-pillar will be designed in the style of Hofmeister corners, which is a classic design element adopted by BMW from the BMW 1500 launched in 1961 and continues to this day!"

The C-pillar has a small corner near the rear window, which gives the car a sportier look. Of course, in addition to being good-looking, the use is also huge, and the Hofmeister corner also makes it easier for passengers in the second row to get on and off the bus. Although there are many cars with the same design today, there is no doubt that BMW is the car manufacturer that pioneered this design, and I would like to pay tribute to them! ”

Lin Qiangsheng came to the front of the car again, and Vic also walked around and said curiously: "Young man, how do you change this one?" ”

Lin Johnson looked at the front style of the AMX, the forward-leaning engine cover, and the shape similar to the shark's mouth, he pointed to the chrome trim in front and said: "The design of this hand-plated chrome metal strip is outdated, the new car will use the fenders and front of the car made by one-piece technology, I mean remove the chrome metal strip, retain the very characteristic shark mouth shape, and then close it a little sleek is better, such an appearance looks oppressive and low-key, more impactful, and the round headlights on both sides should be more prominent, Remove the outer square surrounding! ”

He went around to the back of the car and said: "The two sets of square taillights at the tail" I don't know why, Lin Qiangsheng saw the amx's funny taillights and felt that this design was very silly, he couldn't help but smile and said: "The current taillight shape is like four red gems in four bowls, we have to highlight the gems and remove the bowls, this shape is too ugly!" ”

Victor Rio shrugged his shoulders and said in a defensive: "It seems like this now, but in the beginning, at the end of the 60s, this rear end was quite avant-garde and fashionable!" ”

Overall, the new AMX is a bit like a combination of Camaro and Mustang cars, but it's still very distinctive, that is, the shark mouth shape, which is very classic. Of course, Camaro and AMX launched muscle cars around the same time, and both had shark mouth shapes, and the designers invariably borrowed some of each other's designs.

In fact, the three classic American muscle cars of later generations, the Camaro Hornet, Chrysler's Dodge Challenger, and Ford Mustang, are no longer pure American muscle cars, they are all smaller pony cars than the beautiful skin before the oil crisis, and the American muscle cars that began to revive in the 90s have actually been replaced by these pony cars.

Square head and hips, straight waistline, such as the classic car, 1965 Pontic GTO. Just like the American evaluation of men, the face is more square and manly, the best Chinese face, Stallone or Schwarzenegger is the best, even the hairline is flat, and the chin should be flat.

Victor Vivio thought about the new model, smiled and gave Lin Qiangsheng a thumbs up, and said: "If enough money is invested, I promise to come up with a new car that satisfies customers!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng laughed and said: "Vic, you are so old, do you still want to lead the design team?" ”

Victor Vio shook his head and said: "Young man, although I am old, my body is okay, and at the same time, I also like new things, I often participate in the New York Auto Show and the Detroit Auto Show, your new car, Lexus is great!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng thought about it and saw the old man's firm eyes, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you will preside over the revival of this model, and I will give you my design plan and approximate number later." ”

Vic nodded and said, "I think the new car should be developed at the AMC headquarters in Chicago, where there is a lot of information about this model, and there is a mature design team!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded in agreement, the real YÀN room in Chicago is very close to the new AMC factory in Illinois, and it is originally the base camp of AMC's research and development models, so there is no need to concentrate the projects on the LS Automotive Research Institute and cause interference in both sides.

"Well, the new AMX is being developed in Chicago, and I'm looking forward to seeing it take shape in two years!" Lin Qiangsheng said.

Vic nodded and said: "As long as you can provide the exterior and design parameters of the model, as well as sufficient financial guarantees, I plan to improve the interior first, so that the multi-head parallel can shorten the research and development time!" ”

"Two years, there should be no problem!"

Lin Qiangsheng looked at the AMX in front of him, patted its body, and said: "Now other manufacturers rely on Japanese technology to make American-style muscle cars, and those are no longer truly American-style cars, so I hope our AMX can be a blockbuster again!" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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