"You're right, today's consumers love supercars with rich equipment and luxurious interiors, and this generation of consumers is very different from the older generation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" After stepping down, Ferruccio said to Lin Johnson with emotion.

General Manager Millerman said: "It's just that Mr. Lin is too generous, functions such as CD players, power-adjustable seats, airbags should be optional, as well as accessories such as spoilers, other supercars are as options!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng shook his head and said: "I think that since we have set the price at a high price of 240,000 US dollars, we should not be careful about these accessories, which will not only not make much money, but also easily provoke consumer disgust."

Those who can afford a Porsche will look at Ferrari, and those who can afford a Ferrari will come to see our Lamborghini, and we must include this part of the consumer into the ranks of potential customers, and strive for it! ”

Millerman also agreed with Mr. Lin's business strategy, and the previous complaints were just a disdain for the boss's generous approach.

Lamborghini's Diablo has attracted the attention of many consumers, visitors to the auto show also come to Lamborghini's booth to see the new car, many magazines and media people have also been tired of reporting, ghosts are undoubtedly the biggest highlight of the Frankfurt Motor Show.

In fact, this time Lamborghini also brought another new car, but it is much darker than the sports car of the same door, that is, the military off-road vehicle LM002.

The LM002 was officially mass-produced this year, and the previous generation of this car, the LM001, was a model that participated in the US military off-road vehicle bidding, and the Hummer had many LM001 imprints.

This time, the engineers carefully tuned the 5.2LV12 engine, equipped with a gearbox from ZF. To ensure that the car can handle the harsh environment, the LM002 is designed to run with low-grade gasoline and offers multiple fuel filters to ensure that every drop of gasoline entering the carburetor is clean.

At the same time, it also uses a huge radiator, and an anti-collision steel beam protects it, which looks like a monster's big mouth from the front, quite strong.

The LM002 has enough heat dissipation capacity, coupled with an efficient air filter, which allows it to ride the harsh climate of the Sahara Desert without any problems.

With a weight of nearly 3 tons, this off-road vehicle accelerates to 100 km/h in just 7.7 seconds and can reach a top speed of 208km/h.

This outstanding performance is unique among off-road vehicles, and while it has excellent road performance, the LM002 also has extremely strong off-road ability.

The R&D cost and manufacturing cost of LM002 are very high, which makes Lin Qiangsheng feel a little heartbroken, because this car is actually not a successful model in history, only more than 300 units have been sold, and it is still a question whether it can recover the cost.

However, this car can also be said to be the originator of modern SUVs, and a lot of important data has been obtained in the process of developing it, which has accumulated considerable valuable experience for the development of SUVs in the future.

The three of them walked to the LM002 car, and Lin Qiangsheng said to Ferruccio and Millerman: "You may not know that China is now developing a new military off-road vehicle, and they urgently need to replace the old generation jeeps widely used in the military. ”

Ferruccio asked suspiciously, "Do you want Lamborghini to sell the LM002 in China?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng shook his head and said, "No, each of these cars is priced at more than 300,000 US dollars, and only the rich can afford it." I mean, you can take this car to China and promote it, maybe some manufacturers will take the initiative to cooperate with Lamborghini, maybe they can sell one or two. ”

Millerman asked, "Mr. Lin, are there really any companies that will come to us to cooperate?" Will there be Chinese who will buy our off-road vehicles? ”

Lin Qiangsheng was also not sure, and said: "There should be, like a car company in Beijing, China, it is possible to cooperate." However, LM002 needs to reduce costs! ”

Millerman shook his head and said, "It's very difficult to reduce the production cost of LM002, unless you sacrifice performance, I don't recommend it!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng simply said: "It's okay, I'm just saying that cooperation with China is very time-consuming and laborious, and now is indeed not the time." ”

"You can go to China to promote it, not only LM002, but also the Diablo ghost supercar can also go to China to promote!" Ferruccio nodded to Lin Qiangsheng and said.

Lin Qiangsheng was very surprised, and Ferruccio smiled: "As the boss of Lamborghini, the people of your motherland don't know Lamborghini, this is too unusual!" ”

"Oh?" Lin Qiangsheng nodded when he heard this, and laughed: "Okay, I decided that I will pay for this publicity alone!" ”

The three of them settled this matter with a smile, and Lin Qiangsheng really felt that it was time to promote sports car culture in China, although it was a little early, but the effect should be very good.

Then they talked about Dongxing's plan to form an F1 team and design an F1 car, and Lin Qiangsheng had the idea of asking Ferruccio about F1 racing.

Ferruccio and Millerman were both quite surprised, and Millerman said in surprise: "Lin, you actually asked Honda to cooperate?" Don't you know that F1 is a European race, and this is the soil for the development of F1. The Honda team didn't do much in Formula 1, they competed in a few editions in the 60s but quickly quit. ”

But Millerman also admits: "Of course, Honda's engines are very good and they are now racing as an F1 engine provider. However, as far as the overall design of the car is concerned, it is still the strongest in Europe, such as Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, which have a group of top design masters! ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said, "I know that it is of course best to design in Europe, but I am more concerned about training design technicians in my hometown." Again, Honda's turbocharged engine technology is indeed very advanced, and their 1.5-liter V6 twin-turbo engine is capable of squeezing out 900 horsepower, which is at the world's leading level. ”

Although he was a little unconvinced, Millerman also knew that Honda's dominance in turbocharging technology meant that Lamborghini had to face up to the Japanese technology.

At this time, Ferruccio said: "Lin, you can set up a F1 car design office in Lamborghini, the Lamborghini engineers are willing to help you, and having their participation will save you a lot of trouble, we already have experience in supercar design, and there is no difficulty in building F1 cars." And Honda's engineers may be strong in turbocharging technology, but when it comes to designing F1 cars, they are certainly no match for Lamborghini!

Well, it's nice to move the design studio to Italy, so that Lamborghini also has the opportunity to participate in F1! The old man smiled, looking quite yearning.

Lin Qiangsheng thought about it and saw Ferruccio's face full of anticipation, so he smiled and said: "Okay, moving the design to Italy can also increase Lamborghini's design ability, so Lamborghini will do it!" ”

Ferruccio laughed and rubbed his hands together, he had long dreamed of participating in F1, but the high cost of the event also discouraged Lamborghini, and the company's long-term lack of funds made it impossible to play F1.

This time, with the support of the new owner, Lamborghini can also participate in F1 in an alternative way, which can be said to have fulfilled his long-held dream.

He remembered it and said to Millerman, who was also happy: "We're announcing today that Lamborghini will be involved in the design of the F1 car, and it's going to be a good advertisement!" ”

Millerman nodded hurriedly and said: "This is an important matter, the design of the F1 car requires a huge investment, and we will definitely increase the confidence of consumers by doing some publicity on this!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said with a smile: "This soft advertisement is playing well, I do plan to invest a lot of money in the F1 event, I heard that this event is very expensive, I must make good use of this matter, how much to do for Lamborghini, and it is good to increase more orders!" ”

Several people nodded in agreement, and they went back to the backstage to make a promotional plan, intending to disclose Lamborghini's participation in the design of the F1 car to the media during the auto show, which will definitely attract the attention of many car consumers.

Ferruccio said to Lin Johnson: "Lin, you do have to prepare a large amount of money, and you have to pay more than $20 million to the FIA for the F1 race, which is non-refundable. ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said, "Money, I'm ready." I want to form a team in the name of Dongxing Group, I don't know if it's okay? ”

Ferruccio smiled: "No problem, Formula 1 is an expensive event, the FIA welcomes new companies to join, they don't care about making more money, like Honda team in the 60s with little experience in Formula 1, your East Star Group should have no problem, I can help you declare, and I can also recommend you some top racers to give you some advice." ”

"That's great, that's it!" Lin Qiangsheng was overjoyed, and this time he came to be able to ask for some experience from Ferruccio, but he didn't expect the old man to say it very positively.

The two sides hit it off, Lamborghini wanted to participate in the F1 race in an alternative way, and Lin Johnson was also helped by excellent racing designers, as well as Ferruccio, a master of great status and influence in the European supercar industry. (To be continued.) )