At this Frankfurt Motor Show, Lin Qiangsheng was also observing the new models launched by other manufacturers, and Lin Qiangsheng also conducted a test drive experience with great interest for the model in the photo.

Some well-known car manufacturers have also launched their new sedans, such as Audi AG, which has come up with the third generation of their well-designed model, the Audi 100.

Compared to the previous generation, this car has a more streamlined appearance, and at the same time, the configuration also adopts the most advanced technology, its body structure is made of lightweight materials, and more importantly, its air resistance Cd value is only 0.3!

The third-generation Audi 100 is equipped with a 4-cylinder 2.0-liter petrol engine and a 5-cylinder 2.2-liter petrol engine, and Audi has also equipped the car with a diesel engine with a top speed of 200 km/h, and the driving feeling is quite smooth and stable!

It should be said that the success of the Audi 100 inspired Audi, and when the Audi 100 (C2) was officially put into production in 1976, this model changed the law that the industry thought was impossible to change at that time, the nightmare of the 5-cylinder engine!

The Audi 100 was powered by an inline 5-cylinder petrol engine with 100 hp (later upgraded to 136 hp), which was once considered an intractable problem with vibrations, but Audi engineers proved to be a talent.

They carried out a lot of calculations and analyses on the geometry of the cylinders of each engine, and through the precise design of the vibrations of the five-cylinder engine can cancel each other out, the problem was miraculously solved!

The Audi 100, equipped with an inline 5-cylinder gasoline engine, has almost the same smoothness as the 8-cylinder model, and has created the myth of "6-cylinder power, 4-cylinder fuel consumption" in terms of engine efficiency, which has impressed the industry.

On the road, its five-cylinder engine is indeed smooth and powerful, although it is not as fuel-efficient as advertised by the Germans, but it is definitely a mid-to-high-end model with strong horsepower and full of power.

The same five-cylinder engine used by the Audi 100 was Volvo's S40, S60, S80 and other models, and Volvo still firmly supported the five-cylinder engine in the 21st century. Conservative Nordics can use this engine can also see that it is absolutely unique in terms of performance, it is a very good engine!

Lin Qiangsheng repeatedly observed Audi's 5-cylinder engine, always hesitated on whether to learn from it, the domestic processing technology improved slowly, because of this reason, the manufacture of V6 engines was not on the agenda for a while, whether to learn Audi 100 and Volvo to take the inline five-cylinder engine to make up for this gap in a short period of time Lin Qiangsheng was a little hesitant!

In the end, Lin Qiangsheng decided to establish a project for the research and development of the five-cylinder engine. Because he thought that the factors that affect engine tremor are not only the odd and even numbers of cylinders, but also the vibration is mainly affected by the ignition clearance when the cylinder is doing work, that is, the shorter the ignition gap time of each cylinder, the smaller the vibration of the engine. Audi is at the leading level in the control of the ignition system, and Lin Johnson's automobile company also needs to be strengthened in this regard!

Lin Qiangsheng also lamented that the German automobile industry is comprehensive and strong, in the car configuration, Audi has a good cooperative relationship with the world's automotive electronics giant Bosch, and many advanced technologies are exclusively owned by Audi, even if you want to cooperate with Bosch, you will not sell it.

Moreover, the third Audi 100 exhibited at this auto show not only has a number of leading technologies in the automotive industry at this time, but also sets an industry record at this time.

Due to the innovative design and exquisite craftsmanship. The car's drag coefficient was only 0.3, compared to the industry average of 0.42 in the early 80s, and the third-generation Audi 100 dropped it by almost 30%.

The famous German automotive magazine AutoZeitung commented: "In terms of aerodynamics, the new Audi 100 is unbeatable in the automotive industry. ”

Compared with the previous generation model, the technical equipment of the Audi 100 has been greatly improved, it is equipped with exhaust three-way catalytic device, 5 valve structure per cylinder and other innovative technologies are applied to this model for the first time, not only to improve the efficiency of the engine, but also to make the most practical action for green environmental protection. And that's not all. Audi has also equipped the third-generation model with a number of signature technologies, such as quattro all-wheel drive, turbocharging, TDI (turbocharged direct injection diesel engine), active safety system ABS anti-lock braking and passive safety system, body energy-absorbing structure, seat belts, driver airbags and other advanced technologies. All of these innovations have contributed to the third-generation Audi 100. And became a model model for the automotive industry in the 80s!

Audi is indeed ahead in technology, but Lin Qiangsheng is a little unhappy in terms of drag coefficient, and the Camry he took out has a better drag coefficient, 0.29!

After all, this car is an 86-year-old model, so he has been bullying other car dealers for 82 years, and there is a 4-year gap in between. Another Camry 86 version is much smaller in size than the Audi 100, which gives it a better number than the Audi 100.

But its drag coefficient of 0.29 also shocked Europeans. But it's just a shock, no fame is not the local German car dealers who have made this Camry model receive a cold reception from many local media.

Lin Qiangsheng knows that this Audi 100 has a sales record of more than one million units, and it is the best-selling model of Audi before the 90s. In order to better study his rival Lin Qiangsheng ordered 15 Audi 100s, he would allocate 4 to the Automotive Research Institute for a thorough dissection, and many car dealers also did this.

But it's worth mentioning. Since 1988, the Audi 100 model has been introduced to FAW for production, becoming the first high-end car with international advanced level produced after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The batch of cars bought by Lin Qiangsheng is a German original car, compared with the localized products, it is a lot stronger, and there is also a lot of equipment, for example, the airbag after the domestic production has been removed!

These 15 cars cost Lin Johnson more than 600,000 US dollars, which is still the price of the auto show discounted sales, because the exhibits are all high-end luxury models, leather seats, soft leather walnut interior electronic configurations, each car has a sales price of up to 43,000 US dollars!

What excites Lin Qiangsheng the most is that he will transport these cars to China and drive them for five or six years, and then sell them at a price of more than 500,000 yuan per car, which is equivalent to buying these cars without spending money. The inside and outside are just offsetting the purchase price, and this transaction is quite worthwhile!

There are also three very powerful car groups in Germany participating in the auto show, that is, Daimler-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen, three famous car companies.

Here we have to sigh at the contribution of the Germans in the history of automobile development, but the most important thing is their leading and pioneering spirit. More than 100 years ago, Daimler and others created their own car brands and set up automobile factories, and the strong accumulation of this brand history is the height that any backward country and backward car companies cannot reach and need to look up to!

Daimler-Benz debuted its mid-size cars, the 190 and 190E, at this year's show. This is Mercedes-Benz's third largest model series after the S-Class and E-Class.

It seems that the economic stagflation crisis that has swept the world has also forced Mercedes-Benz to put down its body and develop a mid-level car. to cope with the increasingly sluggish high-end car market.

Of course, they are still the banner leaders in the automotive industry in high-end models, and in 1979 Mercedes-Benz was the first to install ABS braking systems on the W116 (fifth-generation S-Class) models, making this series of models the first in the world to be equipped with ABS systems.

At this year's auto show, Mercedes-Benz's sixth-generation S-class sedan W126 has some small improvements a year after its launch, but what makes Lin Qiangsheng pay special attention is that this car has already adopted an aluminum alloy engine block!

The use of aluminium cylinder blocks can significantly reduce the weight of the vehicle and at the same time allow for better design of the weight distribution of the body. This is also a trend in the development of the power system of cars in the future, although Lin Qiangsheng believes that the biggest selling point of the aluminum alloy cylinder block is its tall gimmick.

Mercedes-Benz engineers have also added a series of safety features to the car, especially its noise control technology!

When Lin Qiangsheng test drove it, he felt that the noise of the W126 was extremely small, and it was easy to forget that he was in such a big car when driving this car. No wonder as the saying goes, take a Mercedes-Benz and drive a BMW. The comfort level of sitting in the Mercedes W126 is significantly higher than that of other vehicles!

The German magazine "Cars & Sports" wrote: "When driving the 126 series sedan, you can quickly realize that Daimler-Benz regards tranquility as part of its social responsibility." Any mechanical noise, even when assembling a six-cylinder engine, is very subtle; In addition, Mercedes developers have put a lot of effort into eliminating wind noise. ”

Lin Qiangsheng knows that the W126 series is the most successful model in the history of Mercedes-Benz, and this series has sold a huge number of more than 800,000 units in a total of more than 10 years of production cycle!

If the market price of each Mercedes-Benz S-class is 5~70,000 US dollars, the W126 series of models has brought more than 50 billion US dollars in sales to Mercedes-Benz!

In Lin Qiangsheng's eyes, this Mercedes-Benz W126 is simply a cash truck full of dollars, and it is also a cash truck directly bound for Mercedes-Benz!

Go without saying. Lin Qiangsheng also ordered 15 vehicles. Five were transported to the institute for dissection, and the other ten were transported back to China. When these cars are driven enough, or they are renovated, and then sold at a price of 780,000 yuan per car, the five dissecting cars can also not be wasted, and finally they have to be assembled and sold, Lin Qiangsheng doesn't want to smash it into his hands.

In his memory, the mid-to-late 80s in China was a period of soaring prices, when a Japanese car could be sold for four or five hundred thousand yuan in China, not to mention these German mid-to-high-end models!

But the only thing Lin Qiangsheng didn't consider was that the history he was in was different from his previous life! Since there are now several major automobile manufacturers in China. It's no longer like the mid-eighties in his previous life, when the domestic automobile industry was equal to zero, and although the cars Lin Qiangsheng bought didn't smash them in his hands in the end, they didn't let him return to his roots! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, and your support. That's what motivates me the most......)