Chapter 321: Private Customization
Gu Chen just reached a simple verbal agreement with Margaret Thatcher, and the specific content of the agreement was negotiated between Ye Leixin and the relevant government departments, and then Gu Chen set off to inspect various companies, and the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars under the Jaguar Automobile Group became the focus of his inspection, the reason is very simple, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars specially customized for him The new lengthened Rolls-Royce RV is almost completed, taking advantage of this visit to the UK He must come to see in advance, since the last time he took out the drawings of the appearance and interior of the Phantom, He didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't know what the final result of the design of the designers of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in Dao was.
When Gu Chen was in Rolls-Royce Motor Cars President Abt? Hebrew accompanied into the No. 1 assembly workshop, his eyes suddenly lit up, in his sight, a beautiful white car quietly listening, just look at the front of the car, this car and his impression of the Rolls-Royce Phantom is basically the same, from the side to see the difference, he doesn't know if the Rolls-Royce in the previous life has produced extended RVs, anyway, he is the first time to see it, I think it's really great, at least than the extended Lincoln stick he is sitting on now, The nobility of the European medieval aristocracy was by no means comparable to Lincoln's, and the two were not at all on the same order of magnitude.
At this time, all six doors of this Rolls-Royce were opened, and two workers were decorating the interior of the car, Gu Chen walked over and leaned over to look at the car, and thought it was not bad, Abt? Hebrew followed him and explained: "Except for the interior, all the work has been almost done, and we have applied a lot of new technology developed by Rolls-Royce and the head office on this car. For example, the new 7.8-liter V12 engine, the new shock absorption balance system, the new driving safety system, and the new braking system. Fully automatic seats, seat heating systems, electric sunroofs, and more, in addition to a large number of bulletproof techniques, the car is able to resist all light weapons, including large-caliber sniper rifles, which is very rare in civilian bulletproof vehicles. ”
"Of course, in order to achieve such a high standard of ballistic protection, we made some sacrifices in terms of weight and acceleration. The body weighs around 3.9 tonnes, but thanks to the 445 hp of the new engine, the car still has plenty of power. ”
It is heard that this extended Rolls-Royce also uses bulletproof technology. Gu Chen couldn't help but nodded, and Guan Zhilin, who was standing next to him and had been inspecting him everywhere for the past few days, was surprised and said, "This car can be bulletproof?" But it looks no different from a regular car. ”
Abt? Hebrew listened to the interpreter's explanation and said with a smile: "Beautiful young lady, civilian bulletproof cars are not much different from ordinary vehicles in appearance. The reason why it is bulletproof is because we have added bulletproof steel plates with a thickness of between 10-25 mm and bulletproof glass with a thickness of 25 mm in the middle of the secondary car shell. You can take a look at its window glass and there will be a more intuitive understanding. ”
One of the workers working in the car lowered the window of the middle door by half, Guan Zhilin turned her head to look, and sure enough, she found that the thickness of the window glass was much thicker than that of ordinary cars, almost three times that of ordinary car glass, so she nodded in understanding.
After carefully looking at the inside and outside of the whole car, Gu Chen was basically satisfied, although because of the restrictions of the times. There may be some techniques that can't be compared to the original Phantom, but they are not much different from the original in terms of visual effects. It should be considered to have met his requirements.
Then the group went to other assembly workshops for a turn. On the way to Hebrew's office, Gu Chen asked curiously: "What is the approximate market price of this car?" ”
Abt? Heber said: "This Rolls-Royce customized for BOSS is unique, it integrates almost all of our newly developed technologies, many of which are the most advanced automotive technologies now, and in addition to some electronic components, others including the engine are polished and assembled by the population, and the cost alone will exceed $1.2 million, if the pricing principle of Rolls-Royce is used in the past, the market price of this car will be at least more than $2 million. This price is so expensive that few people can afford it, even the rich, except for those who are super rich, I am afraid that not many people are willing to spend so much money on a car. Therefore, in mass production, we will reduce the configuration, even if it is a bulletproof model, we will lower the bulletproof standard. ”
"According to our plan, the Phantom will be a new Rolls-Royce lineup, which will debut at the Detroit International Auto Show in March, when the Phantom will launch a full range of four models, including a four-door standard sedan with a 5.4-litre V12 engine, a six-door extended sedan with a 5.4-litre V12 engine, a coupe with a 5.4-litre V12 engine, and a six-door Führer touring car with a 6.7-litre V12 engine and bulletproof features. All the vehicles to be exhibited are already in production. ”
"With the new and outstanding shape of the Phantom series, it will definitely become the focus of attention at this Detroit International Auto Show, and then become the object of countless rich people's pursuit, with which Rolls-Royce will further consolidate its position among the top luxury cars."
The Detroit Auto Show was held on March 20, and there was still almost a month before now, Gu Chen sighed and said, "Wait for the Detroit Auto Show to start before shipping that car to Hong Kong, so as not to expose it in advance." Also, let's build a few more cars of the same model, all black and white colors. ”
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Guan Zhilin and asked, "Just now, you seem to like that two-door coupe, let them make a special one according to your requirements?" ”
"Really?" Rolls-Royce is one of the top and most famous luxury cars in the world, Guan Zhilin never thought that she would be able to enjoy Rolls-Royce's private customized service, which was unimaginable before, so that she couldn't suppress the surprise in her heart.
"Of course it's true, you can think about it seriously, write down any requirements, and I think they will meet your requirements as soon as possible."
Guan Zhilin nodded again and again after hearing this, and happily hugged Gu Chen's arm, if it weren't for the public, she would definitely give Gu Chen a big fragrant kiss, and at the same time, her mind was already thinking about what changes she should make to that coupe......
At the end of his trip to the UK, Gu Chen came to Bologna, Italy, a place called Santa Agata ? Bologna's town, where Automobili Lamborghini is located, is far from being able to compare with Ferrari, which is also an Italian supercar brand, but Gu Chen believes that this goal will not be too far, because he is handing over the phantom's exterior and interior design drawings to Paradi, president of Jaguar Automotive Group? In Adelaide, it also contained drawings of several other models, including Lamborghini.
Gu Chen painted a classic Lamborghini model: Lamborghini-bat, but he didn't know how many generations of bats he painted, maybe not bats at all, because he felt that Lamborghini's models seemed to be similar, he just drew the shape of the car in his impression according to his memory, which was a little weird in the wild, and full of power in science fiction made the Lamborghini designers feel like a treasure as soon as they got their hands on it.
In order to minimize the car's wind resistance, the designers optimized the drawings to make them more in line with the principles of fluid mechanics, and then based on Lamborghini's current main model, the Lamborghini-Countach, after more than two months of development, a new concept car was built. According to Lamborghini President Bolt? Brio's plan, this new Lamborghini concept car will be officially unveiled at the Detroit International Auto Show like the Rolls-Royce Phantom series, and after the auto show, Lamborghini will launch a new production model based on this concept car, which has already been named, it will be called Lamborghini-Bat.
Gu Chen came to Italy this time to see the concept car that was born because of him, but in fact he only stayed in Lamborghini for an hour, during which he visited the R&D center and automobile assembly workshop. Accompanied by Brio, he watched a spectacular show of excitement specially prepared for him by the Bat Concept Car at the proving ground, and then returned to Bologna without stopping, and the plane arrived in Venice, a famous city in northeastern Italy.
Since he called Guan Zhilin from Los Angeles to Canada to accompany him, with his character, it is naturally impossible to only let Guan Zhilin accompany him on a business trip, but it was Guan Zhilin's own request to come to Venice, when they arrived in Venice, it was already dark, and after dinner in the hotel, Guan Zhilin couldn't wait to pull him out of the hotel, wandering on the river on the road in a boat, looking at the brightly lit night scene on both sides, his face couldn't help but show a relaxed smile, since that time because of the pressure of public opinion forced to avoid Hawaii, And because of this, after getting to know George W. Bush, he never let himself take a vacation, and wondered if he would play for a few more days this time and then go back.
"There's an open-air café over there, let's go sit down." Guan Zhilin pointed to the left front with great interest, Gu Chen looked over, it was already close to the sea, and there was a small open-air coffee house built on a rock, and sitting on it, you should be able to see the harbor outside.
"Okay." After a short drive, the boat docked on the left bank of the river, and Gu Chen and Guan Zhilin walked up a narrow staircase to the café and sat down at a table located on the edge of the railing. Sure enough, you can see the sparkling sea from afar...... (To be continued......)