The group arrived at the R&D department of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Brazil under the guidance of General Manager Gianvito Blank.

Affected by the defeat of Germany, Mercedes-Benz had a difficult life in Germany at the beginning. Therefore, when Fang Lang negotiated with Mercedes-Benz, he asked Mercedes-Benz to relocate its R&D department to Brazil as a whole.

As a result, Mercedes-Benz Brazil's R&D department is now very large.

In addition to the power laboratory, there are also research centers for various new models and technologies, and the entire R&D department covers more than half of the size of the factory.

It also concentrates almost the best technical force and excellent R&D personnel of German Mercedes-Benz.

This is also the main reason why Mercedes-Benz Brazil was able to quickly start production in Brazil.

The first thing everyone visited was Mercedes-Benz's new model research and development department, the environment of the entire research and development department looked far less clean and tidy than the factory that Fang Lang saw in later generations, but the workers were wearing uniform work clothes printed with Mercedes-Benz standards.

This was a favorite style of overalls worn by workers of this era, cotton shirts and cotton bib pants.

The workers did not stop their work because of the arrival of their bosses.

After walking into the door, Fang Lang saw a car parked in the middle of the R&D workshop with a somewhat similar shape to a F1 car, a baguette-like body, four wheels suddenly leaking outside, and an open-top cab without a windshield.

The entire front face is an oval air intake, and the Mercedes logo is installed on the hood near the front face.

With just a glance, Fang Lang could make it clear that this was definitely not the pre-war style family car he had just seen in the production workshop, but a real racing car.

That F1-like look speaks for itself. But Fang Lang carefully searched his memories, but did not find any impressions of F1 events in this era.

In fact, F1, also known as the Formula One World Championship, was not held at Silverstone in England until 1950.

Of course, Fang Lang didn't know about it, so he felt a little strange about this, and looked at the general manager Gianvito Blanc and said:

"It's . Racing car? ”

For the boss's doubts, General Manager Gianvito Blank immediately gave the answer.

"Yes, boss.

This is a car that we have built to reshape the image of our Mercedes-Benz premium car brand, and we are ready to bring Mercedes-Benz back to the forefront by participating in world-class rallying. ”

Fang Lang is not averse to racing, on the contrary, he likes racing very much, after all, it represents pure speed and passion. Therefore, when he learned that the company's leadership wanted to enhance the brand image through racing, he was also very receptive.

After all, the high-end car brands in later generations didn't prove themselves on the racing track to have the brilliant achievements later!

"Hmmm! That's a good idea, but I don't think there are any world-famous events going on right now!

Do you want our three car brands under Fangyuan Group to pull out and organize a race similar to Le Mans 24 in Brazil! ”

This is also Fang Lang's casual remark, because in addition to knowing F1, he only remembers that there is a 24 Hours of Le Mans rally. One of the most impressive is the track called the Nürburgring.

When the cars were sold, they didn't take them to the Nürburgring to run, telling everyone what kind of good results he had run, as if they were embarrassed to sell them.

Although Fang Lang has not been there, as far as Fang Lang knows, this track seems to be located on a plateau, and it is famous for its many curves and great difficulty.

But to say that the plateau of Brazil is not a general! As for the many corners and the difficulty, isn't it easy? Wouldn't it be enough to artificially create such a path?

was just a casual remark, but after this calculation in his heart, it seems that he has found a new way of thinking.

General manager Gianvito Blank didn't know what Fang Lang was thinking, and after hearing Fang Lang's words, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect the boss to want to organize a game by himself.

However, after thinking about it, he felt that there was no problem, after all, the three brands under the boss were not general.

So, he hurriedly replied:

"We received the news that the 1,000-mile rally, which had been suspended due to World War II, was going to restart this year.

If we can get a good ranking in this race, we will definitely be able to rebuild our Mercedes-Benz brand in the world.

As for the idea that you want to run an event on your own, I will raise my hands and I believe that with the strength of our Mercedes, no matter what kind of race, we will definitely be the final champions. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly after hearing this, it is obviously not a simple matter to hold an event, if it is just his own three automobile companies, what is the point of playing behind closed doors?

The most important thing in a car race is to have enough influence and be able to give car manufacturers enough sense of achievement. Either you don't do it, or if you want to do it, you just have to do it.

Create a world-class event that will make car brands all over the world rush to participate in it, so that you have a chance to make a lot of money.

Anyway, now that I'm ready to play a Brazilian football league, why not have a more exciting car race? This will not only give a shot in the arm to Brazil's automotive industry, but also add a new competition program to its TV channel.

Why not?

Fang Lang, who thought of this, immediately decided to go back, and arranged for Fangyuan Media to start relevant preparations. If you don't have a venue, you will pull your own Global Road and Bridge Company to Brazil and build a hellish car track first.

Let the world's major car brands also come here to try the depths.

As for the event that General Manager Gianvito Blanc said, Fang Lang carefully scratched his memory, and made sure that he had never heard of the name of this event at all, and couldn't help but say with some doubts:

"Are you sure this event has that much impact? I don't think I've heard of it at all! Where did he do it? ”

General Manager Gianvito Blank saw that the boss was interested, and quickly explained:

"This is an open-road endurance race held in Italy, which has been held since 1927 and has become the most famous endurance race in the world.

It has a huge influence in society, and whoever can do well here will immediately be sought after by the whole world.

If we can succeed here, then we at Mercedes Benz will succeed. ”

Hearing this, Fang Lang could only nod, after all, he is not a professional, and it is normal that he has not heard of this competition, since the company's management unanimously decided to participate, of course he will not object.

In fact, this 1,000-mile endurance race, also known as the Mille Miglia, is one of the most romantic and legendary races in the history of world motorsport.

A total of 24 sessions were held, of which 13 were held before World War II; After the war, it was held 11 times from 1947 to 1957. It is a world-famous international event in the last century.

However, the Mille Miglia was halted when an accident in 1957 caused a Ferrari 290mm to lose control of the race, killing 14 people, including driver Alfonso de Botago.

"Very well, I support your idea, can you introduce me to this car?"

For this racing car, Gianvito Blank looked very confident, gently brushed the nose of the car with his hand, and bent slightly to Fang Lang and said:

"Of course, boss! It is my pleasure.

The car is powered by an inline-six petrol engine developed by Mercedes-Benz in-house, with a power of 215 hp, a 0-100 km/h acceleration time of 10 seconds, a top speed of 260 km/h, and a fuel consumption of 15 liters per 100 km/h.

We have reached the world-class level, and with a good driver, we will definitely be able to achieve unprecedented victories on the field. ”

Although, Fang Lang feels that the shape of this car does not quite match Fang Lang's aesthetics. But I have to say that this must be a racing car with a very small drag coefficient, after all, the barrel shape that does not even have a windshield will definitely be much smaller than the old cars on the market now.

Maybe that's why it can reach a top speed of 260 km/h!

Hearing this data, Fang Lang also had to sigh, Mercedes-Benz has a deep technical background, and after being beaten by the war, it can still have the technical strength it has now.

Fang Lang didn't want to make too many comments about this kind of racing, after all, he really didn't know much about it. After listening to the other party's introduction, he also nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Are there any other models?"

Seeing that the boss didn't say anything else, Giannuto Blanc couldn't help muttering in his heart, is this satisfied or dissatisfied?

He didn't dare to ask, anyway, the boss didn't object, so it was sure to be the boss!

Hearing that the boss wanted to see other models, Gianvito Blank hurriedly stepped forward and pointed to the other side:

"Of course, boss!

Now this is the only trial production, but we have already started the development of a follow-up model. Please follow me. ”

After speaking, he saw that his finger was pointing in the other direction and stepped forward to lead the way.

After walking more than a hundred meters, Fang Lang followed behind Gianvito Blanc and came to a large office area, where there was no outside machining equipment. It's mostly desks, and a lot of engineers are working with their heads down.

Fang Lang saw at a glance that on the wall behind the office, a pair of car design drawings were fixed with head nails. The unique gullwing door design directly shocked Fang Lang speechless.

He is not a professional in the automotive industry and does not know exactly when the gullwing door appeared. However, now you see such a sedan with gullwing doors in your own Mercedes-Benz factory, or more precisely, it should be a coupe.

How could this not make his jaw drop in shock, and he was still holding the idea of coming over and pointing out the designers, but he was instantly shattered.

Needless to say, he also understands that in his Mercedes-Benz factory, he must be a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger at this moment.

The streamlined shape with almost no decorative elements and graceful curves is different from the current mainstream kind of car with a high middle of the front and two slightly lower wheel arches on both sides.

The two round headlights on the left and right sides protrude slightly, and the middle canopy is lower than the two sides. The shape of the entire front of the car has changed from the original convex to concave lettering, which is definitely a subversion of the appearance.

With the elegant gullwing door, Fang Lang's eyes were instantly firmly attracted, and he involuntarily walked in front of this design drawing.

When he walked to the front, he saw the big Mercedes-Benz logo in the middle of the grille on the front face, which was crossed by a horizontal horizontal line, and instantly found the shadow of the Mercedes-Benz car passing through the street in the future.

At this moment, Fang Lang had only one thought in his heart, he wanted to have one of this car.

(End of chapter)