Dialogue through the Times, Overseas Experience Lamborghini Contac

Easy Car Original 65438+February 2020 1 day, Volkswagen announced that Stephen winkelmann, President of Bugatti, is also the President of Lamborghini. This is the second time that winkelmann has held this post. It was during his first term that Lamborghini launched Aventador and Huracan, two classic supercars that are still on sale today, and began the research and development of Urus, an SUV model. Winkelmann, who returned to Lamborghini at the end of 2020, seems to be facing an excellent situation. In 2020, Lamborghini delivered a total of 7,430 new cars, slightly lower than 438+09 in 2065, but still the second highest number in brand history.

Stephen winkelmann I, the rebirth and past life of Contac.

A year later, in February, 202165438+,Lamborghini held the Icon reborn activity in his hometown, which showed us the birth process of the reborn LPI800-4 Countach model. According to Lamborghini's official statement, the project took only one year from decision to final landing. Presumably, the decision to regenerate Contac should be made by winkelmann's predecessor, Italian domenicali, and the new president's decision to continue this project is undoubtedly related to Lamborghini's excellent market performance in the first two years: production cars can be sold, and he naturally has the ability and energy to make this kind of car that needs storytelling.

Contac's story began in the 1960s. At that time, Lamborghini was producing the third model in the brand history-Mihura, which was a super sports car with V 12 horizontal engine and Lamborghini's first real super sports car.

However, although Lamborghini had successfully set foot in the field of super sports cars at that time, it did not really find the most stable foothold in this field. The brand is in urgent need of a car, which can really stabilize the Lamborghini brand in the super-running competition, which is not an easy task for the brand with only a few years of history at that time. At this time, Contac was born, and it also achieved Lamborghini's expected goal.

197 1 At the Geneva Motor Show, a yellow Lamborghini LP500 concept car that shocked the world was exhibited at the booth of Italian design studio Broadcom. Although this car was made only to verify its performance, the sensation caused by its design strengthened the belief that ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of Lamborghini, would eventually mass-produce this car, and Countach was the final mass-produced version. From 1974 to 1990, about 2000 sets of Countach*** rice were produced in mass production, far exceeding Mihura. Countach's success lies not only in sales, but more importantly, the classic design concept of Countach has been used by Lamborghini to this day, and even on the Urus, the brand's first SUV model, many Countach designs can be found. It can be said that starting from Contac, Lamborghini models can be recognized only by looking at the whole body shape from a distance. This is a benchmark model that has established Lamborghini's position in the field of super sports cars.

Second, the driving experience through time and space

In this Icon rebirth activity, Lamborghini enthusiastically provided a silver Countach 25th anniversary edition car officially collected by the brand for everyone to test drive. The 25th anniversary edition is the last edition of the old Countach. It was produced during the period of 1988- 1990, with a total output of 67 1 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Lamborghini brand (1963- 1988). When the new model goes on the market, you can test drive the old model, which can better understand the inheritance of this classic design.

When you get into the car, the first thing you realize is that the space is unreasonable. Under the technical conditions of that year, indoor space had to make sacrifices for the design beyond the times. The head space is narrow, and the door frame even touches the head from time to time. Start the engine, and the purest sound of V 12 natural intake comes from the rear. The original wild sound is only a small baffle away from the driver. At this time, the history of Lamborghini displayed in front of us is infinitely close. The foot feel of the clutch pedal is extremely hard, and even the whole body needs to be stepped on, and the feeling of shifting gears is completely mechanical.

Surprisingly, the engagement point of the clutch is very gentle and wide. As long as you can step on the clutch pedal, you can start the car smoothly, and you won't be very depressed when you shift gears while driving. The accelerator also needs to be stepped on very hard, but the response of this time-honored V 12 engine is still excellent. Even today, the power of 455 horses is powerful, and the wild and simple voice that is pulled to the high-speed range is the voice that will never be heard again in this era. The brake pedal is completely opposite to the accelerator clutch. The front section is very, very light and there is a lot of room. Only by stepping on the brakes almost to the end can you feel the obvious braking force. The steering feel is different from any contemporary car, and the virtual position in the middle is very small, but the steering wheel is lighter at this time. When the steering angle increases to a certain angle, the steering wheel will suddenly become very heavy. Even when driving, it is impossible to control the steering wheel with only one hand. At present, it is a great pleasure for such a car to run smoothly and feel the elegance of that year.

197 1-202 1 for 50 years, the slogan Icon Reborn aptly describes the birth significance of the new LPI800-4 Countach. In order to revive this legendary model, because the only LP500 concept car was destroyed in the crash test, the first problem before Lamborghini was to copy an LP500. By consulting a large number of historical data, a LP500 sludge model with the ratio of 1: 1 was copied for the first time. Then with the help of modern technology, the data of this sludge model are scanned into the computer, and then the designer designs a new Countach based on these data. The hexagonal wheel arch, the triangular air intake of the side door, the spaceship shape that rises high above the rear fender, and the tail that exposes half of the rear wheel with great impact, including the most classic roof line from front to back, all classic elements have been preserved. With a < a class = "hidden" href = "/Hyundai/"title = "modern" data-key type = "masterbrand" data-id = "13" t.