Why don't domestic cars design muscle cars?

This is an interesting question. In fact, first of all, the type of "muscle cars" has basically disappeared even in the United States. They refer to those cars that are powerful, self-important, large in size and only focus on cruising and acceleration, and their appearance is relatively square and tough.

the familiar musatang, Camaro and Challenger are not "American muscle cars", but "pony car" in Chinese, because they are basically maneuverable, but they are not up to the requirements in size and power.

Of course, what you are talking about may be the Ford Mustang, which is hard-core and rough in design. If that's the case, I want to ask why Japan and Europe have not designed this type of car. What kind of car should be designed is still related to the culture of the country and the region. For example, Horton, a local brand in Australia, is still very muscular and pursues large displacement, which is definitely inseparable from their wide roads and closeness to nature.

So I decided that our domestic cars should never design the so-called muscle cars, which would really be a fake. We should design cars with our own national cultural connotation, and look at the Lexus next door, which will give off a completely different smell from European cars and American cars. This is what our domestic brands should do.

why should an autonomous vehicle design a muscle car? Get a big car shell and put it in a 1.5T turbocharged engine? Will such a muscle be a little weak? American muscle cars are not superficial, but have violent power and poor handling, but the advantage is that ordinary people can afford them, specifically, they are special products developed for those consumers who like the pleasure of accelerating but are not rich. Rough Americans are different from relatively delicate Europeans. Europeans like to run in circles, while Americans like to run in straight lines, so muscle cars with great power and simple mechanical structure appear!

In fact, real muscle cars were all killed as early as the first global oil crisis!

The muscle car emerged in the United States after 195s. At that time, the economy of the United States developed rapidly, the popularity of civilian cars was extremely high, and the income of ordinary people also increased significantly; As the saying goes, you have to have some fun when you are full of food. At this time, Americans are not satisfied with using cars every day. They hope to use cars to bring some fun, but at that time, sports cars in the United States or Europe were expensive, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people. So at that time, several car companies in the United States came up with a muscle car as soon as they studied it. Although the initial muscle car was not as expensive as the European performance car, its positioning was also a luxury attribute, so it was also a product for the rich. The target group of muscle cars is a group of people who love cars, like to play the limit, and are relatively rich (the poor at the same time played with a low-priced version of the small carriage of muscle cars). At that time, the fuel price in the United States was very low, but then the oil crisis broke out and the fuel price rose sharply, and this kind of muscle cars gradually lost its meaning of existence. The high fuel consumption brought by such a big shell and such a large displacement engine was no longer affordable for most wealthy people in the United States at that time!

the change from muscle car to small carriage

muscle car: muscle car

small carriage: pony car

The so-called small carriage is Ford Mustang and Camaro, which are now considered as muscle cars by many friends. After the oil crisis, muscle cars lost their meaning of existence, and small carriages with relatively small physique and low displacement gradually became the mainstream (low displacement here refers to those versions with large displacement, and high-performance versions still retain large displacement engines); In the early days, the boundary between muscle car and small carriage was very clear. Muscle car was a luxury car with big head and large displacement, while small carriage was a non-luxury model with small head and low displacement. With the outbreak of the oil crisis, muscle car completely disappeared, but the performance model of small carriage, which represented the civilian population, gradually became the mainstream. Therefore, it is also true that the small carriage is a muscle car today, but the small carriage has a more people-friendly price, so the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Bumblebee have survived hardships in the historical development. . .

why can't domestic cars design muscle cars?

The traditional muscle car is unbearable for American consumers. Why should we build it? Build it and sell it to who? How to build it? American muscle cars have clear regulations that the shell should be big and the engine should be V8. Domestic mass-produced V8 engines don't exist at all, so we don't have the ability to build muscle cars in terms of powertrain. Even if it is made, who will buy it? Even the consumers who can afford the 2.3T Mustang are very few, so it would be a joke to build a muscle car independently! We can solve the muscle feeling of the shell with a tape measure. What about the heart? Is it too empty to stuff a 1.5T engine? It will give people the illusion that the tendon meat is eaten by drugs!

in a word, it's not that autonomous car companies don't design muscle cars, but that they can't design muscle cars, and the shell is easy to fix. Is a car just a shell? The most striking feature of muscle car is V8, but do we have it? Even if it is designed as a small carriage like Mustang and Camaro, it must have at least a 2.3T, right? It is extravagant hope and empty talk to build anything without a high-power engine, and it is meaningless to build a muscle car with domineering appearance and no strength; Moreover, the flamboyant appearance of American muscle cars does not conform to the aesthetic views of domestic mainstream consumers!

first of all, we need to know what a muscle car means.

the word muscle car appeared in 198s and 199s, especially used to refer to a kind of American rear-wheel drive with large displacement V8 engine, strong horsepower and muscular appearance, which was active in 196s and 197s. Now it is also used to refer to the American economical sports car with V8 engine. The muscle car is the representative of a generation of American spirit. The familiar Mustang, Camaro and Dodge Challenger are all typical muscle cars.

The above description of a muscle car can be understood as an economical sports car with high horsepower, fierce appearance and American characteristics.

First of all, high horsepower. Drivers should know that there is a displacement tax in China, which is included in our car purchase price. In which: the displacement is below 1.l (including 1.l); 1% the displacement is above 1.l to 1.5l (including 1.5l); 3% the displacement is above 1.5l to 2.l (including 2.l); 5% the displacement is above 2.l to 2.5l (including 2.5l); 9% the displacement is 2.5l.. : 12% of the exhaust volume is above 3. liters to 4. liters (including 4. liters): 25% of the exhaust volume is above 4. liters: 4% and the exhaust volume of ordinary muscle cars is above 3., which costs 13% more. Needless to say, you are not worthwhile.

Let's talk about the appearance again. The muscle car is a model with American characteristics, which is exposed, distinctive and individualistic. This is caused by American culture, while our Chinese culture is influenced by Confucianism, paying attention to modesty and introversion, not to appearance and connotation. Due to cultural differences, there are few manufacturers designing muscle cars in China, which is also the most fundamental reason that the Bureau thinks, especially with the reform and opening up of our automobile industry, practicality has always been the first factor. Finally, there is this economical sports car. My friend, how many people are in the United States and China? The price and displacement tax are not economical, and the road conditions can't run. If it weren't for the strength at home, how many people would buy such a muscle car?

Not making money, not being cost-effective, and not having a market are the reasons that the Bureau thinks hinder domestic manufacturers from designing muscle cars.

why don't domestic cars design muscle cars! Is it interesting to design a shell?

Muscle

Cars are Americans' favorite, Ford Mustang, Bumblebee and F15, but these are too small in China, and it's meaningless to just design the appearance. The most important thing about cars is the three major parts, while the selling point of domestic cars is low price and high configuration. As for the three major parts, I understand

Now domestic cars are getting more and more beautiful in appearance and interior, but what about the three major parts?

if you design the three major components of the muscle car, do you develop them yourself or buy them in buy buy?

car research and development is not as simple as lip service, it must have the core technology, and the engine, gearbox and chassis are not free of their own technology! The power of the muscle car is not completed by changing the shell, otherwise all the domestic cars will just change the shell!

Domestic cars don't design muscle cars, which is not in line with the national conditions. Domestic cars with large space, low price and high configuration are mostly preferred, and the sales volume can't go up. Who will do anything without benefits? Second, the technical reserve is insufficient, and many technologies can only be bought now! So .....

The muscle car is the symbol model of American cars. It has been eliminated.

Many car lovers have a special affection for the "muscle car". This kind of coupe with sharp lines, full body and looks "strong" is very powerful. However, it is almost impossible to choose this kind of car now. The last generation of muscle cars should be the old Mai Rui Bao, sports cars and Mustang- Mustang, but the price is still a little high. So why can't domestic cars build muscle cars to lower the consumption threshold?

let's look at a set of pictures first.

1. The old Mai Rui Bao

2, Mustang

3, Comalo

4, Challenger (Dodge)

5, Dodge Viper

Muscle car has outstanding characteristics, which not only has a full body, but also has a front that hardly considers the drag coefficient, such as Dodge Challenger; The biggest resistance of a car in driving is wind resistance. A slightly forward-leaning front design like this will have considerable wind resistance, which will affect performance to a certain extent in rapid acceleration and high-speed driving, but the most important thing is to affect fuel consumption. Therefore, such a sports car is actually not "professional", it is just a style created to meet the aesthetic needs of users; The reason why this kind of muscle car became popular in the United States in the 198s and 199s was related to the popularity of muscle male stars such as Stallone and Schwarzenegger.

However, aesthetics will always change, or aesthetics will have a cycle of reincarnation; At present, the aesthetic standard is neutral, and the muscular man with a knot in one's heart is somewhat out of date. The popular culture in Asia-Pacific is deeply poisoned by Japanese and Korean pop culture, and the overall standard is even not neutral. The popular design in Europe is always quite satisfactory, and muscle cars are generally regarded as "violence and barbarism", so the popularity has never been high. The popular elements in the United States in recent years can be summed up in one word-"decadent". All kinds of strange disaster films reflect the gloom of the current state in the United States. The attraction of muscle cars is far less than that of cheap cars from Japan and South Korea. Its elite still retains this aesthetic habit, mainly for big pickups, so muscle cars are really out of date.

It makes sense that the domestic automobile industry doesn't build muscle cars. First of all, each car system should have its own characteristics, and there is no future in blindly imitating it. For example, Japan and South Korea's automobile industries have over-imitated American cars, so they only have good performance in their home markets and North American markets, and their share in the European market is very general. In the initial stage, China automobile brands have borrowed from various styles, that is, to put it bluntly, they have tried all kinds of car styles, but they still have to reflect some elements related to China traditional culture and current popular culture, or guide a cultural trend through automobile design.

For example, the Longyan design language of BYD Dynasty series, which is used by Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, is also very tense, but at the same time, it also integrates the design of reducing wind resistance coefficient, realizing the integration of fuel saving and exquisiteness; Some people say that the design of Longyan is dominated by Iger. In fact, the car of Tang was completed by the design team of China, and the car of Han didn't involve Iger much, otherwise it would really be stale.

To sum up, the main reason why domestic cars don't build muscle cars is cultural differences. Muscle cars are phenomenal cars and are doomed to be eliminated. Vehicles should not have special "male characteristics" or "female characteristics", as long as they are neutral, they can meet the aesthetic needs of all consumers at the same time.

There is no need to repeat the problem of wind resistance coefficient. Dodge challenger is not a real sports car, but Viper is the benchmark of sports car. And this car is designed in strict accordance with aerodynamic standards to minimize wind resistance. Of course, Viper is mainly designed to improve performance, while ordinary scooter is designed to reduce fuel consumption. Faced with the pressure of carbon emissions and double points, the design that can reduce .1L will be adopted, which is another core factor to accelerate the elimination of muscle cars.

Another understanding of muscle cars is "large displacement and high performance". Nowadays, domestic cars will have high performance without large displacement.

if the displacement of American muscle car is less than 3.T/5.L-NA, don't talk about the performance. The 2.3T Mustang is an embarrassing existence. For fuel vehicles, only super-large displacement can achieve high performance, but the fuel consumption of large displacement is too high. Except for the United States, countries and regions have strict restrictions on vehicle displacement, and will increase the use cost of large displacement vehicles through carbon tax or other means, especially in Japan and Europe, even 2.T is quite large.

of course, domestic users will also consider these issues, so the large-displacement muscle car is doomed to be unpopular; However, domestic cars no longer use large-displacement internal combustion engines to enhance power, and it is enough to have advanced electric drive systems. The former Viper achieved a 1-kilometer acceleration of 4.5 seconds with an 8.3L engine and ultra-high standard lightweight. This achievement was once regarded as "amazing", but today, even many hybrid or electric domestic cars with a positioning range of 2,-3, are not as good.

you can refer to Han DM/EV and Tucki P7 for positioning mid-to-high-end domestic cars. The acceleration score of the former hybrid four-wheel drive version is 4.7s, that of EV flagship four-wheel drive version is 3.9s, that of Tucki P7 rear-drive version is 6.7s, and that of the four-wheel drive version is 4.4s.. These cars achieve ultra-high performance through motors, and at the same time rely on the high efficiency of motors to greatly reduce the cost of vehicles, which is impossible for American muscle cars using internal combustion engines.

Therefore, the muscle car that will start roaring after starting symbolizes the once developed automobile industry in the United States and the primitive internal combustion engine. This kind of car should be eliminated.

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Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and Chrysler challenger are three classic muscle cars in the United States, with large displacement engine, pleasant exhaust sound and coquettish appearance all synonymous with muscle cars.

every country has its own unique automobile culture, for example, Europeans like two-box models with diesel engines, Japanese people prefer mini cars, and the United States is sparsely populated and prefers wide models.

So China is a new automobile market, and it doesn't have the same automobile culture as Europe and America, so we haven't formed a model with China characteristics yet. The reason why China doesn't have a muscle car is very simple. Because there is no market and there is no market, automobile manufacturers are naturally reluctant to invest in developing such a model.