At this Frankfurt Motor Show, Lin Johnson was also observing the newly launched models of other manufacturers, and Lin Johnson also conducted a test drive experience activity for the model he liked.

Some famous car manufacturers have also launched their new sedans, such as Audi Automobile Co., Ltd., which has been carefully designed and continued with the third-generation Audi 100.

Compared with the previous generation, this car has a more streamlined appearance, and the configuration also uses the most advanced technology. Its body structure is all made of lightweight materials. More importantly, its air resistance cd value is only 3!

The third-generation Audi 100 is equipped with a 4-cylinder 0l gasoline engine and a 5-cylinder 2l gasoline engine. In addition, Audi also equipped this car with a diesel version of the engine. Its 2l version has a maximum speed of 200 km/h, and the driving feels quite smooth and stable!

It should be said that the success of the Audi 100 inspired Audi. 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, and the trembling nightmare of the 5-cylinder engine!

The Audi 100 uses an inline 5-cylinder gasoline engine with a power of 100 horsepower (later upgraded to 136 horsepower). The vibration problem of this type of engine was once considered an unsolvable problem, but Audi engineers finally proved their talents.

They conducted a lot of calculations and analysis on the geometric angles of each engine cylinder, and through precise design, the vibrations of the five-cylinder engines can be offset against each other, miraculously solving this problem!

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 and 4-cylinder fuel consumption" in the engine efficiency issue, which has made the industry amazed.

When driving, its five-cylinder engine is indeed very stable and powerful. Although it is not as fuel-efficient as the Germans promote, it is definitely a mid-to-middle-high-end model with strong horsepower and full of power.

Volvo's s40, s60, s80 and other models are also used in the Audi 100. In the 21st century, Volvo still firmly supports the five-cylinder engine. The conservative Nordics can use this engine and can see that it is absolutely unique in performance and is a very excellent engine!

Lin Johnson repeatedly observed Audi's 5-cylinder engine, and was always hesitant about whether to learn from it. The domestic processing technology has been improving slowly. Because of this reason, it is still not on the agenda for manufacturing a v6 engine. Whether to learn from Audi 100 and Volvo to bring in the inline five-cylinder engine to make up for this gap in the short term, Johnson Johnson was a little hesitant!

Finally, Lin Johnson decided to establish a five-cylinder engine research and development project, because he thought that the factors that affect engine vibration are not just the odd and even numbers of the cylinders, but the vibration is mainly affected by the ignition gap during the cylinders' work. That is to say, the shorter the ignition gap time of each cylinder, the smaller the engine vibration. Audi is at the leading technical level in the control of the ignition system, and Lin Johnson's automobile company also needs to be strengthened in this regard!

Lin Johnson also lamented that the German automobile industry is comprehensive and strong. In terms of automotive configuration, Audi has a good cooperative relationship with the world's automotive electronics giant Bosch, and many advanced technologies are exclusively owned by Audi. They just want to cooperate with Bosch and don't sell them.

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 set an industry record at this time.

Due to innovative design and exquisite craftsmanship, the resistance coefficient of this car is only 3, while the average resistance coefficient in the industry in the early 1980s was 42, and the resistance coefficient of the third-generation Audi 100 decreased by nearly 30%.

The famous German automotive magazine Autozei Kug commented: "From the aerodynamic characteristics, the new Audi 100 is unparalleled in the automotive industry."

Compared with the previous generation model, the technical equipment of Audi 100 has been greatly improved. It is equipped with a three-way exhaust catalytic device and a 5-valve structure per cylinder. This is the first time that innovative technologies such as this model have been applied. It not only improves the working efficiency of the engine, but also makes the most practical actions for green and environmental protection. Not only that, Audi also equipped the third generation models with a large number of iconic technologies, such as quattro full-time four-wheel drive system, turbocharged, TDI (turbocharged direct injection diesel engine), active safety system ABS anti-lock brake and passive safety system body energy-abs absorption structure, seat belt, driver airbag and other advanced technologies. All these innovative technologies have accumulated more reputation for the third generation Audi 100 and have become a model model of the automobile industry in the 1980s!

Audi is indeed ahead of the technology, but Johnson Lin is a little unhappy in terms of resistance coefficient. The Camry he brought out has better resistance coefficient, 29!

After all, this car is a model from 1986, which has made him win some bullying other car dealers in 1982. There is a 4-year gap between them. Another Camry 86 version is much smaller in size than the Audi 100, which makes it better value than the Audi 100.

However, although its 29 resistance coefficient also shocked Europeans, it was just shocking. It was not that German local car dealers made this Camry model coldly accepted by many local media.

Lin Johnson knew that this Audi 100 had sales results of more than one million vehicles. It was the best sales model before the 1990s. In order to better study, his rival Lin Johnson ordered 15 Audi 100s, and he would allocate 4 to the Automobile Research Institute for a thorough dissection. Many car dealers did the same.

But it is particularly worth mentioning that since 1988, the Audi 100 model was introduced to China FAW and became the first high-end sedan with international advanced level produced after the founding of New China.

The batch of cars bought by Lin Johnson is a German original car that is much better than the domestically produced products and has a lot of equipment. For example, the domestically produced airbags are removed!

These 15 cars cost more than $600,000 for Lin Johnson, which is the discounted price for the auto show, because the exhibition is all high-end luxury models, with genuine leather seats, soft leather walnut interior electronic configurations. Each car has a sales price of up to $30,000!

What made Lin Johnson most excited was that he drove these cars to China for five or six years. Then he sold them at a price of more than 500,000 yuan per car, which was equivalent to not spending money on buying this batch of cars. The price of the car was offset by the inside and outside. The transaction was quite worthwhile!

There are three very powerful auto groups in the German auto show, namely Daimler-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen.

Here we have to lament the contributions of the Germans in the history of automobile development, but the most is their leading and pioneering spirit. More than a hundred years ago, Daimler and others created their own automobile brands and set up automobile factories. This strong accumulation of brand history is a height that no backward car company in any country cannot reach and needs to be looked up to!

Daimler-Benz Automobile Group launched its mid-size cars for the first time at this auto show, the 190 and 190e. This is the third largest model series of Mercedes-Benz's S-Class and E-Class.

It seems that the economic stagflation crisis that swept the world has to let Mercedes-Benz down and develop an intermediate car to cope with the increasingly sluggish high-end car market.

Of course, they are still the flagship leaders of the automotive industry in high-end models. In 1979, Mercedes-Benz was the first to install the ABS anti-lock braking system on the W116 (fifth generation S-Class) model, which made this series of models the first models to be equipped with the ABS system in the world.

At this year's auto show, Mercedes-Benz's sixth-generation S-Class sedan W126 has made some minor improvements after its launch, but what Lin Johnson-in-law pays special attention is that this car has already used an aluminum alloy engine block!

The use of aluminum alloy cylinders can significantly reduce the weight of the car body, and at the same time make better designs for the distribution of the body weight. This is also a trend in the development of sedan power systems in the future, although Lin Johnson believes that the biggest selling point of aluminum alloy cylinders is its high-end gimmick.

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

When Lin Qiang-Cheng-Cheng felt that the noise of the w126 was extremely small. It is easy to forget that it was in such a big car when driving. No wonder as the saying goes, sitting on a Mercedes-Benz W126 is significantly more comfortable than other vehicles!

"When driving the 126 series sedan, you can quickly realize that Daimler-Benz takes tranquility as an integral part of its social responsibility. Any mechanical noise (even when assembling a six-cylinder engine) is very small; in addition, Mercedes developers have invested a lot of energy to eliminate wind noise."

Lin Johnson knew that the w126 series was the most successful model in Mercedes-Benz's history. In the production cycle of more than ten years, this series sold a huge number of more than 800,000 units!

If the market price of each Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan is $50,000 to $70,000, the w126 series of models actually brought more than 50 billion US dollars in sales to Mercedes-Benz!

In Lin Johnson's eyes, these Mercedes-Benz W126 are simply armored vehicles filled with US dollars, and they are also armored vehicles directed to Mercedes-Benz!

Needless to say, Lin Johnson also ordered 15 vehicles. Five vehicles were transported to the institute for dissection, and the other ten vehicles were transported back to China. When these cars were driven enough or were newly modified, they were sold at a price of RMB 700,000 to RMB 800,000 per vehicle. The five anatomical vehicles could not be wasted and finally had to be assembled for sale. Lin Johnson didn't want to smash them into his hands.

In his memory, the mid-to-late 1980s was a period of price surge. At that time, a Japanese car could sell for 400,000 to 500,000 yuan in China, not to mention these mid-to-high-end German models!

But the only thing Lin Johnson didn't consider is that his history is different from his previous life! Since there are already several major automobile manufacturers in China, it is no longer the domestic automobile industry in the mid-80 years of his previous life. Although the cars Lin Johnson bought did not end up in his hands, he did not make him pay back his money! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!