#336 - Audi RS7
On the first floor of the Audi automotive laboratory, Lu Haifeng opened the door of an Audi R8, sat inside, and was completely stunned after taking a look.
Because the all-new interior of this Audi R8 was exactly the same as the Lamborghini Urus from his previous life, except for some minor changes.
"These designers are capable!"
"They didn't disappoint me, quietly bringing out the interior of a Lamborghini!"
Lu Haifeng looked at the Audi R8 cockpit, which exuded a strong sense of combat, and he had to admire the radical ideas of these young people in the design department.
The exterior of the Audi R8, paired with the interior of a Lamborghini, didn't seem out of place to Lu Haifeng at all; on the contrary, it looked very harmonious.
The ignition button of the Audi R8 was placed by the design department's young designers in the center console area, covered by a red cover. After the cover is opened, the ignition button can be seen.
The gear lever didn't adopt the shifting mode of the Lamborghini from his previous life. The Audi R8 directly retained the gear lever, but it was designed to resemble the shape of an engine thruster.
It looked very cool, and above the gear lever and ignition button was a 12-inch display screen.
Lu Haifeng looked at the Audi R8's flat-bottomed sports steering wheel, which was made of pure hand-stitched fabric.
The steering wheel integrated many button functions, as well as essential paddle shifters.
The 12.4-inch full LCD instrument panel provided seven different display styles!
Many vehicle messages and functions were concentrated on the instrument panel by the people in the design department, and operated using the buttons on the steering wheel.
After looking at it from front to back, Lu Haifeng asked someone to bring the car key, as he intended to experience this heavily modified Audi R8.
After the car key was brought over, Lu Haifeng saw that the car key still adhered to Audi's consistent style.
The car key integrated many high-tech features, adding a display screen and remote control components, enabling remote starting and stopping of the vehicle.
Furthermore, the shape of this Audi R8 car key was designed by the design department to be a scaled-down version of the Audi R8. If you don't look closely, you might think it's a vehicle model.
The moment Lu Haifeng sat in the cockpit and started the car, the unique engine sound of the V10 engine, coupled with the explosion of the backfire, was simply too captivating.
This V10 TFSl twin-turbocharged engine on the Audi R8 was tuned by Tang San and others to 560 kilowatts and 670 Newton-meters of torque, enabling it to produce a maximum of 720 horsepower, truly a monster-level engine.
The transmission used on this Audi R8 was the PDK 8-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, which was originally exclusive to Porsche in his previous life.
This transmission has a transmission efficiency of nearly 100%, and after being designed and enhanced by Tang San and his team, this transmission can withstand a maximum burst of 1000 Newton-meters of torque.
After testing in the laboratory, the 0-100 km/h acceleration time of this car is only 3.3 seconds, and the top speed can reach 320 km/h.
Lu Haifeng believed that this explosive power and top speed could basically kill supercars around 5 million on the market.
Mass production will definitely not be tuned so exaggeratedly, after all, this car is only one of Audi's upcoming supercars.
Moreover, its price will definitely not be too expensive, probably around two million.
In order to control costs, Tang San and his team did not use full carbon fiber materials for the Audi R8, but instead used a composite solution of an all-aluminum body frame plus some carbon fiber materials.
The biggest effect of doing this is to control costs and lower the price, after all, this is Audi's first truly entry-level supercar.
Lu Haifeng planned to launch two versions of this car, one is a hardtop version, which is the mass-produced version.
The other is a soft-top convertible limited edition version with changes made to the details.
One car, two different styles, one for mass production, and one for pure handmade limited edition.
In the future, Lu Haifeng also planned to launch all the classic sports cars from his previous life one by one, to compete with those established supercar brands in this world.
Originally, Lu Haifeng planned to drive this car out for a test, but an employee came over and told him that this car was about to enter the wind tunnel for testing, so he had to wait for the next opportunity.
After this car was driven away by the employee for testing, Lu Haifeng could only look at the suit-clad thug, the Audi RS7, next to him.
Lu Haifeng was not very satisfied with the suit-clad thug, the Audi RS7, because the design of this car felt a bit too mediocre.
Lu Haifeng didn't directly give the design department drawings for these models like he did for the previous models, letting them improve them like drawing a gourd.
This time, he only gave specific parameters and a simple outline, and the rest was completed independently by these designers.
After all, there are now several hundred people in the design department, and Lu Haifeng is consciously training their design abilities.
Lu Haifeng felt that the design of the Audi R8 was very successful, but he was not very satisfied with the design of the Audi RS7.
At first glance, the overall feeling of the Audi RS7 was too mediocre, with nothing outstanding in either the interior or the exterior.
Subsequently, Lu Haifeng went to the design department, preparing to find the design team of the Audi RS7 to discuss with them what is called low-key luxury.
After Lu Haifeng arrived at the design department's office area on the third floor, he went directly to the Audi RS7's design office area.
"General Manager Lu..."
"General Manager Lu..."
When the design department employees saw Lu Haifeng, they greeted him with smiles on their faces.
"Hello everyone, work hard!"
There were too many people, and Lu Haifeng could only encourage everyone with a smile, and then he came to the office area where the Audi RS7 design team was located.
This was a very large office, and at this time there were nearly a hundred people working busily inside.
These people were all designers of the Audi RS7, but each of them had different divisions of labor and different design content.
The design of a car does not solely rely on the design director. The design director only designs some basic parameters of the car.
The specific details are completed jointly by many designers who participate in it.
The design director of the Audi RS7 was also an old employee, named Huang Zhiming.
He and Lu Haifeng had previously designed the Audi A4, A6, and A8 models, and he could be said to be a very experienced old employee in Audi.
The other design department employees were top students in automotive design from Jinling University of Technology.
