The epidemic period can not go out, so hard to hold the phone computer brush video watching novels home for a few weeks, do not brush do not know a brush startled - those novels and small video of the author of a lot of people think that those who are often a million or even more than ten million sports cars are very luxurious and very high technology, the car will also have a lot of very exaggerated The car will have a lot of exaggerated features on board.
If the background of the story in the novel is 007 or something like that, then it is quite understandable, after all, Bond's Aston Martin sports car is not only bulletproof, and can even launch missiles, but also has the visual invisibility, with its own medical equipment and so on, very close to the "secret agent needs" of the function. However, those "domineering president is not I do not favor" and "mansion Qianjin is not I do not marry" type of net article is also so messy writing, may let the reader to the real world of the car to produce misunderstanding, which is very difficult to let a person.
In the spirit of the spirit of peers are enemies, professional writers in the automotive industry (professional automotive editors) decided to popularize the basics of sports cars and luxury cars a little bit, and if we can reduce the proportion of white literature in the online text even just a little bit, it would be worth the effort.
To say that non-car enthusiasts are most familiar with the sports car brands, Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini should be the most famous. Of course, car culture enthusiasts can probably count McLaren and Corvette among their favorites, while veteran enthusiasts and professionals can talk about Pagani, Koenigsegg, and Toyota's 86 and Supra (yes, that's right, Toyota builds sports cars, too), and then the more niche ones will have to mention Morgan and FM, which are workshop-level sports car brands.
But since we're talking about "supercars that cost millions and millions of dollars," we're going to take Ferrari and Porsche, which are often thought of as synonymous with sports cars, out of the equation.
Since Ferrari and Porsche are usually regarded as "synonymous with sports cars," the two rivals should be taken as examples.
Since we are talking about luxury, of course, we must first find a benchmark as a reference, in order to reduce the emotional factor, we and Porsche belongs to the same German Volkswagen Group Audi, and is known as a luxury car synonymous with the "big Ben" Mercedes-Benz S-Class, as well as the representative of the U.S. luxury style of the Cadillac CT6 (flagship on sale) are pulled out, compared to the Cadillac S-Class, and the Cadillac S-Class, and the Porsche S-Class. The Cadillac CT6 (the flagship sedan on sale) was pulled out to compare the difference in features between a one-million-dollar luxury sedan and a three- or four-million-dollar sports car.
What makes a luxury car more luxurious than a regular car? In addition to a large area of high-quality leather, of course, we have to look at the high-tech configurations carried above, what 360-degree panoramic image, parallel assist, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist and so on in the guide price of 1.218 million yuan Mercedes-Benz 2019 S?450?L?4MATIC?Zhen Zhen Edition, the guide price of 1.148 million yuan Audi 2019?Plus?A8L? 55?TFSI?quattro?Premium Edition above are all no-frills basic features, even the guide price of $527,700 2020 28T Platinum Edition Cadillac CT6?is not missing these, and even an additional set of night vision system, which the Mercedes-Benz S450 in front of the set of night vision system is not available, and the Audi A8L has to spend $32,000 for the option.
So what's above being a Ferrari and Porsche sports car? The answer is, neither.
Yeah, all of these features that have become commonplace on luxury cars like Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Cadillac (and even models priced under $100,000 have begun to become commonplace) aren't on top of the 2018 Porsche 911?GT2?RS?3.8T, which has a guide price of $3,898,000, or the 2018 Ferrari 488?Pista, which has a guide price of $4.08 million. s, and both sports cars priced in the $4 million class don't even have a reverse camera (optional on the Porsche 911).
Have you ever heard of air suspension and electromagnetic induction suspension that filters out ground vibrations and improves occupant comfort? Sorry the 911?GT2?RS and 488?Pista don't have them on top of either sports car. And those fancy-looking power-operated doors? Not really. What about the remote start function that allows you to start the car from a distance and turn on the air conditioning in advance so that you can be comfortable as soon as you get in the car? I'm sorry, but it's still not there.
The Porsche 911?GT2?RS at least has a touch-sensitive LCD screen, but the Ferrari 488?Pista doesn't even have one.
There's also multi-layer acoustic glass to isolate sound from inside and outside the car, and ambient interior lighting to enhance the mood of the car, which neither the Porsche 911?GT2?RS nor the Ferrari 488?Pista has.
Well, it would be too long-winded to go on and on, but the features listed above alone make the two Ferraris and Porsches priced at four million dollars and up and on, and the Mercedes-Benzes and Audis priced at a mere one million dollars, so any further comparisons would only serve to emphasize the "simplicity" of the two sports cars.
So the aforementioned question, "Are all the multi-million-dollar supercars luxurious and loaded with features you wouldn't expect to find in a car?" is not true. The answer is, no - Ferraris and Porsches that cost several times more than a million-dollar Grand Prix not only don't have more features on them, they're much more modest.
The next question is, if they are so "simple," why do they sell for so much money, and why do they sell for $3 million to $4 million, or even tens of millions of dollars? And, even if they are sold at such a high price, there are still countless people who tend to rush to them.
There are two answers here.
Sports cars represent expensive in the eyes of many people - for some groups, they are not after the car itself, but after the yuan it represents, after all, usually, the owners of sports cars priced at millions of millions of dollars is still a very deep impression, they will not understand these The millions of dollars of sports cars are in fact how "simple", rather than these sports cars let them rush, but it is the wealth it represents that makes these people rush.
The other answer, the ones who really understand how "simple" these cars are, are the ones who really understand why these cars, which don't even have a reversing camera, sell for so much money - because they understand, so they want them.
Taking the famous Porsche 911 as an example, not every Porsche 911 is as "humble" as the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, which starts at $3.898 million, but the Porsche 2020 911 Carrera 3.0T, which starts at $1.265 million. is (can be) equipped with nothing less than the Audi A8L and Mercedes-Benz S-Class - if you're willing to spend the money on options.
On the $1.265 million Porsche sports car, you can have merge assist for just 10,400 RMB, add lane-keeping assist for another 16,800 RMB, expand on that with lane-departure warning and road-traffic-sign recognition, and even have the aforementioned Audi A8L and Mercedes-Benz S-Class for less than 30,000 RMB (29,600 RMB) more. night-vision system that neither the Audi A8L nor the Mercedes-Benz S-Class has!
At the same time, for an additional 29,700 yuan, you can also have a reversing camera (8300 yuan) and a 360-degree panoramic image function (21,400 yuan), knowing that the starting price of 3.898 million yuan of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS can be equipped with an optional reversing camera, but the 360-degree panoramic image can not even be optional - - Is not it instantly feel like an eyebrow raising? -It's not just that, it's also that the Carrera is cheaper than the GT2 RS, which only has a single sport mode. The Carrera?3.0T, which starts at a cheaper price, also has the ability to switch driving modes between Sport and Standard/Comfort!
The?Carrera?3.0T has three more functions than the GT2?RS just for the exterior mirrors!
The Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0T with all of the above options is priced at a "mere" 1,351,500 yuan, which is 2,546,500 yuan cheaper than the GT2 RS, which has a starting price of 3,898,000 yuan!
Why is the Carrera 3.0T, a more versatile Porsche 911, cheaper? It's actually a peek at the weight of the two cars.
According to public data, the overall weight of the Porsche Carrera?3.0T with a 3.0T horizontally-opposed engine with different options is about 1525-1600kg. The GT2?RS with its 3.8T horizontally-opposed engine weighs only about 1,470kg with a full tank of gasoline.
Why is the GT2?RS lighter when it has a larger engine displacement and is also heavier? That's exactly why it's more expensive. It should be noted that the GT2?RS exhaust system alone is about half as light (7 kilograms) as the regular Porsche 911 exhaust system, thanks to being made of ultra-lightweight titanium, and carbon fiber cladding has been used in place of metal on a number of parts of the GT2?RS bodywork - such as the front fenders, the wheel arch vents, the Sport? Design exterior mirror housings, rear side air intakes and trunk lid, and even many components of the interior, are made of carbon-fiber-reinforced materials, while the roof is made of magnesium alloy to minimize weight.
Even the wheels, the GT2?RS, are in race-grade specification to further lighten the overall mass of the car.
At this point, you may have realized that this is a "minimalist" sports car that cuts weight wherever it can, so there's no room for the so-called "tech" features. --The Porsche 911?GT2?RS doesn't even have a multifunction steering wheel.
To put it more bluntly, it's a "lap machine" built for the track, not for guys to drive around with pretty girls.
The Porsche 911 GT2 RS did not disappoint its true fans, setting a new production car speed record of 6 minutes, 47.3 seconds on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, which has been dubbed the "Green Hell". The Nürburgring Nordschleife, known as the "Green Hell," set a new production car speed record of 6 minutes, 47.3 seconds - and that's the real reason why countless automobile enthusiasts are clamoring for more.
Regular Porsche 911s (like the Carrera?3.0T) that cost less, had more features, and weighed more, could only watch as the "real Porsche 911", the GT2?RS, went out of sight and couldn't catch its taillights, no matter how hard they tried.
Back to the original question: Are those multimillion-dollar sports cars going to be luxurious and packed with unexpected features? The answer is no. These real sports cars will be very "stripped down" to achieve lighter weights and faster lap times on the track, and driving beautiful women around the streets and providing ambient interior ambience is not one of their design goals - although Porsche has been thoughtful enough to offer a car that meets those needs. Of course, Porsche is thoughtful enough to offer Porsche 911s that meet these needs, and if you're willing to spend an extra $40,400, you can upgrade the interior stereo from a BOSE ($18,000) to a Sound of Berlin ($58,400), isn't that great?
This article comes from the author of the automobile home car family, does not represent the views of the automobile home position.