兰博基尼的新老板在考虑些什么?Lambo: what the new boss is thinking?

FormerFerrariF1bossStefanoDomenicaliisthenewhonchoatLamborghini.Here’swhat’sonhismind....





走混动路线还是投入涡轮的怀抱？

Go hybrid, or go turbo?



斯蒂法诺•多梅尼卡利（Stefano Domenicali）曾经是法拉利F1车队的老板，今年三月接管了兰博基尼。他的前任，史蒂芬•温克尔曼（Stefan Winkelmann），一直考虑如何让电动交通和谐地与兰博基尼品牌相处，第一步将是为2019年上市的SUV Urus推出插电混动版。

Stefano Domenicali, former Ferrari F1 team boss, took over at Lamborghini in March. His predecessor, Stefan Winkelmann, was considering how electro-mobility fits with the Lambo brand, and the first step will be a plug-in hybrid version of the Urus SUV in 2019.



那么第二步呢？因为他们的自然吸气V10发动机现在看起来暂时败给了法拉利的强制进气488，可给5.2升机加上一对涡轮增压器肯定又会让它盖过自家的自然吸气6.5升V12机，所以解决方案之一是用一台150千瓦电动机驱动全轮，在变速器中加入一台50千瓦电动机驱动后轮，同时保留宽阔的中央通道，但里面不是传动轴而电池组。

Then what? Since the naturally aspirated V10 is now out-classed by the forced-induction 488 and adding a pair of turbochargers to this 5.2-litre unit would eclipse the free-breathing 6.5-litre V12, one solution is to have a 150kW electric motor driving the front wheels, a 50kW e-power pack integrated in the transmission propelling the rear wheels, and a wide centre tunnel filled with batteries rather than a propshaft.



如果有必要，这种具有高度灵活性的布局甚至可以改成全电动。通过这种方式，兰博基尼不仅能让一直带给我们无限欢乐的V10和V12发动机生存得更长久些，还能有效降低二氧化碳排放。2014年亮相的混合动力概念车Asterion向我们证明兰博基尼已经在积极地勾勒这样一幅画卷了。

If need be, this scalable layout could even go fully electric. This way, Lambo would be able to keep its adrenalizing V10 and V12 a little longer while also significantly reducing CO2. The 2014 Asterion hybrid concept (below) is proof that Lamborghini has been actively contemplating this scenario.



第四款车型会是什么？

What should the fourth model be?

鉴于兰博基尼目前是奥迪旗下的品牌，所以每项战略层面的决策都必须经过英格施塔德的审批。尽管Huacan实现了预期销量（它的姐妹车型R8就没能做到），据说产品规划部门希望下一款产品在外形和动力参数上都与Aventador有更大的差异，而这种做法还可能为家族再增加一个成员留出空间。

Since Lamborghini is operating under the Audi umbrella, every strategic rethink must be signed off by Ingolstadt. Although the Huracan is meeting sales expectations(unlike its sister R8), the product planners reputedly want to steer the follow-up model further away from the Aventador both in terms of looks and specification – a process that might also free up space for a further addition to the range.





可是，即便能用上V6到V12这样有着显著区别的动力组合，兰博基尼真的希望有三款同是发动机中置的车型吗？或者，增加一款Espada那种风格的发动机前置2+2座大型房车会不会效果更好？哪怕来一款与LaFerrari竞争的顶级跑车也行啊（毕竟他们说Asterion可以输出900多马力）。但是，也有人说，因为按计划Aventador至少要服役到2022年，后一种方案可能会对这头当家“大牛”产生严重的不利影响。

But would Lamborghini really want three mid-engined machines, even if they ranged from V6 to V12? Or would it be better to add an Espada style 2+2 grand tourer with a front-engined layout, or even a LaFerrari-challenging hypercar (after all the Asterion claimed 900bhp)? One school of thought suggests the latter may tread too heavily on the toes of the Aventador, however, which is set to serve until at least 2022.



如何解决平台问题？

How to solve the platform problem?

由于“柴油门”丑闻带来了严重的财务问题，大众感到了巨大的压力，认为有必要对集团内高端品牌过于繁杂的平台进行梳理。领导换届之前，意大利人曾打算给Huracan和Aventador的换代产品都使用全新的模块化碳纤维架构。

In light of the financial fallout from the dieselgate scandal, it seems there is some pressure to rationalize the diversity of platforms in use at the prestigious end of the VW Group portfolio. Under the previous leadership, the Italians intended to use a new modular carbonfibre architecture for the Huracan and Aventador replacements.



同在大众门中的保时捷和宾利与这件事没有任何关系，而奥迪本可以把这一核心骨架改造成以铝材为主的版本用在下一代R8上：如果兰博基尼打算建立起有三款发动机中置的车型组成的阵容，这种材料商的灵活性就极有必要，因为大家都意识到不会有任何一位主管财务的高管能批准成本高到令人恐怖的碳纤维架构（迈凯伦大概不同意这种说法）。

VW stablemates Porsche and Bentley played no role at all in this scenario, but Audi might have adapted an aluminum-intensive version of this central backbone matrix for the next R8; such material flexibility would be essential if Lambo were to move to a three-car, mid-engined line-up, as it’s thought no chief financial officer would sign off a hideously expensive carbonfibre architecture (McLaren would presumably disagree).

按照这种形势，一款发动机前置的四座车应该更有意义，因为这样兰博基尼就可以大幅度借用由保时捷开发、支撑着很快就要亮相的第二代Panamera的MSB平台，而这种做法已经有了先例：Urus、Q7、宾利添越和即将亮相的第三代Cayenne都使用了同样的MLB 2平台。

By which measure perhaps a front-engined four-seater does make more sense, since Lamborghini could borrow heavily from the Porsche-developed ‘MSB’  architecture that underpins the forthcoming Panamera Mk2, in the same way that the Urus uses the same ‘MLB 2’ parts bin as the Q7, Bentayga and forthcoming Cayenne Mk3.

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