汽车专业英语配套课件unite.pptxVIP

姚嘉 马丽丽主编;Unite 8 Development of Vehicle Technology ;Among the recent vehicle introductions, four stand out as marking a major innovative input to vehicle development. The Mercedes A-class is a significant advance in small car packaging as well as breaking new ground in secondary safety. Ford’s Focus brings the company’s 21st century hard-edge styling to its most mainstream model and also marks a completed market repositioning of a class of vehicle starting as the Mark 1 Escort to a vehicle refined enough to compete in the neo-luxury sector. The Land Rover Freelander brings the price of comfortable 4-wheel drive vehicles down to realistic levels and is a breakthrough in body option versatility. Project Thrust SSC presents the ultimate in competition vehicles and gives a taste of the technologies required at the limits of vehicle-to-ground adhesion. 在最近的车辆介绍中，四个突出点作为标志着车辆发展的主要创新性输入。在小型汽车包装以及在二级安全新突破方面，梅赛德斯A-class是一个重大的进步。福特福特斯将公司的21世纪锋刃派风格作为其主流模式，同时标志着以Mark 1 Escort 车型为一个新的市场定位，其精工制作在新的奢侈品行业具有了足够的竞争力。路虎神行者（The Land Rover Freelander）使舒适的四轮驱动车的价位下降到可以被接受的现实水平，并且是一个在车身选择多样性上的突破。Project Thrust SSC（SSC项目推动）提供了竞争车辆的极致，并且实现了在限制车辆地面的附着力方面的技术尝试。 ;8.1 Mercedes A-class;The sandwich floor concept allows the engine and drive assembly of the A-class(as in Fig. 8-1) to be shunted back underneath the body in the event of a frontal impact rather than penetrating the passenger compartment. This ingenious layout means that the new Mercedes models virtually achieves the high safety standard of the E-class, even in the event of a side impact the ‘sandwich’ concept of the double layer floor, provides clear advantages, because the occupants sit about 20 centimetres higher than in other cars, with the result that the impact occurs below the occupants cell. ;The A-class complies not only with the future EU frontal impact crash test standard but also with strict safety regulations on side impacts in the USA and the European Union. In terms of safety, a car measuring only about 1000kg has a