What "fakes" have car companies made to cater to consumers?

a million-dollar car has a noise of 12 cylinders when it drives, which is a fake made by car companies for consumers. Similar to the so-called "fake configuration", it is to meet the psychological needs of our consumers as much as possible. It's like: In the video you watched, someone was eating the Buddha jumping over the wall, and you wanted to eat it. There was no place to buy it in the middle of the night, and a bowl of instant noodles with the flavor of Buddha jumping over the wall was considered as eating the Buddha jumping over the wall.

Fake leather and stitching that look more expensive

Let's talk about the seat first. People in China prefer leather seats when buying a car. They are clean, have quality and, above all, have face. Seeing this huge market demand, manufacturers have to find ways to get leather seats for their cars. As we said in the video before, many cars now use artificial PU leather, which is called "imitation leather" in the local dialect. But when the salesman sells the car, he tells you, "Leather, leather!" We can't quite tell whether it is true or not. Even if it is a real leather seat, the animal skin used in the car can be divided into the first layer and the second layer.

the European union standard EN 15987-2111 stipulates that the top layer of animal skin should be made up of more than 81% of the fabric, which is called real leather. But with a two-layer leather seat, the manufacturer also said leather: "This is animal skin!" " Besides, whether the seat is made of real leather or not, you have to sew it up with thread, right? But this inconspicuous suture, in fact, manufacturers can tamper with it. Center console, door panel, these places have stitching, and the stitching on the advanced car is to sew the wrapped leather tightly.

The fake car is on the plastic decorative board made of plastic, and I'll give you a stitch. From a distance, it looks like leather! It is really simply to look good and show advanced. Some stitches are even stitched with hard plastic, such as Jetta VA3. This is how the stitching on the door panel works. Interested friends can go and have a look.

Fake decorative panels

The second place of counterfeiting is the decorative panel in the car. Although the manufacturer's budget is limited, it still needs to be done. For example, didn't all the cars used to be decorated with mahogany? The interior of 2111 Skoda Ming Rui is made of mahogany, but it is actually a decorative board of fake mahogany, which is not real mahogany. For another example, carbon fiber is popular now, but it is not cheap and expensive. Manufacturers use water transfer printing technology to print carbon fiber patterns on decorative boards, and the visual effect looks similar to the real one.

Fake exhaust that looks more performance

After those fake that look more expensive, let's talk about the fake made by performance, and fake exhaust is a typical example. Many people think that the bigger the exhaust pipe, the more exhaust pipes there are, the more powerful and fierce the car is, and the better its performance is. You see, supercars are like this. If the ordinary family car really makes the exhaust pipe big and thick, and there are so many pipes, it will make the power of the car worse.

There is a paper in the journal Equipment Manufacturing Technology, and the research on the influence of exhaust back pressure on engine performance is mentioned above. Too low back pressure makes the exhaust gas have no resistance. When the engine rotates at middle and low speed, the mixture is discharged before it is completely burned, which will cause torque loss. To put it bluntly, there are many exhaust pipes with large diameters, and the exhaust gas goes out smoothly. Let's just put it this way: didn't we "well" hold our breath before using our strength, and "ah" lifted it up like this? You didn't hold back your anger, but you held back half of it, and you lost your breath. When your hand was raised, your strength was not so great. If the exhaust pipe is too smooth, you can't hold your breath, which is a bit like it.

since it is really impossible to provide our family cars with a particularly powerful exhaust, car companies try their best to decorate them with a fake exhaust, and our consumers look comfortable. For example, in Volkswagen C-TREK, the rear exhaust decorative plate is double-sided, but the actual exhaust is only one on the left, which is still hidden. Anyway, it's ok to watch it well, and everyone is happy. If you don't buy this thing, you have to install one yourself, right?

the fake sound wave

should be installed in place. Since the exhaust is available, the sound should also meet the needs of consumers. After the car starts, you have to feel like you're driving F1, like "ahhh", and the sound should be charming, right? In fact, this noise is also false, it is all simulated, and the purpose is to create an atmosphere. Some car companies' practices are relatively real. For example, Ford used a Sound Symmetrer system in cars such as Fox ST and Carnival ST.

the principle is: use a special sound duct to connect with the intake manifold. The paddle made of a mixed material vibrates with the air inhaled by the engine, which produces the effect of enhancing the sound waves of the engine and transmits it to the car, which is called whistling for short. When I said blowing the whistle just now, at least a real whistle was put in the car, right? Some sounds are not made by the car itself at all.

for example, some BMW cars use the Active Sound Design active sound system. Through the car stereo, according to different engine speed, torque, speed signal, to simulate the exhaust sound. The most famous one is "BMW i8", which is how it is done. If this system can be used in our home game machine one day, the sound is really enjoyable.

Fake aerodynamic package

The third performance fake is that aerodynamic packages are used more and more in cars, the most common ones are tail fins and fake air intake cheeks. The air duct in front of the car and the air inlets on both sides of the car are very common on performance cars and super sports cars. What is it for? Reduce wind resistance and better heat dissipation. We ordinary car users won't drive more than 311 yards, and there is no chance for more than 211 yards, right?

you won't need it. Don't use it if you don't need it? Yes! Stick it up like a sticker. It just looks good anyway. For example, the shark gills on both sides of the 18 BMW 3 Series GT are decorative plates, so no wind can get in. These fake aerodynamic kits, although not helpful in vehicle performance, are enjoyable to watch, visually satisfying and valuable, right?

Fake tail tag

Now the tail tag at the rear of the car is getting more and more fake, right? Most of our consumers' understanding of automobile power still stays on the bottom of the car, that is, on the displacement. The bigger the number behind, the fiercer the car is, right? In 2113, Audi, a German automobile company that knows the China market best, had a brainwave immediately. The original 1.8T and 2.1T didn't sound strong enough, so we said we changed the algorithm and printed them as 35, 41 and 45TFSI.

Don't worry about how to calculate it. It used to be called 2.1, but now it's 45. People generally say, "Oh," 4 and 2 are always four. Well, that's awesome. " This just makes the car look a lot more advanced. Some friends really think that 45TFSI means 4.5L displacement. As Audi's "dad", Volkswagen has also begun to learn badly. Originally, the TSI letter red standard was used to indicate the displacement: I red is 1.4T, SI red is 1.8T, and TSI full red is 2.1T.

Later, I began to play like Audi, with 181, 231 and 281 in front of TSI. Anyway, the numbers are very big and powerful, so I played this thing. Now more and more cars, as soon as this trick works, everyone starts to come here, and the number of the tail mark is getting bigger and bigger, with the aim of making our consumers look advanced, fierce and valuable.

fake shift paddles

didn't the shift paddles on the steering wheel come standard on performance cars? Now there are many family cars, and more and more families have them. But some paddles can't actually shift gears. For example, the paddle on the hybrid Honda Accord is used to adjust the kinetic energy recovery, but it is exactly the same as adding and subtracting gears. Just look cool. "I own this car, but it's like a fake shift paddle, which can shift gears up and down. I've never used it." Then let's see. Isn't it the same reason?

counterfeiting is to cater to consumers' preferences

The so-called "fake" is no matter what. Isn't it just to cater to us consumers and make us happy that car companies engage in this kind of thing? The budget is also limited, and we really can't give it. If we do, we don't need it. It's good to get some goods and be happy.