There are certain countries on the globethat ooze supercardom. One of them just won the World Cup in fact, and you candelegate in the comments below as to what the others are. A country thatcertainly doesn’t come to mind is the Philippines, though that couldchange soon.
放眼全球有那么幾個國家生產(chǎn)跑車，其中一個就是剛剛贏得世界杯的德國。一般來說，沒有人會想到菲律賓也在此列，但是人們的這一觀念很快將得到改變。
This is the Aurelio – a sleek, pretty-eyed wet-dream turned supercar, built by a four-man Philippinecrew called Factor Aurelio Automobile.And to be honest, it isn’t exactly hard to tell what these guys were dreamingof at the time.
這就是Aurelio——一款光滑亮眼賞心悅目的跑車，由一個叫做Factor Aurelio Automobile的四人菲律賓團(tuán)隊(duì)建成。
The Aurelio’s profile nips at the handsomecontours of the Ferrari 458 Italia, the doors have an air of McLaren P1, and the rear end picks up some cues from theLamborghini Aventador. However, those certainly aren’t bad jumping-off points,are they?
這款車的輪廓有點(diǎn)像法拉利458的氣質(zhì)，車門則有邁凱輪P1的味道，而車后部位則借鑒了蘭博基尼埃文塔多。然而，這些都并非糟糕的起點(diǎn)，難道不是嗎？
Specific details are a bit lacking on theAurelio, but here’s what we can gather. The body is composed offiberglass-reinforced-plastic with what looks like a few carbon fiber bits andbobs scattered throughout inside. Underneath the sleek body lies a tubularspace frame chassis affixed with a turbocharged Mitsubishi 4G63 four-cylinder that allegedly boasts457hp per ton, capable of shooting the Aurelio up to a top speed of 186mph.
還不知道這款車的具體細(xì)節(jié)，但是以下是我們找到的信息。車身是由玻璃纖維加固的塑料組成，車內(nèi)好像零零碎碎的分布著一些碳化纖維材料。車底下是管狀的空間架構(gòu)底盤，附在上面的是三菱4G63四汽缸發(fā)動機(jī)，功率達(dá)到457每噸，足以使這款車的最高時速達(dá)到186英里。
According to The Manila Times,about 80 percent of the car’s components were sourced from within the Philippines,with the only exceptions being the wheels, brakes, engine, transmission, and afew suspension components. Talk about grassroots engineering.
根據(jù)《馬尼拉時報(bào)》的報(bào)道，這款車的部件中80%來自菲律賓本土，只有輪胎，剎車，引擎，傳動器，和一些懸架部件來自國外。這就是草根工程學(xué)啊。
All in all, it’s an impressive design,especially considering that the four guys who built it had to borrow money fromrelatives and pawn off some of their own possessions just to finish the firstsupercar prototypes. The company can produce about six to 10 units a year withtheir current manpower, which are pegged to go for about 1.6 million Philippinepesos or the equivalent of $37,000 apop. Let’s hope these guys succeed.
總之，這款車的設(shè)計(jì)令人印象深刻，特別是考慮到這四個人是通過向親戚借錢和抵押自己財(cái)產(chǎn)的方式來制成他們的首部超級跑車的。以他們目前的人力來看，該公司每年可以產(chǎn)出6到10部，每輛的售價(jià)定在37000美元。讓我們預(yù)祝這些家伙能夠取得成功。
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