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极度高端
McLaren Automotive公司和Aston Martin公司都在提高生产，AMS杂志来到Woking和Gaydon，把放大镜投射到这两家完美工厂，一探英国高端汽车制造商的最新情况 McLaren Automotive公司和Aston Martin公司都卯足了劲头，将两个奢侈品牌公司的新车型产量提高一倍。去年晚些时候，AMS曾访问了他们的制造车间，对两者进行比较，为大家呈现英国高端汽车制造的真实面貌。两家公司被放在一个级别的而原因有：都是高度独立，都制造售价超过100,000英镑（约合141,000美元）的汽车，都在投在研发新车型。双方的规模也使企图相当，拥有月1,500名员工，但这方面MacLaren很快会有新的变化。而且，双方都以工厂缺乏自动化而引以为豪 — 事实上，他们很高兴在制造现场里只有一个机器人。两家公司之间最大的不同就是传承。1913年，自Rober Bamford和Lionel Martin建立了自己的公司以来，Aston Martin公司已经存在超过100年。而McLaren Automotive公司从2011年，第一方程式决定开辟独立的业务制造英国Ferrari开始，才制造汽车。MacLaren初露锋芒，预计今年出售两座超级跑车的数量会是2015年1,654辆的两倍。公司对这个预期非常有信心，因为已经收到1,300个新款Sport Series系列汽车的订单，该车的入市价下降到126,000英镑。公司曾宣布，会在Woking工厂增加一班生产，这会增加250个就业岗位，其中的200个是在生产部门。“看一看缝合生产线；你会发现有些轻微的晃动。我们要庆祝这种不完美是来自人工制造…(但是)此外的一切工作都必须是完美的” – Andy Palmer, Aston Martin Hand stitching introduces some imperfections相比之下，Aston Martin公司在引进新款DB11双门跑车（3月份在日内瓦车展上展出）之前，处于低谷期。这款汽车是公司进行全面整顿之后的第一款汽车。该车将于2016年第一季度开始销售，替代老款DB9汽车。去年Aston Martin公司宣布要削减295个岗位，现在已经完成（公司称这些都不是来自生产部门）。2015年，Aston Martin售出约3,500辆汽车，比20世纪中期7,000辆的高峰不可同日而语，当时的V8 Vantage初次登场的情景还历历在目。首席执行官Andy Palmer称，工资在建立后的百年里经历了7次破产。他的“第二世纪”计划就是要终止依赖Aston跑车出现兴衰荣辱的局面。公司将于2019年引进SUV车型，很可能在英国以外的工厂生产 — 尽管在海外生产的论据并不充分。Gaydon工厂跑车生产量的最高限为7,000辆，SUV的产量会达到5,000辆。2018年后还会生产能够与Rolls-Royce和Bentley相抗衡的车型，第三季度便会投放市场。 恰当的不完美AMS在Aston Martin工厂之行中最有趣的莫过汽车内饰车间了。这里共有30个工作站，完成所有重要的皮革内饰，不仅是座椅，还有汽车其他部件。这实力人工痕迹最多的地方，因此首席执行官Andy Plamer说，这里是就是公司在制造过程中不用自动化的典型。他说，“看一看缝合生产线；你会发现有些轻微的晃动。我们要庆祝这种不完美是来自人工制造。”但是，他有补充说，“此外的一切工作都必须是完美的” 。Aston Martin公司使用的皮革来自苏格兰供应商Bridge of Weir，座椅构架来自Recaro公司。McLaren公司的内饰车间在装配厂的地下，因此在访问中没有看到。装配，而不是制造McLaren在新工厂里的两层空间里制造汽车，该厂是于2011年生产开始时建造的。工厂的旁边就是大名鼎鼎的总部，MacLaren总裁Ron Dennis称这里是“80%的NASA，20%的迪斯尼”。两个部门之间通过一个长长的白色通连接，就像生产中心一样，严格按照计划规定，安排在地下 — 挖出的泥土不能放在厂区外，而知要重新安置在其他地方。MacLaren公司称，公司的最高产量为5,500辆，公司希望能在2020年达到这个目标。令人吃惊的是，公司在2013年才开始盈利，这是公司开始生产两年之后。MacLaren和Aston两家公司都是装配汽车，而不是制造。没有冲压或制造任何零部件；全部都是外面的。MacLaren的所有底架 — 从售价达126,000英镑的540S 到100万英镑的P1（现在已经停产）— 都是碳纤维支撑的中心乘客区域，它的前方和后方按上支架，以及车体外板。这个框架被称为Monocell，来自奥地利公司碳技术中心，是McLaren碳纤维最新技术的代表，对它的研究始于20世纪80年代开始制造F1之初。公司创始人Bruce McLaren的女儿Amanda MaLaren（同时是公司品牌大使）说，“第一辆F1车体共花费了6,000个人工小时，第一辆Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren（这个超级跑车是从2003年开始制造）花费400小时。这就是我们把Sports Series售价定在126,000英镑的原因。”采用詹姆斯邦德的方法尽管Aston ...
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