Every other year, the car industry gears up for the legendary Frankfurt auto show. This year’s show, which opens to the public on Saturday and runs through September 27, showcases some 210 new car launches. (The press got an advance look.) As in past years, BMW, Audi and Mercede-Benz built lavish display halls larger than most schools. (Audi even has a room dedicated to the Quattro brand carved out of ice).

    So what stood out the most this year? German offerings, no surprise (with the possible exception of British Bentley and French Bugatti, which are both owned by the Volkswagen Group and therefore fair game). Radically sexy bodies and even more radical technologies are teases—promises, we hope, of the future to come—soon.

    Sexiest supercar: Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo

    每隔一年，整个汽车行业都会齐聚富有传奇色彩的法兰克福汽车展。今年的车展在9月19日开始对外开放，至9月27日结束，将有210款新车在车展上发布。（已提前对媒体开放。）与过去几年的车展一样，宝马、奥迪和梅赛德斯-奔驰等汽车制造商均建造了豪华的展厅，其规模甚至超过了大多数学校。（奥迪甚至用冰雕做成了一个房间，专门用于展示Quattro品牌）。

    那么，今年最大的亮点是什么？毫无疑问是德国品牌（除了英国的宾利和法国的布加迪外，这两个品牌均属于大众集团旗下，因此还算是公平竞争）。性感的车身和更先进的技术，挑逗着我们的神经。我们多么希望这些汽车不久便能成为现实。

    最性感的超级跑车：布加迪Vision Gran Turismo

    When car makers invent a new car to star in Sony’s PlayStation racing game Gran Turismo, it’s usually all science fiction and zero running parts. Not Bugatti. While on the surface the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo is a wickedly winged beast, underneath the outrageous carbon fiber body is a very real race car. In fact, Bugatti’s designer director, Achim Anscheidt, says it is also a peek at where Bugatti intends to push the design of its next supercar.

    “Most concept cars are just a lot of visual noise,” said Sasha Selipanov, head of exterior design. “We wanted to create something that sticks in your mind and is so memorable you could go home and draw the lines yourself.”

    And what lines they are. The dramatic side swoop that doubles as a much-needed engine cooling air inlet. The center spine that runs the length of the car and creates a stability fin. The mean, eight-eyed horizontal glare of the headlights. Every detail conforms to a “form following performance” standard, according to Selipanov. The same lines are echoed within, as is the intense focus on performance. The fine-nap suede used on Formula 1 racing shoes lines the seats and other touch points to hold the pilot in place. Two curved screens—one in the steering wheel and one mounted to the steering column—give the driver a nearly 180-degree view of the track around him, thanks to multiple exterior cameras.

    Bugatti hasn’t released performance numbers on the tweaked rear-mounted W16 engine, but the company estimates that the Vision GT can hit 447.56 kph—178.1 mph—numbers that trounce the current production-car record of 170.49, held by the Hennessey Vemon (and a title Hennessey wrested from Bugatti’s last supercar, the Veyron).

    Now that the Veyron’s run has ended—Bugatti says it has sold all 450 produced—let’s hope the wait isn’t too long for a real look at its successor.

    汽车制造商为索尼PlayStation赛车游戏《Gran Turismo》发明的新车，往往是科幻的产物，并没有实际的零部件。但布加迪并非如此。乍一看，布加迪Vision Gran Turismo就像是一只调皮的长有翅膀的野兽，但它的碳纤维车身包裹着一辆真正的赛车。事实上，布加迪的设计总监阿希姆•安什德特表示，这款汽车也体现了布加迪计划在下一代超级跑车中采用的设计理念。

    布加迪外观设计负责人萨沙•西尔帕诺夫表示：“多数概念车只是一些视觉噪声。我们希望创造一款能够真正让人久久难忘的汽车，等你回到家后，你会不由自主地画出它的线条。”

    这款汽车确实有着美丽的线条。引人注目的侧边波浪线，同时还是必不可少的引擎冷却进气口。车身中央为隆起设计，形成一个鳍状稳定板。这款汽车配备有8个水平分布的耀眼前车灯。西尔帕诺夫认为，每一个细节都符合“外形为性能服务”这一标准。内部设计同样令人惊艳，并且更加注重性能。座椅和其他接触点均采用了一级方程式赛车鞋中使用的细毛山羊皮，可以与驾驶员完美贴合。方向盘和转向杆上安装的两个曲面屏，给驾驶员提供了180视角，可通过多个外部摄像头来观察周围的路况。

    布加迪并未公布经过调教的后置W16发动机的性能参数，不过该公司预计，Vision GT的速度可以达到每小时447.56 公里（约合每小时178.1 英里），这将打破目前量产车每小时170.49 英里的最快纪录，这项纪录由Hennessey Vemon 保持（之前的纪录由布加迪上一款超级跑车布加迪威龙创造）。

    如今，威龙的征程已经结束。布加迪宣布，量产的450辆布加迪威龙已全部售完。但愿我们很快便能一睹其继任者的真容。

    Best concept cars：Porsche Mission E

    The German sports car king unveiled a four-door sports sedan that manages to stun with its 918-supercar looks, impress with multiple breakthrough technologies and performance specs, and improve on all current electric car standards. It’s the vehicular equivalent of a MENSA super model who happens to be an Olympic athlete.

    The basics: Mission E’s drive system, based on Porsche’s Le Mans-winning 919 prototype, is powered by two electric motors that can achieve zero to 60 in less than 3.5 seconds and has a 310-mile range. The 800-volt system is lighter and charges faster than those used in cars like the Tesla Model S; the four-door can reach 80% charge in 15 minutes. All-wheel drive and all-wheel steering promise to deliver pure Porsche driving dynamics.

    Inside, gauges and displays all automatically adjust to a driver’s seat position. Top-level functions such as navigation and phone can be operated with hand gestures and eye-tracking. Favorite feature: an emotion meter/reader in the rear view mirror captures and measures a driver’s relative level of fun and enjoyment—data that the car saves and makes easy to share on social media.

    With a resume like that and only Tesla to trounce, let’s hope Porsche is secretly well down the road for production.

    The new electric Porsche Mission E concept car.Photograph by Odd Andersen — AFP/Getty Images

    最佳概念车：保时捷 Mission E

    德国跑车之王保时捷，推出了一款四门轿跑，这款跑车有918超跑的外观，并采用了多项突破性的技术和性能参数，提高了现有电动车的标准，让所有人为之惊艳。它就像是汽车界的高智商超模，同时又具有奥运会选手的运动能力。

    基本参数：Mission E的驱动系统，基于曾在勒芒夺冠的保时捷919原型，采用两台电力发动机驱动，可在3.5秒内从0加速至时速60 英里，最大行程310英里。800伏充电系统比特斯拉Model S等电动车所用的系统更轻，充电速度更快。这款四门汽车可在15分钟内充电80%。全轮驱动和全轮转向可以保证纯粹的保时捷驾驶动力。

    在内部，所有配件和显示器均可根据驾驶员的座椅位置自动调节。导航和电话等顶级功能可以通过手势或眼部跟踪进行操作。最受欢迎的功能：后视镜的情绪仪表/阅读器可以捕捉和测量驾驶员开心和享受的相对水平——汽车将保存这些数据，使驾驶员更容易在社交媒体上分享自己的心情。

    有着这样的配置，并且竞争对手只有特斯拉一家，想必保时捷已经在秘密量产这款汽车了吧。

    Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile (IAA)

    At first glance, the Concept IAA is simply a stunning silver bullet—an S-Class-sized four-door coupe. But there’s more to it: It’s Mercedes’ latest exercise in aerodynamics, and with a coefficient of drag of just .19, it’s the German automaker’s slipperiest silhouette yet.

    Push a button or accelerate past 50 mph, and the IAA literally shape shifts, with segmented sections that extend from the front and the tail of the car, lengthening it by more than 15 inches. Louvers in the grille can move, side gills redirect air flow and active wheel rims become flush—all to help the IAA most effectively cut through the air.

    There are plenty of future systems on board, too, such as so-called “Car-to-X technology,” which the company says allows the IAA to “look around the corner” and avoid accidents by sharing information with other cars and data sources. And steering-wheel-based touch controls allow the driver to hover over and operate multiple functions in a compact and safe—as in hands on the wheel—space.

    梅赛德斯-奔驰智能空气动力汽车（IAA）

    乍一看，你会感觉IAA概念车就是一颗华丽的银色子弹——一款S级尺寸的四门轿车。但它并没有这么简单：这是梅赛德斯在空气动力学领域的最新尝试，其阻力系数仅有.19，是梅赛德斯车体轮廓最流畅的一款汽车。

    按下一个按钮或将车加速到超过时速50 英里，这款智能空气动力汽车的外形会发生明显变化，从车头和车位伸出的分割部分会延长超过15英寸。格栅的调风装置也可以移动，侧鳃可以改变空气流动的方向，主动式轮毂会和轮胎外侧形成一个平面。这些变化将帮助这款汽车最有效地在空气中穿行。

    此外，车内也有多款未来的系统，如所谓的“Car-to-X”技术。该公司表示，这项技术使IAA可以“侦测到街角的车辆”，并通过与其他车辆和数据源分享信息，避免交通事故。基于方向盘的触摸控制，允许驾驶员将手悬停在一个紧凑安全的空间内，操作多种功能，就像手扶在方向盘上一样。

    Audi e-tron Quattro

    This luxury sport SUV concept gives a glimpse of a future production electric model, which Audi says could be out by early 2018. It runs on three different electric motors that combined offer 310 miles of range (same as sibling brand Porsche’s Mission E concept). The Quattro has 429 hp, with the ability to tap additional power up to 496 hp for short bursts. Those numbers are bad-ass enough, but it’s the torque that is the truly mind-blowing number: 590 lb ft—which in plain English is a ridiculous amount of off-the-line grunt. Audi says top speed is 130 mph. Note the lack of side mirrors, which will be replaced by cameras to decrease wind drag. Active aerodynamics will also help the Quattro slip through the air with less resistance at higher speeds and therefore remain highly efficient.

    奥迪e-tron Quattro

    这款豪华运动型SUV概念车让我们看到了未来的量产电动车。据奥迪方面表示，这款汽车将在2018年初上市。它有3个不同的电动发动机，可保证310英里的最大行程（与保时捷Mission E概念车相同）。Quattro可产生429马力的动力，短时间内可提升到496马力。这些数据已经足够出色，但真正令人兴奋的却是扭矩：590磅英尺——直白点说，它就是一头咆哮的野兽。奥迪表示，这款汽车的最高时速可达到130 英里。请注意，这款汽车没有外后视镜，取而代之的是摄像头，可有效减少风阻。主动式空气动力布局还将帮助Quattro以更低的阻力和更快的速度行驶，因而可保持高效。

    Best new production luxury vehicle: Bentley Bentayga

    Bentley’s first luxury SUV, the Bentayga is based on the new and technology-studded Audi Q7 platform, which means it has the chops to handle real off-roading—offering, according to the company, at least 90% of the rock-crawling and sand-swimming capabilities of a Range Rover, the Bentayga’s primary competitor.

    But to focus on those abilities is to miss the point that Bentley has opened up a new category of vehicle, the ultra luxury SUV. The company claims that with its new, more efficient Crewe-built 600-hp W12 engine, the Bentayga is the fastest and most powerful SUV on the planet. The numbers are impressive: a zero to 60 of 4 seconds and a top speed of 187 mph. And the Bentayga has the world’s first electric active roll control technology, which uses a separate 48-volt system to counter body roll instantaneously and deliver that buttery Bentley ride—no small feat in such a large (7,000 lb) vehicle.

    Bentley has focused tremendous attention on every detail from hidden headlight washers to an optional folding rear event seat. Inside, the sumptuous interior can be customized with nearly infinite color and material combinations and add-ons like the leather-bound Mulliner picnic basket (complete with crystal, china and a fridge) that tucks into the innovative fold-out rear cargo space. If that’s simply not high-end enough, there’s a $150,000 diamond-studded, machined-gold (white or rose) Breitling Mulliner tourbillon clock that can be fitted into the dash, which self-winds when the Bentayga is parked.

    With Lamborghini, Maserati and Rolls-Royce coming to market with their own SUVs soon, Bentley has set a high bar for the competition.

    最佳豪车新品：宾利Bentayga

    宾利的第一款豪华SUV——Bentayga，以采用多项技术的新奥迪Q7平台为基础，这意味着这款汽车有能力应对真正的越野路况。该公司表示，这款SUV具有主要竞争对手路虎揽胜至少90%的山地爬坡和沙地行驶能力。

    不过专注于这些性能，可能会让你错过重要的一点——宾利开创了一个新的汽车类别：超豪华SUV。公司表示，Bentayga采用由克鲁工厂生产的600马力W12发动机，它是世界上最快、马力最强大的SUV。这款汽车的数据令人印象深刻：4秒内从0加速至60英里，最高时速达到187 英里。此外，Bentayga拥有世界上第一项电子主动式侧倾控制技术，使用独立的48伏系统，可及时防止车身侧倾，为您带来流畅的驾乘体验——对于一款大型SUV（重7000磅）而言，这是很大的进步。

    宾利非常注重每一个细节，比如隐藏的前车灯清洗装置，以及可选的折叠式后座。在内部，用户可以定制各种颜色和材料的豪华内饰，并可添加多种附件，如安装在创新折叠式后备厢内，用皮革包边的Mulliner野餐篮（配有水晶、瓷器和一台冰箱）。如果觉得这还不够高端，还可以将价值15万美元的Breitling Mulliner陀飞轮钟表安装到仪表盘上。这款钟表采用经机器加工的黄金（白色或玫瑰色）制成，镶嵌有钻石，在Bentayga停车时，这款钟表会自动上弦。

    兰博基尼、玛莎拉蒂和劳斯莱斯很快就会推出各自的SUV车型，宾利已经为它们设立了一个更高的竞争门槛。（财富中文网）

    译者：刘进龙/汪皓

    审校: 任文科