EQUIPMENT
/ CONCEPT CAR
HUMAN ARISTOCRAT
HE IS BEAUTIFUL AND RESPONSIVE, SPORTS AND KNOWS SIX LANGUAGES
TEXT / MIKHAIL GZOVSKY, SERGEY KANUNNIKOV
The creators of Buick-Bengal, presented at the Detroit Salon, address their brainchild to the young and rich. The roadster is not ashamed to ride around Beverly Hills or go to a party in the fashionable suburb of Miami.
Bengal is a real American. Glance, moving around the streamlined body, will certainly linger on the headlights and taillights. Remember the luxurious "cruisers" of the turn of the 50-60s with their breathtaking keels, fancy bumpers and lanterns that look like miniature medieval castles? "Bengal" is their grandson, but from the generation of new "staff". Lean - the base, by classical American standards, is small, about 2800 mm; cosmopolitan - front-wheel drive. By the way, a V-shaped 250-horsepower “six” is behind a six-speed automatic transmission, closer to the middle of the car. Better weight distribution will undoubtedly affect handling. Representatives of the "golden youth" did not have to fight with the car in a corner and bother with the "transfer" of gears.
Take a seat in the leather seat (in the terminology of the Bengal fathers, “club chair”). You can immerse yourself in sports equipment through the small door located behind the driver’s. Actually, there are seats for two passengers, but their figures should, apparently, resemble a golf club. Let's hit the road!
No need to press buttons and move levers. It is enough to quietly ask the Quiet Servant (Quiet Servant - a joint creation of GM and Visteon Corporation) to turn on the headlights or heater, brush off drops from the windshield or find your favorite radio station. Majordom Bengal speaks six languages, will understand you, even if you speak with an accent.
Place banal devices on an elegant "dash" took one of the five speakers of an ultra-modern audio system. And the necessary information, at the request of the driver, is projected onto the windshield.