在007新片《幽靈黨》中，丹尼爾·克雷格終于不用和阿斯頓·馬丁DB10大秀合影，但車內(nèi)設(shè)施的展示，和一場超長的追逐戲，讓DB10在電影中出盡了風(fēng)頭。為了趕上電影的拍攝，從草圖設(shè)計到生產(chǎn)出一輛功能齊備的車，阿斯頓·馬丁的工程團隊僅僅花了6個月的時間。
從1964年的《金手指》開始，阿斯頓·馬丁就與邦德開始了不解之緣，當(dāng)時DB5還搶了肖恩·康納利不少戲份。當(dāng)意昂集團需要為第24部007電影配備一輛車時，他們便出發(fā)前往位于英國沃里克郡蓋登的阿斯頓·馬丁總部。
“意昂集團的團隊來到我們這里，導(dǎo)演Sam Mendes和制片人Barbara Broccoli問我們手頭有什么車，”阿斯頓·馬丁首席創(chuàng)意官Marek Reichman說道。“我們展示了幾輛還沒上路的概念車。Mendes看到了一輛未來車型的草圖，他很喜歡，覺得這就是詹姆斯·邦德可能會駕駛的車。”
意昂集團要求我們提供10輛DB10，因為一部分車輛可能會在拍攝過程中損毀，特別在與另一輛概念車捷豹C-X75進行追逐的一個長鏡頭中，風(fēng)險比較高。而要生產(chǎn)出這10輛功能齊全的車，能夠使用的時間卻非常有限。
“我們4月份畫出了草圖，9月份就交出了原型車，” Reichman表示。“要在6個月里生產(chǎn)出一批能夠開的車絕非易事。而且它們還必須非常牢固，因為這些車輛都要在特技表演中使用。”
設(shè)計團隊使用了許多阿斯頓·馬丁業(yè)已成熟的技術(shù)，其中包括全部用碳纖維制作的車身和鋁合金底盤。但是許多生產(chǎn)技術(shù)與真正的量產(chǎn)車的生產(chǎn)方式還是有很大差異的。
“我們使用了快速原型和激光掃描等技術(shù)，從CAD圖紙到成品一步到位。許多部件都是從原材料中直接切割并加工而成，因此我們無需等待模具的完成。” Reichman表示。
為007電影設(shè)計汽車需要打破許多常規(guī)。DB10主要是由特技駕駛員駕駛的，他們的表演需求與傳統(tǒng)的安全和舒適功能要求有很多不同，像牽引控制和防抱死制動這樣的功能，他們并不需要。
“在研發(fā)過程中，我們進行了許多創(chuàng)新；我們要求這輛車能完成普通汽車做不到的事情，” Reichman表示。“有些時候，車輛會需要失去牽引力，因此我們給駕駛員設(shè)計了一個液壓手剎來幫助實現(xiàn)這一狀態(tài)。此外我們還在輪胎的橡膠上做了許多改進，以實現(xiàn)正確的氣壓水平。”
Reichman不愿透露意昂集團提出了哪些具體的個性化要求，但他提到，DB10需要能夠從尾氣管中噴出50 m（160英尺）長的火焰。“因此，我們在汽車后方下了很大的功夫。”
除了外觀之外，車輛的內(nèi)飾也是專門為這位大名鼎鼎的間諜量身定做的。
“我們必須和他們一起設(shè)計道具，還要根據(jù)詹姆斯·邦德的使用方式來設(shè)計車輛的內(nèi)部設(shè)施。此外我們還要保證，這些道具能夠呈現(xiàn)出真實的效果。” Reichman表示。
汽車參與拍攝的過程同樣困難重重。Reichman指出，安裝在橫梁和其他位置的攝像機很重，對車身和架構(gòu)造成的壓力甚至高出了特技駕駛。
“有兩輛車是參與媒體活動的，因此沒有受損，”他表示。“另外一些車輛的內(nèi)飾并不齊全，因為車輛中需要安裝很多用來固定攝像機的支架和設(shè)施。有幾輛車確實受損了，但受損原因并不是進行了特技表演，而是吊在上面的攝像機。”
盡管許多影迷更容易記住道具和特技，但Reichman更加鐘情于DB10的外形設(shè)計。他說《金手指》中的DB5成為了上幾代人所鐘情的典型車型，而他希望DB10也能成為年輕一代最喜愛的車型。
“在我看來，這輛車就詹姆斯·邦德會開的車，它不僅具有動力和美感，而且還是一名真正的獵手，” Reichman表示。“如果要做比喻的話，它的前臉長的非常像鯊魚。”
作者：Terry Costlow
來源：SAE《汽車工程雜志》
翻譯：SAE上海辦公室
Concept car to production in six months fits 007’s timeline
Daniel Craig won’t have to share marquee billing with the Aston Martin DB10, but the usual gadgets and an extended chase scene give the car a major role inSpectre, the latest James Bond movie. Aston Martin’s engineering team were integral in the movie’s timeline, going from rough sketches to fully functioning vehicles in only six months.
Aston Martin and Bond have been linked since the DB5 stole some scenes from Sean Connery in Goldfinger in 1964. When the team from Eon needed a car for their 24th Bond movie, they headed to Aston Martin’s headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK.
“The team from Eon came over, Sam Mendes (director) and Barbara Broccoli (producer) asked what we had,” said Marek Reichman, Chief Creative Officer at Aston Martin. “We showed them the cars in our pipeline that weren’t on the road. Mendes saw a sketch of a future model and said he loved it, that it fit his thinking of the kind of car James Bond would drive.”
Eon asked Aston Martin for 10 DB10s, figuring that some of them wouldn’t survive filming, especially a lengthy chase scene with another concept vehicle, a Jaguar C-X75. The timeframe for producing the fully-functioning performance vehicles was tight.
“We took the sketches in April and turned out prototypes by September,” Reichman said. “It was a challenge to generate a series of working cars in six months. They had to be very durable, the cars are driven hard in stunts.”
The design team used technologies that Aston Martin has experience with, including a fully carbon fiber body attached to an aluminum chassis. But many of the manufacturing techniques were vastly different from those of true production vehicles.
“We used things like rapid prototyping and laser scanning, and we went directly from CAD to finished parts. Many components were machined, cut from solids so we did not have to wait for the creation of molds,” Reichman said.
Designing for a 007 movie required several other deviations from the norm. The DB10 was driven primarily by stunt drivers who are far more interested in tricks and performance than conventional safety functions or creature comforts. Features like traction controls and antilock braking were not high on their list.
“There was a lot of novelty in the development; we asked this car to do things cars don’t normally do,” Reichman said. “It had to lose traction, the driver was able to lose traction using a hydraulic hand brake. We also put a lot of development into the rubber in the tires and finding the right air pressure.”
Reichman wouldn’t talk about any of the customizations added by Eon and Q, though he noted that the DB10 shoots a 50-m (160-ft) flame from its exhaust. “We had to do a lot on the back of the car so it could shoot a jet of flame,” he said.
The interior was also altered to suit the needs of the world’s best-known spy.
“We had to work with them on the gadgets. We had to develop the interior to fit how James Bond would use it. We had to work with them to make it look real despite the added gadgets,” Reichman said.
Filming was tough on vehicles. Reichman noted that the weight of cameras mounted on booms and other spots on the cameras caused more stress on the body and frame than the rigors of stunt driving.
“Two hero cars will be part of the release publicity; they were undamaged,” he said. “A lot of the cars don’t have full interiors; they have cages and attachments to hold cameras. The ones that have been destroyed were not destroyed by the action but by the cameras hanging off them.”
While many movie fans will mainly remember the gadgets and stunts, Reichman is more enamored with the styling of the DB10. He noted that the DB5 in Goldfingerbecame a true icon for previous generations. He hopes that the DB10 will achieve iconic status for Generations X and Y, among others.
“In my thinking, it’s befitting what James Bond would drive, it’s got everything: it has power, it has beauty, and it’s a predator,” Reichman said. “If I liken this to anything, the front looks very much like a shark.”
Author: Terry Costlow
Source: SAE Automotive Engineering Magazine
《幽靈黨》導(dǎo)演看到了他認為極其適合007的車型草圖。
阿斯頓·馬丁的首席創(chuàng)意官Reichman希望DB10可以成為年輕一代所鐘愛的標志性車型。
DB10鯊魚般的前臉有一種獵手的氣勢，這與007的風(fēng)格不謀而合。