Volkswagen Steals Toyota's Crown as World's Largest Automaker
 王冠悄然易主,德国大众取代日本丰田成为世界最大汽车生产商

 
The people want an empire, apparently, with that unassuming little black VW bug at the head of it.
德国大众似乎想创造出一个汽车帝国，将那个不事张扬的大众黑色小甲克虫堂而皇之地置于王者宝座之上。</STRONG>
 
The U.K.’s Guardian explains, "Volkswagen-Porsche has overtaken Toyota to become the world's largest car manufacturer as the German group benefits from state-backed stimulus packages around the globe." VW has "produced 4.4 million vehicles so far this year, outstripping its Japanese rival which has seen four million cars roll off production lines since January. Ironically, VW reached the milestone in part by taking over Porsche</SPAN>– which it was forced to do after Porsche failed in an attempt to take over VW earlier this year.</SPAN></SPAN>
 
英国《卫报》说：“受益于在世界各地实施并得到德国政府支持的综合刺激措施，‘德国大众-保时捷集团公司’已经超越丰田，成为全球最大的轿车生产商。” 到目前为止，今年大众已经“生产了四百四十万辆，超过对手日本丰田。日本丰田自一月份起有四百万辆下线。有讽刺意味的是，大众的这一里程碑式壮举是靠收购保时捷而得来的---大众收购保时捷是不得已而为之，因为保时捷在今年早些时候曾试图收购大众但未能得逞。</STRONG>
"Of course," Autoblog notes, there is "some number play involved" in the Guardian’s numbers. "We're talking about the combined entity VW-Porsche, which has built 4.4 million cars to date, which is roughly 400,000 beyond Toyota's mark. However, Toyota halved its production earlier this year  阅读全文>>