北京汽车数量近400万 限行效果殆尽

Now in Beijing: 4 Million Cars

北京汽车数量近400万 限行效果殆尽

Beijingers welcomed an easier and more stress-free car commute when the city government began implementing stringent traffic-reduction measures before the 2008 Summer Olympics. Post-Olympics, the government then told the city's drivers they would have to continue to leave their cars at home on a certain day of the week based on the last digit of their license plate number. The control took 20% of the cars off the roads daily since October last year, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

去年奥运会之前，北京市政府宣布开始实施严格的道路限行措施时，北京民众对随之而来的更为便捷和顺畅的交通状况表示了欢迎。奥运会结束后，北京市政府下令维持每周少开一天车的限行要求，具体限行日期取决于他们车牌的最后一个数字。据新华社报道，这一控制措施使得去年10月以来北京的上路车辆每天减少了20%。

However, the city's traffic reduction measures apparently couldn't quite keep up with people's appetite for cars.

不过，北京缓解交通压力的措施似乎完全追不上民众的购车需求。

The number of new cars purchased every day in China's capital stands at about 2,000, Xinhua said Tuesday, citing the city's municipal traffic management bureau. The article said vehicles in Beijing will hit the 4 million mark this weekend, which means one in four of the city's 16 million permanent residents now has a car.

新华社周二援引北京市交管局的数据报导说，北京每天的新车购买量约为2,000辆。报导说，这个周末北京的机动车数量将达到400万辆，按照目前北京1600万常住人口计算，每四个人就有一个人拥有汽车。

No wonder the city seems even more choked with traffic these days.

难怪北京这些天的交通似乎更加拥堵了。

'The traffic jam was eased in the first several months after the car restriction measure took effect,' Xinhua quoted a taxi driver as saying. 'However, that sense of ease began to fade since the first half of this year.'

新华社援引一位出租车司机的话报导说，限行措施在最初的几个月的确起到了一定缓解交通的作用，然而从今年上半年开始，这种感受日渐消退。

Indeed, the number of major thoroughfares with traffic moving slower than 20 kilometers an hour has recently risen to 70 at the morning traffic peak, Xinhua said, citing the traffic bureau's command center. 'More than 90% of Beijing's roads were overloaded,' the news agency quoted Zhang Jingchun, director of the bureau's information office, as saying.

新华社援引北京交管局指挥中心的话报导说，早高峰期间时速低于20公里的主干线最近回升至70条以上。北京市交管局新闻办公室主任张景春说，北京现在9成以上的道路都是饱和或者超饱和。

People stuck in traffic in Beijing can partly blame China's central government's successful steering of the domestic economy after last year's global financial crisis. Stimulus measures, including tax cuts and other incentives to encourage auto purchases, have helped trigger a boom in auto sales even as other major markets around the world have sputtered. China's domestic vehicle sales were up about 50% in the year's first 11 months, and the country is on track to post total vehicle sales of more than 13 million vehicles this year, displacing the U.S. as the world's biggest auto market.

去年全球金融危机爆发之后，中国政府成功地引导着经济，这也是导致北京交通拥堵的原因之一。中国政府推出了包括削减汽车购置税和其他激励的刺激措施，鼓励民众购买汽车；受这些举措推动，在全球其他主要市场陷入困境之际，中国汽车销量出现了一波热潮。今年前11个月，中国国内汽车销量增长了约50%，今年中国汽车总销量有望突破1300万辆，取代美国成为全球最大的汽车市场。

To ease traffic, Beijing plans to expand its subway system to 273 kilometers by 2010 and to 561 kilometers by 2020, Xinhua said. By then, nearly 40% of residents are expected to choose to travel by bus and subway.

新华社报道说，为了缓解交通压力，北京计划到2010年将地铁线路总长扩大到273公里，到2020年提高到561公里。到那个时候，预计将近四成的北京居民都会选择坐公交车和地铁出行。

Maybe. But Beijing may need to look at more traffic restrictions unless it quickly and significantly improves and redesigns its transportation infrastructure. Either that or hope for economic slowdown.

或许吧。不过，除非北京能够迅速有效地改善和重新设计其交通基础设施，否则他们可能需要考虑更为严格的限行措施。要么采取这种措施，要么就会见到经济减速。

Norihiko Shirouzu

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20091216/rec170156.asp

北汽将收购萨博部分资产

Beijing Auto To Buy Some Saab Assets

北汽将收购萨博部分资产

Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. has reached a tentative deal to acquire certain assets of General Motors Co.'s Saab unit, including intellectual property for two sedans and equipment to produce those cars, according to a person with direct knowledge of the agreement.

北京汽车工业控股有限责任公司(Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co.，简称：北汽控股)已经达成初步协议，将收购通用汽车(General Motors)旗下萨博(Saab)的部分资产，包括两款轿车的知识产权和生产设备。这是一位对协议有直接了解的人士透露的消息。

The deal, sealed over the weekend in Sweden, will enable Beijing Auto, one of China's main state-owned auto makers, to integrate the Saab technology into its own vehicles. The agreement covers some models of Saab's 9-3 compact sedan series and the current 9-5 midsize car, along with their engines and transmissions, the person said.

周末在瑞典达成的这份协议将允许北汽控股把萨博的技术整合进自己的汽车里。北汽控股是中国主要国有汽车生产商之一。这位知情人士说，协议包括萨博9-3紧凑型轿车系列的部分车型、萨博9-5中型车新款，以及它们的发动机和变速器。

Financial terms of the agreement weren't immediately available, but the person said Beijing Auto plans to finance the acquisition in part through loans from Chinese state banks, and noted that the company already has a 20 billion yuan ($2.93 billion) line of credit from Bank of China.

协议的财务条款还不能立即获得，但知情人士表示，北汽控股计划利用来自中国国有银行的贷款为收购提供部分资金，并提到，该公司已经拥有中国银行人民币200亿元 (29.3亿美元)的信用额度。

An announcement regarding the deal is expected to be made soon, said the person, who added that Beijing Auto and GM were continuing to negotiate over other possible aspects of cooperation on Sunday.

知情人士说，有关这一协议的公告预计将很快做出，另外，周日北汽控股和通用汽车还在继续就其他可能的合作方面进行谈判。

The deal is part of a broader push by China to create a small number of globally competitive auto makers through domestic consolidation and by acquiring troubled foreign auto makers or their technology. Chinese car makers are gaining strength thanks in part to a home market that has boomed as the rest of the world has sputtered. China's domestic passenger-vehicle sales were up about 50% in the year's first 11 months, and the country is on pace to post total vehicle sales of more than 13 million vehicles this year, surpassing the U.S. as the world's biggest auto market.

中国努力通过在国内进行合并，并收购陷入困境的国外汽车生产商或其技术，从而打造少数具有全球竞争力的汽车生产商。北汽的协议即这一努力过程的一部分。中国汽车生产商的实力正在增强，部分原因在于，当世界其他市场陷入低迷之际，中国国内市场却现出蓬勃生机。今年前11个月，中国国内的乘用车销量增长了大约50%，今年全年的汽车销售总量可能会达到1300万辆以上，从而超过美国成为世界最大的汽车市场。

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., a privately owned Chinese car maker, was named by Ford Motor Co. in October as the preferred bidder for its Swedish unit, Volvo. And a Chinese machinery maker earlier this year struck a deal to buy GM's Hummer unit, although that deal still awaits government approval. Beijing Auto was a leading contender earlier this year to buy GM's Opel GmbH unit in Europe, before the U.S. company chose another suitor, and, later, canceled the sale.

10月份，浙江吉利控股集团(Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.)被福特汽车(Ford Motor Co.)选为旗下瑞典公司沃尔沃(Volvo)的优先竞标人。今年早些时候，一家中国机械制造厂达成收购通用汽车旗下悍马(Hummer)的协议，但目前还没有得到政府批准。今年早些时候收购通用汽车欧洲品牌欧宝(Opel GmbH)的过程中，北汽曾经是牵头竞标人，但后来通用选择了另一家竞标人，再后来取消了出售欧宝。

Selling Saab is a key element of GM's revitalization strategy, but the U.S. auto maker has struggled to seal a deal. Last month Swedish sports-car maker Koenigsegg Group AB unexpectedly dropped a separate bid for Saab. Beijing Auto had been putting the finishing touches on a deal to help Koenigsegg finance that acquisition, in exchange for which the Chinese company was supposed to secure access to Saab's technology and know-how.

出售萨博是通用汽车重组战略的关键要素，但这家美国公司一直难于达成一项协议。瑞典跑车生产商柯尼塞格(Koenigsegg Group AB)上个月意外宣布退出收购萨博。当时的竞购过程中，北汽帮助柯尼塞格为收购融资，作为交换，北汽将获得萨博的技术和经验。

Other potential investors in Saab since the Koenigsegg deal collapsed have included investor Ira Rennert's Renco Inc. and Wyoming-based Merbanco LLC, founded by merchant banker Christopher Johnston. GM's bankers informed Merbanco about two weeks ago that it was not invited to participate in further talks about Saab.

自柯尼塞格收购萨博的交易破裂以来，萨博的其他潜在投资者还有雷纳特(Ira Rennert)持有的Renco Inc.和由商人银行家约翰森(Christopher Johnston)创立的、位于怀俄明州的Merbanco LLC。通用汽车的银行家大约两周前告知Merbanco，它没有被邀请参加围绕萨博的进一步谈判。

'We are negotiating on various aspects of Saab and will announce when there is any further development,' a GM spokesman said Sunday in an email. He declined further comment 'at this time.'

通用汽车发言人周日在电子邮件中说，我们正在就萨博的方方面面进行磋商，我们会宣布任何进一步的进展。他拒绝“此时”进行进一步的置评。

The new deal between Beijing Auto and GM was put together over the course of about two weeks after Koenigsegg pulled out, the person with knowledge of the agreement said.

上述了解协议的人士说，在柯尼塞格退出之后，北汽与通用汽车之间新交易在约两周的时间里制定完成。

The person suggested an additional agreement may still be squeezed out of the continuing discussions, which are taking place near Saab's production hub in Trollhattan, Sweden. The person said Beijing Auto President Wang Dazong is there leading the team from Beijing and is 'still exploring ways to reach further deals for cooperation.' The person declined to elaborate.

这位知情人士指出，仍在进行中的讨论依然可能再产生一份协议；谈判在萨博位于瑞典特罗尔海坦市(Trollhattan)的生产基地附近进行。此人说，北汽总经理汪大总在那里率队来自北京的小组，仍在探索达成进一步合作交易的途径。此人拒绝提供细节。

One element of this weekend's deal that couldn't be learned is whether it will allow Beijing Auto to use the Saab name in China or elsewhere. It wasn't immediately clear whether Mr. Wang in the talks is trying to acquire a right to use the Saab name, or the rest of Saab's assets.

有关上周末的交易有一点尚不可知，那就是交易是否将允许北汽在中国或其他地方使用萨博的品牌。汪大总是否试图在谈判中获得使用萨博品牌或萨博剩余资产的权利，这一点尚不清楚。

Some reports have said the partial sale of Saab technology and other assets could lead to the end of Saab, with its other assets, including its headquarters, liquidated. That outcome, the reports have said, could threaten at least 3,000 Saab jobs in Sweden.

一些报导说，萨博部分技术和其他资产的出售可能会导致萨博的终结，包括萨博总部在内的其他资产会被清算。报导说，这样的结果可能会威胁到萨博在瑞典的至少3,000个工作岗位。

Beijing Auto was China's first auto maker to team up with a foreign counterpart, when it partnered 25 years ago with then-American Motors Corp. to produce and sell Jeeps in China. But it has failed to develop a strong brand of its own, even as rivals such as Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. have roared ahead.

北汽是中国第一家与外国厂商合作的汽车生产商；25年前，该公司与当时的美国汽车公司(American Motors Corp.)开始在中国合作生产和销售吉普(Jeep)汽车。不过北汽却没能打造出一个强大的自有品牌，而上海汽车工业（集团）总公司等竞争对手纷纷抢到了前头。

Beijing Auto's main businesses now are joint ventures with Hyundai Motor Co. and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit, as well as a heavy-truck producer called Foton. Beijing Auto's own brand is a minor competitor in China's domestic market, with only a small lineup of aging sport-utility vehicles.

北汽现在的主要业务是与现代汽车(Hyundai Motor Co.)以及戴姆勒公司(Daimler AG)旗下奔驰(Mercedes-Benz)子公司的合资企业，还有重型卡车生产商福田。北汽的自有品牌在中国国内市场并非主要竞争者，汽车产品的阵容只有很少几款老旧的SUV。

Mr. Wang, in an earlier interview with The Wall Street Journal, has said that developing a strong brand would require foreign technology and know-how, which is best achieved by buying into a troubled overseas auto maker. He cited Shanghai Auto's development of its Roewe brand using technology from MG Rover.

汪大总此前在接受《华尔街日报》采访时说，打造一个强大的品牌需要外国技术和经验，获取这些的最佳途径是收购一家陷入困境的海外汽车厂商。他援引了上海汽车利用MG罗孚汽车集团(MG Rover)的技术开发出自己的荣威(Roewe)品牌的例子。

Norihiko Shirouzu

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20091214/bch084755.asp

大众汽车斥资25亿美元收购铃木汽车19.9%股份

大众汽车(Volkswagen AG)将斥资25亿美元收购日本汽车制造商铃木汽车公司(Suzuki Motor Corp.) 19.9%的股权，此举可能将缔造一个足以匹敌丰田汽车公司(Toyota Motor Corp.)的全球汽车联盟，尤其在中国和印度这样的新兴市场上将占据主导地位。

铃木汽车周三称，根据协议，该公司将以每股2,061日圆的价格向大众汽车出售1.0795亿股本公司股票，大众汽车将因此获得铃木汽车19.9%的股权。这笔交易计划于2010年1月完成。

铃木汽车称，将把从上述股权交易中获得的2,224.8亿日圆用于扩大研发并偿还贷款。

铃木汽车还称，公司也将购入大众汽车的股权，投资规模将不超过大众汽车对铃木汽车投资的一半。铃木汽车董事长Osamu Suzuki估计，公司收购大众汽车股权的资金最终将达到1,000亿日圆（11亿美元）左右。

他说，公司最初将拿出500亿日圆用于收购大众汽车的股权。但他不愿说明公司计划收购大众汽车股权的比例。

与铃木汽车结盟是大众汽车雄心勃勃的全球扩张战略的一个步骤。该战略的内容包括，到2018年超过丰田汽车成为全球第一大汽车生产商。

今年前10个月铃木汽车和大众汽车的全球总销量为723万辆，超过同期丰田汽车的636万辆。

大众汽车首席执行长文德恩(Martin Winterkorn)在东京举行的新闻发布会上称，与铃木汽车结盟将使得大众汽车在紧凑车型领域迈出一大步，特别是在亚洲新兴市场上。

文德恩称，铃木汽车能够从大众汽车高效环保的动力传动系统及柴油引擎、混合动力系统等优势技术中获益。

铃木汽车董事长称，双方还将通过共享汽车零部件、联合为海外市场开发车型来产生协同效应。

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20091209/BCH000999.asp

中国汽车销售明年能否火爆依旧？

Pinch In Chinese Auto Sales

中国汽车销售明年能否火爆依旧？

While the global car industry struggles through a downturn, optimism prevails among auto companies in China.

全球汽车业在努力挣扎着从低迷中走出来，而同时中国的汽车生产商却普遍满怀乐观。

That is hardly surprising. Spurred by China's fiscal stimulus, and some well-targeted tax cuts, auto sales in what is now the world's largest car market could well have risen 45% year-to-year by the end of 2009.

这并不出人意料。受中国财政刺激和一些针对性很强的减税措施的推动，2009年底前，中国这个目前世界上最大的汽车市场上的汽车销售极有望较去年同期增长45%。

Many are expecting the good times to continue, but overheating is still a threat. Among the optimists is Geely Automobile, whose parent company is the preferred bidder to buy Volvo. Geely said it expects its car sales to rise to 400,000 next year from its target of 300,000 this year.

很多人都预计强劲的汽车销售势头会持续下去，然而过热仍旧是种威胁。乐观的厂商中包括吉利汽车，其母公司是沃尔沃(Volvo)的优先竞购者。吉利说，预计明年公司的汽车销量将从今年30万辆的目标增至40万辆。

If it achieves that goal, it will most likely see a growth rate quicker than China's auto industry as a whole. Citi Investment Research analysts expect a 15% rise in Chinese auto sales in 2010. Indeed, next year may add a dose of realism about sales growth and profits to what is still a positive long-term story.

如果吉利实现了上述目标，那么其增速很有可能会超过中国整体汽车业。花旗投资研究(Citi Investment Research)的分析师们预计，2010年中国汽车销售将增长15%。的确，明年或许会给依旧被看好的中国长期汽车市场添加一点儿有关汽车销售增长和利润的现实味道。

While trends such as rising wealth levels and low car-ownership levels should continue to support Chinese auto sales, maintaining the breakneck pace of this year's growth will be a stretch.

尽管一些趋势将会继续支撑中国的汽车销售──比如居民富裕水平提高和汽车保有量较低──但保持今年这样的飞速增长却有些勉为其难。

This year's sales growth was driven in large part by a halving of the sales tax on autos with smaller engine sizes. Beijing has yet to confirm whether this tax stimulus will continue into the new year.

今年汽车销量的增长主要是受到小排量汽车购置税减半征收的推动。政府尚未确定明年是否会继续实施这一税收刺激措施。

Even if it does, it may not lead to such high sales growth if consumers start to see the tax cut as permanent, and hence car purchases as less urgent.

即使小排量汽车购置税继续减半，但如果消费者开始把减税措施看作是长期性的、因此购买汽车不再那么迫切，优惠政策就可能不会刺激销售实现今年这样的高速增长。

For individual auto makers, the challenge is making sure a more 'normal' rate of sales growth can come with healthy profit. Here, there may be less room for general optimism.

对于各汽车生产商来说，它们所面临的挑战是，确保一个更加“正常”的销售增速可以带来健康的利润。在这方面，可能没有太大的余地让人们感到普遍乐观。

Bill Russo, an auto-industry expert, points out that heavy competition in the Chinese auto sector was already leading to lower selling prices for cars prior to this year's stimulus. Price declines from 2004 to 2008 ranged from 12.1% in the luxury sector to 32.5% in the compact-car market.

汽车业专家罗威(Bill Russo)指出，中国汽车业的激烈竞争已经造成今年刺激计划推出前汽车销售价格就下滑了。2004年至2008年间降价幅度从豪华车市场的12.1%到小型车市场的32.5%不等。

As manufacturers continue to pour into China, and capacity grows, the balance between supply and demand should tilt in favor of the consumer.

在汽车生产商仍在涌向中国、产能增长之际，供需之间的平衡应该向消费者倾斜。

This could be especially noticeable in the mid-market sector, where Chinese auto makers are expected to challenge foreign brands.

这一点在中档车市场可能会尤其明显。在中档车市场，预计中国汽车生产商将会挑战外国品牌。

In a country that ranks alongside Belize in terms of car ownership per capita, it may seem strange to raise the issue of overcapacity. But it is a problem China's economic planners are already warning about -- and which should temper expectations for auto companies in China.

在中国这样一个人均汽车保有量与中美小国伯利兹处于同一水平的国家，要说起产能过剩的问题或许看起来有些奇怪。不过中国的经济规划人士已经开始就这个问题提出警告了，这应该会给人们对中国汽车厂商的期望降降温。

Andrew Peaple

http://cn.wsj.com/gb//20091208/hrd084746.asp

现代汽车将提高在华产能

Hyundai To Boost Production In China

现代汽车将提高在华产能

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to increase manufacturing capacity in China by 60% over the next three years, reflecting its high confidence that the world's largest auto market by unit sales will continue rapid growth, a senior executive said.

现代汽车公司(Hyundai Motor Co.)一位高管说，公司计划未来三年内将在华生产能力提高60%，这反映出现代汽车高度相信销量位居世界第一的中国汽车市场将继续快速增长。

Hyundai's plans include a fifth plant in China, scheduled to open by 2012, Noh Jae-man, president of Hyundai's joint-venture with Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., said in an interview Monday. Hyundai, which has seen rapid growth in sales of its Hyundai- and Kia-brand vehicles in China, also plans to increase manufacturing capacity at its four existing plants in China by 20% next year to a combined 940,000 vehicles annually. The new plant will be capable of producing 300,000 vehicles a year and should boost overall capability to 1.24 million cars when it is completed, he said.

现代汽车与北京汽车工业控股公司在华合资企业的总经理卢载万(Noh Jae-man)周一在接受采访时说，现代的扩产计划包括在中国兴建第五座工厂，该厂定于2012年前投产。现代汽车还计划明年将其四座在华现有工厂的产能增加20%，总计达到94万辆的年产量。该公司的现代和起亚(Kia)牌汽车在华销售量增长迅猛。卢载万说，新建的这座工厂将具备每年30万辆的汽车生产能力，其投产后，现代汽车在华年生产能力将达到124万辆。

Even as they have scaled back in many of their home markets, international auto makers are racing to expand production in China. Helped by government stimulus measures, vehicle sales in China have grown about 40% so far in 2009, and are likely to exceed 13 million vehicles for the full year, surpassing the U.S. as the world's largest auto market. Although growth is expected to slow in 2010, many auto executives feel the Chinese market has years of significant expansion left, given that its rates of car ownership remain low.

就在各跨国汽车公司纷纷削减在本土市场的汽车产量之际，它们却在竞相扩大在华汽车生产能力。在政府的刺激措施推动下，中国今年迄今为止的汽车销量增速已经达到近40%，全年销量预计会超过1,300万辆，中国将超过美国成为世界最大的汽车市场。虽然这一市场的销量增速2010年预计将会放缓，但许多汽车业高管认为，鉴于中国的汽车拥有率依然不高，中国汽车市场的高速增长局面还将维持多年。

Mr. Noh said China is on the verge of the type of 'full-fledged motorization' of society that Japan experienced in the 1970s and the 1980s and that Hyundai's home country of South Korea underwent roughly a decade later. 'We need more capacity,' Mr. Noh said. 'Every auto maker [operating in China] needs more plants.'

卢载万说，中国正处在“全面汽车化”社会的边缘，日本在上世纪70和80年代、韩国在90年代都曾处于这一发展阶段。卢载万说，我们需要更大的生产能力，每家(在华经营的)汽车生产商都需要更多工厂。

Hyundai's China sales for its main brand grew about 80% in the first ten months of this year, and Kia sales grew about 55%, both faster than the overall market. Mr. Noh expects sales to slow next year, but thinks the company can continue to outpace the market's overall rate. He projects Hyundai and Kia together should be able to sell nearly a million vehicles in 2010, up well over 20% from this year, while China's overall vehicle sales grow about 10% to 15%.

今年前10个月，现代牌汽车的在华销售量增长了约80%，起亚牌汽车在华销量的增幅约为55%，增速双双快于中国汽车市场的总体增长速度。卢载万预计，现代汽车明年的在华销售增速会放慢，但仍会快于中国汽车市场的总体增长速度。他预计，现代和起亚两个牌子的汽车2010年在华总销量将接近100万辆，较今年增长20%以上，而中国汽车市场明年的总销量将增长10%至15%左右。

Jim Park, chairman of U.S.-based consulting company Global Auto Systems, says Hyundai is committing to China 'big time,' noting that it plans to launch at least one new compact sedan for each of its brands developed especially for China in the near future.

美国咨询公司Global Auto Systems的董事长Jim Park说，现代汽车正在努力享受中国的欢乐时光。他指出，现代汽车计划旗下每一品牌近期都至少要新推出一款专为中国市场开发的紧凑型轿车。

Hyundai currently has two plants in Beijing, run jointly with Beijing Auto, and Kia has two in Jiangsu province, operated with another Chinese partner. Next year the company will increase capacity by 100,000 cars a year in Beijing and 50,000 cars in Jiangsu.

现代汽车目前在北京有两座工厂，都是与北京汽车工业控股公司联合运营的，起亚汽车在江苏省有两座工厂，与另一家中国企业合作运营。明年，现代汽车公司将把在北京的汽车年生产能力增加10万辆，把在江苏的汽车年生产能力增加5万辆。

Mr. Noh said Hyundai could add a sixth plant in China over the medium to long term, possibly in southern China, which the company is hoping for significant growth. The company also plans to make southern China a focus in expanding its Hyundai-brand stores, which it plans to expand to 600 next year, from an expected 500 by the end of this year.

卢载万说，现代汽车中、长期内有可能在中国兴建第六座工厂，该厂或许会建在中国南方，现代汽车希望它在南方市场的汽车销量能有大幅增长。该公司还计划将华南作为增加现代牌汽车专卖店的重点地区，按照计划，明年现代汽车在华专卖店将从今年年底预计将达到的500家增加到600家。

Mr. Noh said the company's two brands are especially under-represented in Guangdong, the huge southern province that is currently dominated by Japanese car brands.

卢载万说，现代和起亚这两个汽车品牌在广东省的市场占有率尤其不足，广东汽车市场目前为日本汽车品牌所主导。

Hyundai had wanted to locate the fifth plant, being planned for Beijing, in Guangdong instead, he said, but acceded to the wishes of the Beijing city government, which owns Beijing Auto. 'The Beijing government is pouring resources right now to develop the city's auto sector and didn't want us to locate our new plant in South China,' Mr. Noh said.

卢载万表示，虽然现代汽车曾想将在中国的第五座工厂建在广东，而不是北京，但最后还是决定满足北京市政府的愿望，后者是北京汽车工业控股公司的所有人。卢载万说，北京市政府目前正大力发展北京的汽车工业，它不想让我们将新工厂建在华南。

Norihiko Shirouzu

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20091208/bas110725.asp

豪华车销量增长还看中国

China Boosts Makers Of Luxury Cars

豪华车销量增长还看中国

Daimler AG said Monday sales at its core Mercedes-Benz cars division rose 16% in November to 98,400 vehicles, as demand in many regions improved, with China showing particularly strong growth.

戴姆勒公司(Daimler AG)周一表示，旗下核心汽车分公司梅赛德斯-奔驰(Mercedes-Benz)的销量在11月份上涨了16%，达到98,400辆，因很多地区需求提高，其中中国需求的增长尤显强劲。

The company said the rise was a result of double-digit increases for the E-Class and new-generation S-Class, plus strong sales growth in many regions such as Western Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.

该公司说，这一增长是E级汽车和新一代S级汽车销量呈双位数增长的结果，另外也受到了西欧、北美和亚太等许多地区销量强劲增长的带动。

The German auto maker said 8,900 cars were delivered in China in November, three times the number sold in November 2008.

这家德国汽车生产商表示，11月份在中国的销量为8,900辆，是2008年11月销量的3倍。

Daimler expects overall fourth-quarter sales to be significantly higher than last year, when demand for luxury cars collapsed amid the financial crisis.

戴姆勒预计，整个第四季度的销量将较去年同期大幅提升。去年四季度，受金融危机影响，豪华车的需求急剧下降。

It said global sales of the new-generation E-Class doubled last month to 15,700 vehicles. The revamped E-Class model was the company's most important launch this year.

它表示，新一代E级汽车上个月在全球范围内的销量翻了一番，达到15,700辆。新一代E级车型是该公司今年推出的最重要产品。

The car is crucial for Mercedes-Benz both in terms of sales volume and revenue per car.

不管是在销售量还是在单车收入方面，这款车型对梅赛德斯-奔驰都是至为重要的。

'Additional sales momentum will be generated over the next few weeks by the new E-Class estate, which reached the dealerships Nov. 21 and has been a big hit with customers,' said Mercedes-Benz Sales Chief Joachim Schmidt.

梅赛德斯-奔驰销售部门负责人施密特(Joachim Schmidt)说，未来几个星期，新款E级旅行轿车将带来新的销售增长动力；这款车在11月21日上市，受到了客户的热烈欢迎。

Despite the recent increase, sales for the first 11 months of the year for the division comprising the Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach nameplates were still down 12% from a year earlier at 1.02 million vehicles.

虽然近期销量上升，但梅赛德斯-奔驰公司今年前11个月由梅赛德斯-奔驰、Smart和迈巴赫(Maybach)这几个品牌形成的销量仍较去年同期下降12%，为102万辆。

The Mercedes-Benz brand, the world's second-best-selling luxury car maker by sales, posted a 19% sales rise in November to 88,600 cars. In the January-to-November period, sales were down 12% at 914,700 cars. Sales for the Smart minicar brand declined 3.8% in November to 9,800 cars, which translates to a 13% decrease to 107,000 vehicles for the 11 months.

梅赛德斯-奔驰是全球销量第二的热销豪华车品牌，11月销量为88,600辆，增长19%；1月到11月的销量为914,700辆，下降12%。Smart小型汽车11月份销量为9,800辆，下降3.8%，今年前11个月销量为107,000辆，下降13%。

Separately, a spokesman for Audi AG said sales in China more than doubled last month to 16,503 cars. Audi's sales in the January-to-November period were up 29% at 139,872 cars in China.

另一方面，奥迪公司(Audi AG)一位发言人表示，上个月奥迪在中国的销量为16,503辆，为去年同期的两倍多。1到11月，奥迪在中国的销量为139,872辆，增长29%。

Audi has said it expects China to outpace its German home turf as its largest sales region in 2012 or 2013.

奥迪曾表示，预计在2012年或2013年，中国将超过德国本土市场成为它的最大销售区域。

A spokesman for BMW AG said sales in China were up 40% last month at 8,470 cars.

宝马汽车公司(BMW AG)的一位发言人表示，该公司上个月在中国的销量为8,470辆，增长40%。

The company said it had a 37% sales rise in the January-to-November period to 80,422 cars. The core BMW brand accounted for 7,980 car sales, up 36%.

宝马表示，1到11月在中国的销量为80,422辆，增长37%。核心品牌宝马占了7,980辆，增长36%。

BMW, the world's best-selling premium auto maker by sales, and Audi, which ranks third in terms of global sales, are both expected to release detailed global November sales data Tuesday.

宝马是全球按销量计算最热销的高级车生产商，奥迪全球销量排名第三，两家公司预计都将在周二发布11月份全球销售详细数据。

Christoph Rauwald

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20091208/bch090522.asp

安全纰漏频现 丰田形像受损

Toyota's Corolla, Matrix Face Safety Probe By US Regulators

安全纰漏频现 丰田形像受损

Federal regulators have opened an initial investigation into Toyota Motor Corp's (TM) Corolla and Matrix compact passenger cars for randomly stalling while on the road, the latest in a string of safety issues faced by the Japanese automaker.

美国联邦监管部门已开始针对丰田汽车(Toyota Motor Co.)旗下花冠(Corolla)及Matrix轿车出现的途中突然熄火现象进行初步调查；这是近来丰田汽车面临的一系列安全问题中最新的一桩。

The National Highway Transportation Safety Agency is probing 26 customer complaints alleging their vehicles stalled while driving, sometimes on the highway or in intersections, the agency said in a document published last week. Many drivers also had trouble restarting their vehicles, and at times the stalling would reoccur, the agency said.

根据全美高速公路运输安全署(National Highway Transportation Safety Agency)上周发布的文件，该部门正在调查26起消费者投诉，这些人声称自己的车辆在行进过程中突然熄火，事发地点有时在高速公路或十字路口；而且还有许多司机在重启车辆时遇到了麻烦，有时熄火的现象还会一再发生。

The new investigation comes after Toyota's biggest ever recall this fall' covering 4.26 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the U.S. amid complaints of sudden acceleration, which the company said was caused by improperly installed floor mats. Last month, the Japanese automaker announced a series of measures to fix the issue including trimming the length of the gas pedal, changing the braking system, and in some cases altering the floor under the accelerator. The Corolla and Matrix were not involved in this recall.

就在这桩最s调查启动前不久，丰田刚刚在秋天宣布了公司有史以来在美国最大一桩产品召回行动，涉及426万辆丰田及雷克萨斯(Lexus)轿车，因为此前有投诉称这些车型出现了暴冲现象，后来丰田解释说这是因为加速踏板被脚垫卡住所致。上个月，丰田公布了若干解决措施，包括缩短油门踏板行程、更换刹车系统、并为部分车辆改装油门下的地板。此次出现问题的花冠及Matrix轿车并不在因暴冲而召回的车辆之列。

Toyota also recalled 110,000 Tundra pickup trucks in November for corrosion problems that can cause the spare tire to come loose.

丰田汽车还在11月份召回了11万辆Tundra皮卡车，因为这些车辆下方的备用轮胎可能因为铺路盐的腐蚀而出现松动、脱落。

The string of safety issues have threatened Toyota's image as a safety and quality leader and come after the company's decade-long expansion in the U.S. market. For years, the automaker was aggressively growing in the North American market, opening new assembly plants and investing heavily in creating new models designed for the U.S.--such as the Tundra pickup.

在美国市场大举扩张十年之后，上述一系列安全问题已经威胁了丰田汽车安全、优质的行业领导者形像。在过去数年中，丰田一直在积极开拓北美市场，开设了新的组装工厂并砸下重金专为美国市场设计新车型，Tundra皮卡车就是一例。

The latest investigation, which covers 387,000 of the 2006 Corolla and Matrix models sold in the U.S., is one of four opened by federal safety regulators in November and is the initial stage to determining whether a deeper investigation is warranted. Toyota officials were unavailable for immediate comment.

这起最新调查涉及2006年在美销售的38.7万辆花冠及Matrix轿车，这是美国安全监管部门在11月份开始进行的四桩调查之一，它尚属初步阶段，目的是决定是否需要对此事深加调查。截至发稿时，记者未能联系到丰田高管对此置评。

The probe into the Corolla and Matrix vehicles focuses on the electronic control module--the computer system that operates many of the vehicles systems, as well as a company bulletin issued in 2007 to remedy harsh shifting in the models.

对花冠及Matrix轿车的调查针对的是车辆计算机系统中的电子控制元件，以及公司在2007年时发出的有关维修快速换档装置的公告。

Kate Linebaugh

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20091207/bas112301.asp

通用汽车Reilly:12月中旬披露欧宝及Vauxhall的规划及收益目标

通用汽车公司(General Motors Co.)欧洲部门业务负责人Nick Reilly周五在他的博客中写道，欧洲部门将在12月中旬披露针对欧宝(Adam Opel GmbH)及Vauxhall业务的发展规划与收益目标。

发展规划包括削减成本、开发新产品、研发投资及新车型的推出时间表等。

Reilly表示，他相信以欧宝和Vauxhall为骨干力量的通用汽车欧洲业务能够在未来几年内持续赢利。

他还重申，国内拥有大规模通用汽车分设业务的欧洲国家有望继续对该公司提供政府金融援助。

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20091127/MKT214618.asp

中国汽车销售增加并非政府幕后操纵

就中国数据而言，哪怕是再明了的数据往往也不是看上去那么简单。

譬如近期公布的汽车销售数据就值得研究。中国汽车销售增长迅速，这点是无庸置疑的。J.D. Power最新报告显示，2009年前10个月中国汽车销售较上年同期增长38%。

其原因似乎一目了然。今年年初，中国政府下调了部分车型的车辆购置税。在汽车保有率还非常低的中国，上述措施刺激了汽车消费。

且慢，有人发现该数据存在蹊跷之处。他们称，尽管汽车需求大幅增加，但汽油销量却基本持平。中国最大的加油站运营商中国石油化工集团公司(China Petrochemical Corporation)上半年汽油销量较上年同期下降1.2%。

两项数据的不一致引起操纵论者的质疑。他们指出，带动汽车销量大幅增加的并非是普通消费者，而是贯彻经济刺激政策的地方政府及国有企业。它们试图通过买车来支持国内汽车生产商，但并不会真正使用那些汽车。尽管操纵论者忽视了一点，那就是海外品牌的汽车销售增速并不亚于中国国内汽车销售增速，不过，想像一下各家公司停车场内满是崭新的汽车的画面也是蛮有趣的。

不过，有更好的方法来解释上述两项数据的不一致。小型车在今年中国汽车销量中所占的比例高达69%，高于去年的64%。这点不足为奇，因为中国的汽车购置税减免政策针对的是1.6升及以下排量的小型车。与此同时，政府上调了2.5升及以上排量的大型车购置税，结果，大型车销量较上年同期下降了29%，而大型车才是真正的耗油大户。

事实上，较高的汽油价格可能会降低新车购买者的驾车意愿。渣打银行(Standard Chartered)的研究报告显示，中国汽油价格较两年前上涨了逾20%。由于不确定政府明年是否还会继续实行车辆购置税减免政策，消费者目前可能只是为了抓住政策带来的契机，即使马上没有用车需求也会抓紧买车。

的确，有时候最荒诞不经的论断放在中国身上还能讲的通，不过我们有理由认为这次可不是这样。

Andrew Peaple

http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20091201/hrd074247.asp