日系汽車反攻10大急先鋒
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日本汽車廠商不是雄心勃勃地說要征服美國汽車市場嗎？為何最近偃旗息鼓呢？最近很多人都在討論底特律三巨頭的復興【福特（Ford）分紅、克萊斯勒（Chrysler）浴火重生、通用（GM）挺進小型車市場）】，但一度令人恐懼的日本三巨頭以及一些規模較小的日本品牌卻陷入了苦苦掙扎之中。日本廠商2011年先后遭到了日本地震、泰國洪水和日元強勢的打擊，豐田（Toyota）、本田（Honda）和日產（Nissan）2011年的損失都不小。媒體上有關他們的新聞都被擠到了不起眼的位置，而關于現代（Hyundai）、起亞（Kia）和德國汽車廠商的新聞卻屢屢搶占了頭條。 ????因此，對于這些一度勢不可擋的日本公司來說，2012年算是一條新的起跑線。曾幾何時，底特律三巨頭中有兩家因為招架不住日本廠商的圍攻而破產。日本廠商能否恢復這種勢頭？抑或在內耗、天災中繼續隕落？ ????以下10款日本車可能將成為決定它們成敗的關鍵。 |
????Whatever happened to Japan's plans to conquer the U.S. auto market? There's a lot of talk about the revival of the Detroit Three (Ford's dividend, Chrysler's new life, GM's small cars) but the once-feared Japanese Three and their smaller siblings are struggling. Hit by earthquakes at home and floods abroad, and punished by the strengthening of the Japanese yen, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan have been pummeled this year. News of their activities has been pushed to the back pages while Hyundai, Kia, and German automakers dominate the headlines. ????As a result, 2012 is shaping up as a benchmark year for these once-unstoppable companies. Will they be able to regain the momentum that once helped push two of the Detroit Three into bankruptcy? Or will they continue their slide as they fight each other -- and try to cope with forces that are out of their control? ????Here are 10 Japanese cars that will help separate the winners from the losers: |
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2012豐田凱美瑞 ????2012款凱美瑞（Camry）雖然經過了重新設計，但在工藝上仍與老款并無二致。它自去年秋天發布以來，一直反響平平，到目前為止，大多數新凱美瑞的買主都是對豐田忠心不二的老主顧。豐田的目標是在2012年賣出36萬輛凱美瑞，其中包括5萬輛混動版。要實現這個目標，看來豐田還要再加把勁才行。強勢日元對于美國市場來說不是個問題，因為所有美國市場上銷售的凱美瑞都是在美國當地生產的。 |
2012 Toyota Camry
????The redesigned (though not reengineered) 2012 Camry is being showered with faint praise since its launch last fall, and so far it has been selling mostly to longtime Toyota customers. It will have to do better than that to reach its 2012 target of 360,000 cars, including 50,000 hybrids. The strong yen will be less of a problem -- all Camrys sold in the U.S. are made domestically. |
