????2012年，汽車(chē)業(yè)波瀾壯闊：日本陷入衰退，美國(guó)則迎來(lái)復(fù)蘇，同時(shí)世界各地召回頻頻。大眾汽車(chē)（Volkswagen）稱(chēng)霸歐洲市場(chǎng)，通用汽車(chē)（General Motors）在美國(guó)市場(chǎng)獨(dú)占鰲頭——而豐田汽車(chē)（Toyota）則重回世界第一的寶座。新的一年看起來(lái)也會(huì)好戲連連。本文對(duì)2013年汽車(chē)業(yè)發(fā)展?fàn)顩r展開(kāi)了一番預(yù)測(cè)——有些是嚴(yán)肅認(rèn)真的，有些則不然。

????The year in autos 2012 brought a recession in Japan, recovery in the U.S., and recalls everywhere. Volkswagen reigned supreme in Europe while General Motors stayed on top in the U.S. -- but Toyota reclaimed the Number One spot worldwide. Next year is looking equally eventful. Here are a few guesses -- some serious and some not so serious -- about what to expect in MotorWorld in 2013:

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????2013款雪佛蘭邁瑞寶（Malibu）不受消費(fèi)者待見(jiàn)，這一點(diǎn)仍然讓通用汽車(chē)痛心疾首。但2013款凱迪拉克ATS（見(jiàn)上圖）榮獲北美年度車(chē)型（North American Car of the Year）卻讓它額手稱(chēng)慶。獲獎(jiǎng)后，通用立刻發(fā)起了全面的閃電宣傳攻勢(shì)，意在讓雪佛蘭科爾維特（Corvette）奪取2014年該獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。

January

????Still smarting from consumer rejection of the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu, GM celebrates a win for the 2013 Cadillac ATS (above) as North American Car of the Year. The automaker immediately launches a full-court publicity blitz to snare the 2014 award for the Chevrolet Corvette.