For years, BMW resisted building hybrid cars, believing that more efficient gasoline or diesel models were a smarter bet.

多年以来，宝马一直抵制制造混合动力汽车，并相信更有效的汽油或柴油动力车型会是更明智的赌注。

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Munich-based BMW bought the rights to Rolls-Royce cars for 45 million pounds ($70 million) in 1998, and began building them at a new factory in 2003.

1998年，总部位于慕尼黑的宝马以4500万英镑（7000万美元）收购了劳斯莱斯，在2003年开始建新厂。

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Cold November rains drenched the earth and lent everything the gloomy air of a Flemish landscape: the ground crew ran gear, a flag atop a squat airport building, a BMW billboard.

11月砭人肌肤的冷雨将大地涂得一片阴沉,使得身披雨衣的地勤工、呆然垂向地面的候机楼上的旗,以及BMW广告板等的一切的一切,看上去竟同佛兰德派抑郁画幅的背景一般。

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Global companies such as Taiwan's TSMC, America's Cisco and National Semiconductor and Germany's BMW are currently building plants in China, hoping to tap this abundant, cheap talent.

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Kubica, hailed as a future world champion since he replaced Jacques Villeneuve at BMW Sauber mid-way through 2006, set about building enough of an advantage to enable him to make a second stop without losing the lead.

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Reid added that companies such as Nissan, BMW Mini and Honda had good plants in the UK that were building desirable cars.

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