在中国，丰田对小发动机汽车税收优惠做出响应的时间比其竞争对手长，而且并未做出足够努力开发针对中国市场的汽车。
In China, it took longer than rivals to respond to tax breaks for vehicles with smaller engines and it has made less effort to develop cars specifically for the Chinese market.
假若丰田汽车果真击败其美国竞争对手，那无疑是该公司取得的一个重大成就。12年前，丰田汽车的销量还只有通用汽车全球销量的一半。
Toyota's likely victory over its American rival would be a major achievement for a company that had just half of GM's global sales just 12 years ago.
如果哪家汽车公司错过下一代重要技术，可能就要花费数年的研发和大举投入才能赶上；本世纪早些时候普锐斯出人意料大受欢迎的时候，丰田汽车的很多竞争对手就曾面临过这种局面。
Missing the next big thing could mean years of development and heavy spending to catch up, which many rivals faced when the Prius unexpectedly caught on earlier in the decade.
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