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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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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The infrastructure, including a substantial building programme, has already been built at Longbridge to facilitate the production of the new Mini and BMW, and productivity at the site has increased hugely in the last 12 months.

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