Figures released last week confirmed that the last half of 2008 saw the most savage contraction in demand for motor vehicles since the second world war.

自二次世界大战以来，2008年后半年见证了最为惨重的机动车辆需求紧缩。上周公布的数据证实了这一点。

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Peugeot Motor Company's predecessor, the 19th century brothers, Pierre Peugeot family saw a production run, spring and other iron tools, small workshops.

标致汽车公司的前身，是19世纪初标致家族皮埃尔兄弟开办的一家生产拉锯、弹簧等铁制工具的小作坊。

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Another wave motor inventor, Fred Starr, saw his dreams meet a more public demise in 1907.

另一个波浪发电机发明家弗莱德·斯塔尔1907年在看着他的梦想同人们的灾难一起破灭。

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Honda Motor also saw a jump of 19% from a year earlier, selling 3.82 million vehicles.

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Ford Motor (nyse: F) saw an 11% drop to 260, 108 vehicles.

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According to a survey by market researcher Brandimensions, consumers saw the sweetheart terms from General Motors, Ford Motor and, to a lesser extent, DaimlerChrysler, as signs that their cars weren't good enough to stand on their own.

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