Volkswagen 2010 sales in China up 37 pct

    SHANGHAI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Europe's largest carmaker, Volkswagen AG（大众汽车公司）, said Friday that it had sold 37 percent more vehicles on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 2010, compared to sales in 2009.
    With 1.92 million vehicles delivered to its customers last year, Volkswagen had performed beyond expectation in the past year, said the European automaker Friday in a statement.
    The company also planned to invest 10.6 billion euros (about 13.8 billion U.S. dollars) in China through 2015 to expand its production capacity and develop new products, said Karl-Thomas Neumann, president and chief executive of Volkswagen Group China, which operates car ventures with Chinese state auto¹ groups SAIC Motor and FAW Group.
    Neumann also said he expected significant sales in the country in the coming years and noted² that the first Volkswagen electric cars would hit the roads in China in 2011.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

2 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。