即将结束的20世纪，是人类有史以来生产活动最为活跃，生产力发展最为迅速，从而使人们生活水平提高最快的一个时期。其中汽车工业的发展更是一马当先，为人类的衣食住行带来了质的飞跃，对人类物质文明的进程产生了巨大的影响。1996年是美国汽车工业创始IOO周年纪念。抚今追昔 The twentieth century that is coming to an end is the period when mankind has had the most active production activities and the most rapid development of productive forces, which has made people’s living standards the fastest. Among them, the development of the automobile industry has taken the lead. It has brought about a qualitative leap in human beings’ food, clothing, housing, and living, and has exerted a tremendous influence on the process of human material civilization. 1996 was the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American automobile industry. Recalling the past