在许多中国人心中,都认为德国奔驰车是第一流的,但他们却很少知道,大众汽车公司曾多年雄居德国汽车霸主之位,并多年位居“欧洲销量第一”的王座.据1999年美国《财富》杂志对全球500强最新排序表明,1998年大众汽车以763亿美元销售额列第17位,比1997年进增了5位,雇员28万人的大众公司发展势头仍然强劲. In many Chinese people think that the German Mercedes-Benz is first-rate, but they rarely know, Volkswagen has for years been the dominant German automotive overlord, and for many years ranked first in Europe, "the throne. According to In 1999, the latest Fortune magazine ranking of the world's top 500 companies showed that Volkswagen ranked 17th in sales volume with 76.3 billion U.S. dollars in 1998, and the growth momentum of Volkswagen, which employs 5,800 people and made more than 280,000 employees, remained strong in 1997 .