在德国,人们最早提到大众车(人民大众的车)要追溯到1904年。在那个时候,汽车工程师们普遍认为汽车工业的未来在于经济性小型车的有效批量生产。美国的飞速发展似乎说明了这个趋势,因为那里对汽车大量需求的市场已逐渐成形。但是围绕一辆普通大众使用的车的争论(由美国车型引发)搀杂着一定的怀疑在里头,原因是在德国,轿车 In Germany, people first mentioned Volkswagen (people’s car) to date back to 1904. At that time, automotive engineers generally agreed that the future of the automotive industry lies in the efficient mass production of economical small cars. The rapid development of the United States seems to illustrate this trend, because the market for the huge demand for automobiles there has gradually taken shape. But the controversy over the cars used by an average public (caused by the American cars) is mixed with some skepticism because in Germany cars