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.