The Japanese never conceded the point : Wagoner of course is gone .

日本从未承认这点。当然， 瓦格纳也已经 卸任。

But within GM and the car industry generally there is recognition of what a rotten hand Mr Wagoner had to play and how close he came to achieving at least some of his goals .

但就GM和整个汽车行业来说，人们都 认为 瓦格纳在 面临收拾一个烂摊子，而且他至少几乎达到他的一些目标。

Mr Wagoner noted Detroit 's Japanese rivals had spent more than a decade trying to match its leadership in SUVs and pick-up trucks .

瓦格纳指出，日本竞争对手花了10年多时间，希望能够赶上底特律汽车厂商在SUV和皮卡领域的领先地位。

During a visit to Shanghai yesterday Mr Wagoner test-drove the group 's Sequel car which uses hydrogen fuel-cell technology but is many years away from being commercially available .

瓦格纳昨日访问上海时，试驾了通用的Sequel概念车。该车采用了氢燃料电池技术，但距商业化生产尚有多年时间。

GM chief executive officer Rick Wagoner was asked if his company is considering selling its profitable operations in China .

通用公司行政主管里克 . 瓦格纳被问及， 通用公司是否考虑出售设在中国的盈利的工厂。

Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said the agreement will help his company become more competitive .

行政 董事 理查瓦格纳说这一协议将会帮助他的公司更具有竞争力。

Wagoner did suggest that GM 's European operations might be sold but he said no prospective buyers have come forward .

不过 瓦格纳暗示，可能会出售通用在欧洲的工厂，但是他说，现在还没有买主表示有收购意愿。

Wagoner and Detroit 's two other auto CEOs were chastised in Congress for flying corporate jets to meetings this week in which they asked for billions of dollars in public assistance .

上周 瓦格纳和底特律另外两家汽车公司的首席执行长乘坐公司专机前往国会申请数十亿美元公共资金救助，他们为此遭到了国会的严厉批评。

Mr Wagoner said that GM would continue to invest in China despite the cost pressures the group was facing and was confident that the group 's sales would continue to outpace the already rapid pace of growth seen in the auto sector .

瓦格纳称，尽管通用面临着成本压力，但将继续在中国投资。他还表示，虽然中国汽车行业的增速已经很快，但确信通用汽车的销售增速将继续高于平均增速。

According to media reports the head of General Motors Rick Wagoner has agreed to step down at the request of the White House as part of a restructuring plan .

媒体报道说，通用汽车公司的 总裁里克 . 瓦格纳已经同意，作为重组计划的一部分， 他 接受白宫提出的要 他辞职的要求。

Nobody at GM is declaring victory Rick Wagoner chief executive said . There is still a lot more work to do to achieve our goals of steady growth solid profitability and positive cash flow generation .

通用汽车首席执行官里奇•瓦格纳（Rick Wagoner ）表示：在通用汽车，无人宣布胜利，要实现稳定增长、高额利润率以及创造正向现金流的目标，我们仍有更多工作要做。

In the movie version GM CEO Rick Wagoner would be played by Tom Wilkinson .

如果将本 书拍成电影，通用公司CEO里克 • 瓦格纳可以由汤姆 •威尔金森饰演。

Marchionne is the one after all who squeezed General Motors ' Rick Wagoner out of $ 2 billion acquired 20 % of Chrysler for nothing in 2009 and has kept Fiat alive against all odds .

毕竟马基奥尼当年曾从通用汽车（GM）的里克 • 瓦格纳 手中 生 生 榨出20亿美元， 几乎是空手套白 狼地收购了克莱斯勒20%的股权，而且之后一直使菲亚特保持着生机。

Yet some worry the New GM will emerge under the same management as its predecessor minus longtime Chief Executive Rick Wagoner .

然而有些人担心新通用公司诞生时会 带着老管理层一起出现，只 不过 这次 少了 总裁 里克·瓦戈纳。

The employees also waved signs that said 40 miles per gallon and we 're electric themes designed to highlight the direction that Wagoner is leading the company .

雇员们 手中还挥舞着写有“每加仑汽油40英里”、“我们要电动汽车”等标语，这些标语的主题都是为了概括 瓦格纳领导 通用公司进行 改组的目标。

Mr Wagoner said GM would consider at some stage using China as an export base for making cars for developed markets but added that the company was working flat out at the moment just to satisfy demand in the Chinese market .

瓦格纳表示，在未来某一阶段，通用将考虑把中国作为出口基地，为发达国家市场制造汽车。但他补充说，该公司现阶段正全力满足中国市场的需求。

GM whose chief executive Rick Wagoner on Sunday stepped down under pressure from the White House has 60 days to come up with a tougher restructuring plan in return for more government support .

通用汽车首席执行官 里克瓦格纳 （Rick Wagoner ）在白宫的施压下于周日辞职。该公司有60天的时间拿出一份更为彻底的重组计划，以换取更多的政府支持。

Hercules and the wagoner

大力神与 车夫

Hardly one cart or wagoner passes in a quarter of an hour .

一刻钟里难得有一辆小车和一个 车夫走过。

Former GM CEO Rick Wagoner complained frequently that the Japanese government unfairly kept the yen artificially low to give automakers a competitive advantage .

通用汽车公司前任首席执行官瑞克 • 瓦格纳经常抱怨日本政府不公道，为了让本国汽车制造商更有竞争力，刻意压低日元汇率。

Wagoner said that as soon as January amid frozen credit markets and a collapse in demand for automobiles the company could fall short of the minimum levels it needs to stay out of bankruptcy court .

瓦格纳表示，受信贷市场冻结和汽车需求暴跌的影响，公司的 现金可能最早在明年1月就会跌破维持 正常运转的最低水平。

A wagoner was driving his team when the wheel of his wagon got stuck in the mire .

马车 夫 策 马路上，车轮忽然陷入泥泞，动弹不得。

Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner says he won 't easily give it up but his bigger focus is profitability .

董事长及CEO里克。 瓦格纳声称他将不会轻易放弃 （ 销售 桂冠 ），但他更大的聚焦将在收益率上。

GM 's Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on a conference call that any buyer of Saab could have access to GM technology .

通用汽车执行长 瓦格纳在电话会议上表示，任何买方萨博能够获得通用汽车公司的技术。