Its sales there rose by 23% last year to 444,000, and its aim of selling 1m cars by 2018 looks achievable.

去年，大众在美国的销量为44.4万辆，上涨了23%，如此看来，大众2018年售出1百万辆汽车的销售目标触手可得。

In 2018 he was named boss of the whole vast firm, which made 8.6m cars last year and owns eight car brands, from Porsche to the considerably less fancy Skoda.

2018 年， 他被任命为整个大公司的老板，该公司去年生产了 860 万辆汽车， 拥有八个汽车品牌， 从保时捷到相当不那么花哨的斯柯达。