The 2012 power list

摘要

Fortunes are reversing as the automobile industry discovers a new normal. General Motors'outlook has improved. The world's second-largest automaker is the largest by global sales volume for the first time in three years, as it expands its Chevrolet brand into Europe, Asia, and developing economies. Number two Toyota struggles with inventory shortages from last March's Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Volkswagen is hot on the heels of GM and Toyota, aiming to become number one globally by 2018, and its new North American Passat, our Car of the Year, must help it get there.