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Bigger, faster.
體積更大，速度更快。

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Well, BMW has taken the wraps off what's billed as a bigger and faster and better-connected version of the Mini -- the Mini hatchback.
BMW 發表了宣稱為更大、更快而且連結性更佳的 Mini 車款——Mini 掀背車。

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The automaker's making a huge investment at three UK manufacturing sites to support the new model.
這家汽車製造商為了扶持這款新車，在英國的三處製造廠投入了鉅額投資。

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It boasts a new engine and a new chassis. Technology, a classy chassis, you might say.
這款新車配備了新引擎和新的底盤。科技和高品質的底盤，你也許會這麼說。

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Talking of the classy chassis, just look at it.
談到高品質的底盤，請看看吧。

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That was the original Mini, one of the iconic brands in the motor industry.
這是原版的 Mini，是汽車產業裡的經典品牌之一。

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It first came out in 1959. Production continued until the year 2000.
這款車在一九五九年問世，一直生產到二○○○年。

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The brand was revived the following year by BMW, and today's new model is part of a $1.2 billion investment in the United Kingdom's motor industry.
BMW 在次年重振了這個品牌，而今天的新車款乃是投資英國汽車產業十二億美元的一部分。

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Don't call it a car, it's a motorcar. CNN's Jim Boulden was at the launch.
可別只稱它為車，它可是貨真價實的房車。本台的吉姆．伯登在發表會帶來以下報導。

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Three new hatchback models, but still a Mini.
三種新掀背車款，但仍然是 Mini。

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The new Mini Hatch is the next chapter in 54 years of Mini tradition.
新款 Mini Hatch 是 Mini 五十四年傳統的新篇章。

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The new Mini hatchbacks also continue a tradition by its BMW owners -- it keeps getting just a little bit bigger.
新款 Mini 掀背車也延續了 BMW 母公司的一項傳統——不斷以極小的幅度變得愈來愈大。

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This was really our key focus, to make sure that the interior volume on this design is at the point where you can say this is a real four-person car.
這其實是我們最主要的焦點所在，確保這項設計的內部容量可以達到真正的四人座車輛的乘坐空間。

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That you have this 30-mil-longer [30-millimeter-longer] wheel base, really gives you that knee space in the back.
軸距加長三十毫米，確實能夠增加後座的膝部空間。

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Some of the technology improvements are already available in bigger luxury models,
其中部分科技革新已可見於較大的豪華車款，

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but Mini is said to be ahead of the other small carmakers when it comes to the infotainment offerings around the steering wheel.
但 Mini 在方向盤週邊整合資訊娛樂系統的做法據說領先了其他小車製造商。

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Mini Connected was already there, but they've just updated it. They've given it a new controller
「Mini 連結」系統原本就已存在，但他們又加以更新。他們裝設了新的控制器，

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and critically, one of the most important things they've done is they've added support for Android smartphones.
而且非常關鍵地，他們完成的諸多重要事項之一，就是新增可支援 Android 系統的智慧型手機。

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The press of the world paid tribute to the Morris Mini Minor.
全球新聞媒體都向 Morris Mini Minor 致敬。

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BMW acquired the Mini Mark in 1994 and rebuilt it from the ground up, relaunching the brand in 2001.
BMW 在一九九四年買下了 Mini Mark 車款，加以徹底改造，然後在二○○一年重新推出。

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Since then, BMW has produced more than 2.4 million Minis, nearly 1.9 million exported.
自此之後，BMW 已生產了超過兩百四十萬輛 Mini 汽車，外銷數量將近一百九十萬輛。

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The United States is the biggest market.
美國是最大的市場。

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And 14 percent of all cars made in the United Kingdom in 2012 were Minis.
二○一二年在英國產製的所有車輛當中，Mini 就佔了百分之十四。

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And BMW says, one in six of the autos it makes are Minis.
BMW 表示，該公司生產的汽車每六輛就有一輛是 Mini。

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Mini brought out the quintessential British bulldog to show just how British the car is,
Mini 搭配典型英國鬥牛犬，藉此顯示這部車多麼具有英國色彩。

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but in fact, it's also manufactured in Austria and, starting next year, Minis will also be manufactured in the Netherlands.
不過事實上，Mini 也在奧地利生產，而且從明年開始還會再加上荷蘭。

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Designed in the UK, if not all made here anymore.
不過畢竟還是在英國設計，儘管已經不完全在英國製造。

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Well, that's a company making the best use of its manufacturing,
這是一家善用其製造資源的公司。

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but, you know, BMW invested 500 million pounds in this plant alone.
不過，BMW 光是在這座廠房就投資了五億英鎊。

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That is a huge sign of the confidence in the United Kingdom.
這是對英國具有信心的一大徵象。

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Britain now has to rely on non-British players to invest in its auto factories, including BMW.
英國現在得仰賴非英國廠商投資其汽車工廠，包括 BMW 在內。

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But its economy is growing faster this year than originally estimated, and resurgent car production is playing its part.
不過，英國今年的經濟成長速度比原本預估還快，汽車生產的復興也發揮了一定程度的影響。

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Mini sales hit a record for the first ten months of this year.
Mini 今年前十個月的銷售量創下了記錄。