1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述包含参考文献）

中美汽车文化浅析

an analysis of automobile culture between china and america

2. 研究的基本内容、问题解决措施及方案

4.research problem

with the development of economy, automobiles spread over the whole world. actually automobile culture accompanies the emergence of automobile. but it is very hard to give an exact definition of automobile. some scholars regard automobile culture as pop culture, consumer culture or pleasure culture. while other people who detest modern civilization, criticize automobiles as killers and pollution. as we all know, america is a big and powerful country and it is called a country on wheels. america has already formed fashioned automobile culture. though china has a much shorter history of automobile than america, it overtook the us to become the world#8217;s largest automaker and automobile market in 2009. however, compared with america, china still has a long way to become an automobile superpower in the truest sense. it is certainly important to develop industry cluster and technology to realize the change from a big country to a powerful country in automobile industry. and we should also attach more importance to develop our own automobile culture of chinese characteristics. i believe automobile culture will enrich our social culture and will benefit the development of economy in turn. america is a successful example. china should learn from it to develop its automobile industry and culture. automobile culture is a very rich concept including a set of values, customs, regulations and so on. so this thesis aims to compare the difference of automobile culture between china and america to achieve inspiration, including automobile styling, consumption culture, driving etiquette and so on. i hope people can learn more about cars and automobile culture and chinese automobile culture can be perfect.