BBC
August 5, 2009
August 5, 2009
[efoods]Carmaker BMW has said it sees few signs of a lasting economic recovery after it reported profits down by three-quarters for the April to June period.
Net profit was 121m euros ($174m; £103m), down 76% from a year ago, with car sales down by nearly a fifth.
Despite “some tentative positive signs, a lasting and wide ranging recovery is not yet in sight”, BMW said.
Separately, figures showed that new car sales in Germany rose by 30% in July compared with a year earlier.
Earlier on Tuesday, the world’s biggest carmaker, Toyota, reported a big quarterly loss after sales slumped.
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