Mazda Motor Corporation Global said fiscal first half year sales rose 7% year on year to JPY1.66 trillion (EUR13.1bn), while net income increased 13% to JPY63.3bn (EUR502m).
Operating profit was JPY76.5bn (EUR607m) but Mazda did not state a year on year comparison.
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Record global sales were “a slight increase”, driven by the redesigned CX-5.
Strongest growth was in China where sales rose 12% to 149,000 units – also a first-half record – followed by Japan, which saw a 4% rise to 96,000 vehicles. In Europe, Mazda sold 119,000 vehicles (again, no comparison stated).
The carmaker confirmed its forecast for the year ending 31 March 2018, updating exchange rate assumptions to reflect a more favourable market.
It pegs full year net income at JPY100bn (EUR787m) with operating profit of JPY150bn (EUR1.18bn) on revenue of JPY3.35 trillion (EUR26.4bn) – all up year on year. It expects to sell 1.6m vehicles world wide.
