Encouraging financial results roll in

INDIA: Jaguar Land Rover books GBP1.04bn fiscal year profit

Champagne corks should be popping just about now at Jaguar Land Rover HQ after Tata Motors’ annual results for fiscal…

SWEDEN/CHINA: Volvo Car boosts Q1 operating profit

Volvo Car Corporation, owned by China's Zhejiang Geely, said on Thursday its earnings almost doubled in the first quarter and…

SPAIN: CIE Automotive sets sales and profit records

CIE Automotive has achieved a new company record for sales, EBITDA and net profit in the first quarter of 2011.…

JAPAN: Nissan Motor makes Q4 net profit

Nissan Motor has posted a fourth quarter net profit of JPY30.8bn, compared with a net loss of JPY11.6bn a year…

JAPAN: Toyota sees output recovery from June, earlier than planned

With Toyota Motor's quarterly profits hit harder than expected, as a result of the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in…

TOYOTA FULL YEAR: Other markets offset Japan gloom

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) boosted operating profit for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2011 from JPY147.5bn to JPY468.2bn and…

GOLDING’S TAKE: Dan The Man and Dan Ammann explain the plan

So what you have got here is Dan The Man Akerson who has been chairman and chief executive of GM…

US: Tower boosts Q1 sales and profits

Tower International, auto industry supplier of engineered structural metal components and assemblies, boosted first quarter sales 25% to US$600m and adjusted…

US: Visteon Q1 net profit shrinks after ’10 special items

Visteon Corporation first quarter 2011 net profit was $39m, or $0.75 per share, on product sales of $1.97bn, compared with…

US: GM Q1 result beats analysts’ expectations

General Motors has announced first quarter results ahead of analysts' expectations with net income of US$3.2bn, or $1.77 per share,…