Last quarter/full year financial results
GERMANY: VW does well in 2012, sees 2013 headwinds
Volkswagen Group on Thursday (14 March) said it had "successfully mastered the challenges posed by a difficult market environment in…
GERMANY: BMW claims 2012 sales and profit records
BMW management board chairman Norbert Reithofer on Thursday (14 March) said 2012 was the group's best year yet as it…
GERMANY: Audi posts solid results, but warns on economic environment
Volkswagen's Audi Group has posted financial results for calendar 2012 that, while including significant sales gains in the expected markets,…
GOLDING’S TAKE: Volume or profit? Can Vauxhall and Opel magic up both?
General Motors Europe has changed leadership and the leadership has changed strategy. Former Morgan Stanley banker, Steve Girsky, is on…
US: Federal-Mogul posts Q4 $80m net loss, full-year $117m net loss
Federal-Mogul Corporation has unveiled a fourth quarter net loss of US$80m, as well as a full-year net loss of US$117m.…
SLOVAKIA: Kia plant doubles net profit
Kia Motors' Slovak plant last year hiked net profit to EUR155.46m from EUR68.63m as sales increased 17.7% to EUR3.92bn. The…
CANADA: Magna ups 2012 sales 7% to $31bn
Magna has posted 2012 full-year sales of US$30.84bn, an increase of 7%, reflecting increases in North American, European, and rest of…
US: Visteon net profit up 25% in 2012
Visteon has announced that it earned US$100m in 2012, up from USD80m the pevious year, as it benefited from higher…
UK: GKN 2012 pretax profit up 19%
GKN has reported 2012 sales up 13% and pretax profit up 19%. "2012 was another strong year for GKN with…
GERMANY: VW group boosts sales and profit in 2012
Volkswagen group said 2012 sales revenue of EUR 192.7bn was up on 2011's EUR159.3bn while operating profit rose to EUR 11.5bn from EUR…