Car sales

India’s Tata Motors warns of near-term cost pressures; quarterly profit surges

It reports earnings of 24.1 billion rupees for the quarter ended Mar 31, up from 14.2 billion rupees the year before

Nissan's CEO Ivan Espinosa is cutting jobs, manufacturing sites and the number of cars in its global line-up to return it to growth.

Nissan posts narrow profit for fiscal year, beats analysts’ estimates

It reports earnings of 58 billion yen, beating the company’s forecast of 50 billion yen

The widening gap between domestic weakness and export strength is evident at BYD, as its global sales downturn stretched to an eighth month in April.

China’s domestic car demand stays weak but exports strengthen

In April, sales at home drop 21.6% from the year before to 1.4 million vehicles

The April tally brings Nio’s year-to-date deliveries to 112,821 vehicles, up 71% from the same period in 2025.

Nio delivers 29,356 vehicles in April, up 22.8% on year

Chinese EV maker’s April tally dips from March as it crosses 1.1 million cumulative deliveries

VinFast's production facility in Karawang, Indonesia. The country was one of the overseas markets that the carmaker focused on last year.

VinFast eyes EV sales jump of five times in overseas market; taxi arm seen as key growth lever

Founder says Vietnamese carmaker’s Ebitda will break even by 2027, after cumulative losses of US$14.5 billion as at end-2025

While Mercedes' sales volumes are up by 7% in Europe and 20% in the US, this has not been enough to offset a 27% drop in China.

Mercedes Q1 sales down in tough ‘transition year’ for China business

The German marque faces a cut-throat price war with Chinese brands in the premium segment

Lamborghini cushioned its external pressures through cost control and increasing sales of pricier vehicles.

Lamborghini 2025 profit dented by US tariffs and EV U-turn

Its operating income slips to 768 million euros in 2025 from 835 million euros in 2024

BMW's deliveries are forecast to stay on a par with 2025, when it faced a sharp sales decline in China.

BMW expects 2026 earnings to decline as tariffs bite

Profit before tax is forecast to fall between 5 and 9.9%

Nio's Q4 profit marks a significant turnaround from the 7.1 billion yuan net loss in the year-ago period.

Nio swings to black with Q4 profit of 122.4 million yuan; shares surge over 14%

Full-year net loss narrows from 22.7 billion yuan to 15.6 billion yuan on higher deliveries

In January, Volkswagen reported a 2025 net cash flow of six billion euros, a major improvement from a forecast of no cash flow.

Volkswagen stung by tariffs, China battle as profit halves

Its operating profit of 8.9 billion euros misses analysts’ forecast of 9.4 billion euros