BEIJING/EUROPE: BMW sold 20.6% fewer cars in the first quarter of this year than last year, with the Covid-19 pandemic leading sales to tumble in China, Europe and the United States, the German carmaker said on Monday .
"Around 80% of all retail outlets in Europe and 70% of those in the US are currently closed due to the coronavirus," BMW said in a statement. The company is"flexibly adapting" its production volumes to demand, BMW board of management member Pieter Nota said.Safeguarding the health of employees, the company's liquidity and its long-term success is now key, BMW said.
In the first quarter, which goes from January to the end of March, the carmaker only sold 477,111 cars of the BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brands.The business expectations of the entire German car industry for the coming months have nosedived because of the coronavirus epidemic, with an index compiled by the ifo research institute dropping by 14 points to minus 33.7 points.
Export expectations also fell to minus 42.7 points, the lowest point since March 2009, economist Klaus Wohlrabe said on Monday. - dpa/Asian News Network
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