Mazda profits decline

on 31/07/2012 11:26:38

Mazda said today that its losses for the April-June quarter shrank to 6.5bn yen (€67.62m) from 25.5bn yen (€265.3m) a year earlier.

The Hiroshima-based car-maker suffered a setback from last year's earthquake and tsunami disaster which disrupted production.

Like other Japanese car-makers, it is recovering.

Mazda reported a 24% leap in quarterly sales to 506.6bn yen (€5.27bn) as it sold more cars in North America and Japan. Mazda sold 300,000 vehicles in the quarter, up 6.5%.

The maker of the Miata sports car and CX-5 crossover sport-utility stuck to its full-year forecast of 1.3 million vehicle sales and a 10bn yen (€104.04m) profit. It recorded a 107bn yen (€1.11bn) loss the previous year.