Mercedes-Benz 2024 car sales fall in tough year for automakersMercedes-Benz's car sales fell by 3% in 2024, significantly impacted by a 7% decline in China and a 3% decrease in Europe. Sales of battery...
10 Jan, 2025, 10.57 PM IST
Mercedes and Porsche’s fight with China is coming close to homeChinese companies BYD, Nio, and others are competing against European luxury car brands like Mercedes and BMW. They are leveraging advanced...
28 Oct, 2024, 01.01 PM IST
European shares slip but set for weekly gains; Mercedes dropsAutomobile shares led sectoral losses with a 2.9% fall, hurt by a 7.6% drop in Mercedes-Benz after the carmaker cut its full-year profit ma...
20 Sep, 2024, 02.45 PM IST
European shares muted in earnings deluge ahead of inflation dataInvestors will monitor the bloc-wide flash April inflation and first-quarter GDP data during the day for clues on the European Central Bank...
30 Apr, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
Porsche AG Q1 Results: Operating profit drops 30% to $1.37 billion on ramp-up costsPorsche finance chief Lutz Meschke said that while demand in China remained challenged the company would not compromise on margins by steer...
26 Apr, 2024, 10.34 PM IST
Buyers snap up luxury cars even as prices surge to highest in 5 yearsThe weighted average retail price (ARP) of luxury cars in India has risen to a five-year high amid a weakening rupee as well as increases i...
18 May, 2023, 12.39 AM IST
European shares rise on strong earnings, Q1 GDP data on tapEurope's biggest home appliances maker Electrolux AB was the top gainer on the index, jumping 6.0%. The company earlier said that weaker de...
28 Apr, 2023, 01.37 PM IST
European stocks slip as downbeat China data dents risk appetiteThe pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.8%, as of 0714 GMT, set to snap a three-day session of gains, although trading volumes were lik...
02 May, 2022, 02.28 PM IST
Not just luxury, young Desis want cars that perform tooLuxury-car makers are seeing an increasing number of young and upwardly mobile customers opting for the ‘performance’ range of cars. Demand...
12 Dec, 2021, 09.19 AM IST
Tech stocks weigh on European shares after Apple's warningShares in semiconductor companies AMS, STMicronelectronics, Infineon Technologies and ASML lost between 0.3% and 1%, weighed down by supply...
29 Oct, 2021, 01.07 PM IST
BMW Q3 profit rebounds on China demand for luxury carsLike rival Mercedes, BMW's quarterly pretax profit recovered in the third quarter, rising 9.6% to 2.46 billion euros ($2.87 billion), lifte...
04 Nov, 2020, 12.46 PM IST
European shares inch lower as healthcare stocks dragShares in BP, Total and Royal Dutch Sell gained between 1.7% and 2.6% as crude prices rose on the back of lower-than-expected rise in U.S. ...
29 Apr, 2020, 01.47 PM IST
Cut in BMW’s profit outlook to slow Indian suppliers’ runBMW has now joined Daimler, the maker of Mercedes cars, in reducing its profit outlook.
04 Oct, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
- Luxury brands untouched by euro zone crisis? Sales boom despite EU slump
The European luxury industry boomed in 2011, untouched by global economic slowdown, with demand from China helping to swell profits.
09 Feb, 2012, 07.09 PM IST
- Daimler's Mercedes plans green-car ‘attack’ on BMW
Daimler , the world’s second-largest maker of luxury vehicles, plans to challenge Bayerische Motoren Werke’s leadership by rolling out new ...
13 Jan, 2010, 04.52 AM IST
- Daimler drops earnings outlook despite Q3 profit
German automaker Daimler AG issued another profit warning as it reported third-quarter earnings of euro213 million (US$27.3 million) on Thu...
23 Oct, 2008, 11.31 PM IST
- Daimler not to Dodge issue, may sell Chrysler
Daimlerchrysler may sell or seek partners for its unprofitable Chrysler division, abandoning a nine-year attempt to build a global carmaker...
15 Feb, 2007, 01.32 AM IST