Vroom vroom, screeeeeech! In a world of conflicting data here are some more, courtesy of carmakers. Most have unveiled stonking first-half results and bullish prognoses. Take Toyota. Despite a recall of close to 10m cars worldwide, the Japanese manufacturer is raising its full-year net profits forecast by 10 per cent to $4bn. But in China – the world’s biggest car market, and the source of much of western carmakers’ optimism – popular local manufacturer BYD is slashing sales estimates by a quarter.
轟轟、轟轟,吱——!在一個數據早已相互矛盾的世界里,要感謝汽車制造商帶來了更多矛盾的數據。大多數汽車制造商披露了相當不錯的上半年業績和樂觀預測。比如豐田(Toyota)。盡管在全球范圍召回了近1000萬輛汽車,但這家日本制造商將全年凈利潤預期提高了10%,至40億美元。但在中國——全球最大的汽車市場以及西方汽車制造商樂觀情緒的主要源泉,廣受歡迎的本土汽車制造商比亞迪(BYD)卻將銷售預期下調了四分之一。