{
  "id": 18079832,
  "title": "Automotive industry: BMW's profit shrinks - and it will get even worse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/automobilindustrie-gewinn-von-bmw-schrumpft-und-es-wird-noch-schlimmer",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-04T06:30:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/automobilindustrie-gewinn-von-bmw-schrumpft-und-es-wird-noch-schlimmer/100267171.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "BMW's profit has decreased, with the company earning 1.45 billion euros after taxes in the third quarter, a 15% drop from the previous year. The decline is largely attributed to poor performance in China, where the company saw a 25% decrease in sales. Despite this, BMW's overall sales only dropped by 6.3% due to increases in Europe and the US. The company has issued a profit warning, expecting a loss in its core business and cutting its sales forecast to a moderate decline of 5-9.9%.",
  "summary": "On Tuesday evening, the car manufacturer shocks the markets with the second profit warning this year. In the third quarter, BMW suffers from China - the fourth quarter will be bitter for other reasons.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}