Japan Auto Firms Post Losses

三家日本汽车制造商公布第三财政季度发生亏损，且前景预期不佳，显示汽车业正在经历的这场危机尚看不到尽头。马自达(Mazda Motor Corp.)三菱汽车(Mitsubishi Motors Corp.)和富士重工(Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.)均因日圆走强和汽车需求下滑遭到重挫。Reuters三菱汽车总裁益子修三菱汽车总裁益子修(Osamu Masuko)称，目前的情况远远超出了公司的预料。在欧洲美国日本汽车销量降至几十年未见低点的大环境下，除减产裁员外，汽车商几乎别无选择。而对日本汽车商而言，日圆走强无疑额外加大了压力。需求低迷本已导致海外利润下滑，日圆升值又使日本车商在将在海外获得的美元欧元利润汇回国内时遭受进一步损失。马自达公布，截至去年12月31日的第三财季发生净亏损6亿日圆（合670万美元），上年同期盈利159亿日圆。除中国市场外，马自达在其他所有地区的销量全线下滑。福特汽车公司(Ford Motor Co.)持有马自达13%的股份。马自达现预计截至3月份的财年发生净亏损130亿日圆，之前的预期为盈利500亿日圆。这将是该公司八年来首次出现全年净亏损。马自达的产品中包括MX-5 Miata跑车。三菱汽车第三财季净亏损175.4亿日圆，上年同期盈利273亿日圆。该公司预计本财年净亏损600亿日圆，之前的预期为盈利200亿日圆。这将是该公司三年来首次出现全年亏损。丰田汽车(Toyota Motor Corp.)持股16.5%的富士重工第三财季净亏损192亿日圆，上年同期盈利100亿日圆。富士重工维持上月发布的预期不变，即本财年净亏损190亿日圆，这将是该公司15年来首次出现全年净亏损。分析师预计，丰田汽车和日产汽车(Nissan Motor Co.)也将公布季度亏损，两家公司将分别于本周五和下周一公布业绩。Yoshio Takahashi相关阅读日本经济的汽车出口瘾 2009-01-06日本汽车销量降至1974年以来最低 2009-01-05日本11月份汽车出口较上年同期下降18.1% 2008-12-25日本11月汽车产量较上年同期下降20.4% 2008-12-25日本11月份国内汽车销量较上年同期下降27.3% 2008-12-01日本10月汽车产量较上年同期下降6.8% 2008-11-28日本10月份汽车出口较上年同期减少4.2% 2008-11-28日本10月份国内汽车销量较上年同期下降13.1% 2008-11-04日本8月份国内汽车销量较上年同期下降14.9% 2008-09-01 本文涉及股票或公司document.write (truthmeter('2009年02月05日11:04', 'FUJHY'));Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (ADS)总部地点：日本上市地点：美国场外交易粉单市场(Pink Sheet)股票代码：FUJHYdocument.write (truthmeter('2009年02月05日11:04', '7211.TO'));三菱汽车英文名称：Mitsubishi Motors Corp.总部地点：日本上市地点：东京证交所股票代码：7211document.write (truthmeter('2009年02月05日11:04', '7270.TO'));富士重工英文名称：Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.总部地点：日本上市地点：东京证交所股票代码：7270document.write (truthmeter('2009年02月05日11:04', '7261.TO'));马自达英文名称：Mazda Motor Corp.总部地点：日本上市地点：东京证交所股票代码：7261


Three Japanese auto makers posted losses in the fiscal third quarter and issued grim forecasts, suggesting there is no end in sight to the industry's troubles.The results from Mazda Motor Corp., Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. all suffered as a result of a strong yen and collapsing auto demand.'We find the current situation way beyond our expectations,' Mitsubishi Motors President Osamu Masuko said.Auto makers have been left with little choice but to scale down production and shed jobs as sales in the U.S., Europe and Japan stumble to lows not seen in decades.For Japanese car makers, the yen's strength is an additional headache as it squeezes overseas profits -- which were already dropping from weak demand -- when the funds are repatriated from weaker currencies such as the U.S. dollar and the euro back into yen.Mazda, which is 13% owned by Ford Motor Co., posted a net loss of 600 million yen ($6.7 million) in the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a profit of 15.9 billion yen a year earlier. Mazda's auto sales sagged in all regions except China.The maker of such cars as the MX-5 Miata convertible now expects a net loss of 13 billion yen for the fiscal year through March, compared with its previous forecast for a profit of 50 billion yen. This would be the company's first net loss in eight years.Mitsubishi Motors posted a net loss of 17.54 billion yen in the quarter, a reversal from a profit of 27.3 billion yen a year earlier. The auto maker now expects a net loss of 60 billion yen for the fiscal year through March -- its first annual net loss in three years -- compared with a previous outlook of a net profit of 20 billion yen.Fuji Heavy reported a net loss of 19.2 billion yen in the quarter, down from a net profit of 10 billion yen a year earlier.The Subaru-brand car maker, in which Toyota Motor Corp. holds a 16.5% stake, is sticking to its forecast outlined last month. Fuji Heavy expects a net loss of 19 billion yen -- its first net loss in 15 years.Analysts expect Toyota and Nissan Motor Co. to show quarterly losses when they report Friday and Monday, respectively.Yoshio Takahashi