BMW shrugs off European slowdown with near-record Q2
Earnings before interest and tax came to 2.27 billion euros
Germany's BMW shrugged off a weak European car market to post its second best ever quarterly operating profit highlighting the growing divide between prospering export oriented premium auto makers and their ailing mass market peers.
Earnings before interest and tax came to 2.27 billion euros, above consensus of 2.19 billion euros.