Frankfurt: German auto giant Daimler, maker of Mercedes-Benz, on Friday slashed its 2019 profit forecast for the second time in a few weeks, after booking a 1.6-billion-euro ($1.8-billion) operating loss in the second quarter.
By comparison, between April and June last year, the Stuttgart-based group chalked up operating profit of 2.6 billion euros. But unforeseen events, including a mass recall over faulty airbags and government probes and legal cases related to the "Dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, prompted the company to set aside more cash in provisions and increase estimated costs for the year, Daimler said in a statement.
That meant the carmaker now expects to book an annual operating profit "significantly below" the 11.1 billion euros recorded in 2018, it said.
Daimler already downgraded its outlook on June 23, pencilling in flat earnings instead of a slight increase as it tackled the fallout from the "Dieselgate" scandal that had forced it to set aside hundreds of millions of euros in provisions.
The previous day, Germany´s KBA road transport authority ordered the company to recall 60,000 vehicles it suspected were fitted with software to reduce harmful emissions under lab testing conditions.
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