Professor Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer

“second quarter pre‑tax profit fell 35% to €1.7 billion”

“operating margin for the core automotive business narrowed to 2.3% from 5.4% in the same period last year”

“BMW restated its 2026 forecast of an operating margin of between 1 and 3%”

“BMW also announced a plan to cut about 8,000 jobs, around 5% of the workforce”

“In the first half of 2026, BMW lost exactly 56,352 vehicle sales in China compared to the same period of 2025”

“the starting price of an Xiaomi equivalent of the BMW iX3 is less than €30,000”

“The Neue Klasse iX3 starts at €63,400 ($73,100) in Europe”

“The share price has slid almost 40% this year”