中國經濟放緩恐拖累寶馬業績前景

BMW retained the crown as the world’s largest luxury carmaker after sales and profits rose to record levels last year, but it warned that slowing Chinese growth may hamper its most profitable market.

寶馬(BMW)去年創紀錄的銷量和利潤使其保住了世界最大豪華汽車製造商的桂冠，但該公司警告稱，中國增長放緩可能拖累其最有利可圖的市場。

The German carmaker’s volume sales in mainland China, the world’s largest car market, grew 1.6 per cent in 2015 compared with 16.6 per cent in 2014. Sales also slowed in the US.

2015年，這家德國汽車製造商在中國大陸（世界最大汽車市場）的銷量增長了1.6%，相比之下，2014年的增幅爲16.6%。寶馬在美國銷售增長也有所放緩。

However, BMW sold 1m cars in Europe for the first time last year, highlighting the recovery in the region’s car market since the financial crisis.

然而，寶馬去年首次在歐洲售出100萬輛汽車，凸顯出自金融危機以來該地區汽車市場的復甦。

The company reported that pre-tax profits rose 5 per cent to a record