本田汽车受召回影响下调全年盈利预期

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【中文标题】本田汽车受召回影响下调全年盈利预期

【英文标题】Honda cuts annual profit forecast after recall

【原文链接】http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31052714

【更新时间】30 January 2015 Last updated at 08:14

【原文来源】bbc.com

【正文】

The Japanese carmaker Honda has cut itsprofit forecast and seen third quarter earnings drop sharply following avehicle recall linked to airbags.

日本汽车制造商本田已经下调盈利预测,因安全气囊而召回车辆后第三季度利润大幅下降。

Honda, whose products include Civics andAccords, is forecasting full year net profits of 545bn yen ($4.6bn, £3bn) 3.5%less than it previously hoped.

本田公司生产的车，包括思域和雅阁在内，预期全年净利润约为5450亿日元（46亿美元，30亿英镑），盈利预期下调了3.5%。

Third quarter net income was down 15% at136.5bn yen.

本田三季度净利润为1365亿日元，相比于去年同期下降15.1%。

Honda has had to recall millions of vehiclesamid an exploding airbag crisis in which five people died.

由于安全气囊爆炸导致5人死亡的危险事件本田公司不得不召回数万辆汽车。

Honda has already been fined $70m by the USauthorities, a record civil penalty for a carmaker, for not telling regulatorsabout 1,700 complaints about deaths and injuries caused by its vehicles, andfor not reporting warranty claims.

美国安全监管当局给本田公司开出7000万美元的罚单作为对该汽车制造商的民事处罚，罚其对监管机构隐瞒1700起由于汽车造成伤亡的诉讼案件以及没有告知汽车存在的安全问题。

The airbags are supplied by fellow Japanesecompany, Takata.

安全气囊的供应商是日本高田公司。

Aside from that crisis, sales in its homemarket were dented by a recently introduced sales tax.

除了此次危机，最近实施销售税的征管也削弱了其国内市场销量。

Overall, though, sales for the past ninemonths were up by 6.3%.

不过总体来看，在过去的九个月的销售额增长了6.3%。

The weak yen flattered repatriated profitsfor the whole nine-month period, leaving net profits for the period 5.3%higher.

日元的走低吹嘘调回利润的走高，整整九个月期间净利润上涨了5.3%。

The move will help it set aside more cashto pay for an expanded recall of its cars to replace potentially faulty airbags made by supplier Takata.

这有助于其拨出更多现金为汽车召回造成的损失买单，并弥补由高田供应有安全隐患的安全气囊所带来的潜在危害。

Defective air bags

有缺陷的安全气囊

Shares in Takata, meanwhile, took anotherhit on Friday, closing down 2.5% in Tokyo after Honda said that a driver waskilled in the US last week in a 2002 Accord equipped with a Takata air bag thatmay have ruptured.

与此同时，高田股份周五又被重创,本田宣布在美国上周一辆2002年款的雅阁配的高田气囊可能爆炸了导致一名司机死亡后，股价下跌2.5%。

The announcement was the latest in a stringof deaths since 2008 that have been linked to defective Takata air bags.

此公告是最新一起自2008年以来有缺陷的高田安全气囊造成一系列死亡案件。

More than 24 million cars worldwide havebeen recalled because of its air bags.

因为其安全气囊问题，在世界范围内有超过2400万辆汽车被召回。

But despite the decline in earnings,Honda's executive vice president Tetsuo Iwamura said at a press conference thatthe carmaker was "not seeing a big impact on sales in North America fromthe air bag issue".

尽管收入下降,本田执行副总裁Tetsuo球团在新闻发布会上表示,这家汽车制造商“没有从气囊问题看到北美销售的巨大影响”。

Honda has also slashed its full year salestarget and expects to sell a total of 4.45 million cars, down from the 4.62million it previously forecast due to slowing sales in Japan.

本田也大幅下调全年销售目标,由于其在日本销量放缓，销售目标从462万辆下调到445万辆。

Honda's Tokyo listed shares had closed down0.8% before the earnings results were released.

本田股票在收盘前下跌0.8%。