OREANDA-NEWS. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation posted a consolidated net sales of 1,282.6 billion yen for the first three quarters of fiscal 2012 (April 1 through December 31, 2012), a 1% or 10.5 billion yen decrease over the same period last fiscal year. Although wholesale volume increased, the decrease was mainly due to the impact of the strong yen.

MMC posted an operating income of 40.9 billion yen, an increase of 6% or 2.4 billion yen over the same period last fiscal year. The increase was due mainly to higher sales volume, improvements in the model mix and reductions in materials and other costs which together overcame such negative factors as the impact of the strong yen, increases in new model advertising and other selling costs as well as an increase in market measure costs resulting mainly from the minicar recall issued in December last year.

MMC posted an ordinary income of 52.4 billion yen, an increase of 81% or 23.5 billion yen over the first three quarters of FY2011 and posted a net income for the term of 17.3 billion yen, an increase of 27% or 3.7 billion yen year on year as a result of the company booking extraordinary losses including a loss on the sale of shares in its European production subsidiary.