由于承受了又一轮资产减值，大众汽车在艰难应对迅速恶化的人民营业环境（特别是中国市场）之际，业绩转为亏损。
AG swung to a loss after absorbing another round of writedowns as the carmaker struggles with a rapidly worsening operating environment, particularly in China.
大众汽车周四表示，这家欧洲最大的汽车制造商在第三季度录得58.6亿欧元（约合63亿美元）的营业亏损，略逊于分析师预期。与其德国汽车同行宝马集团和梅赛德斯-奔驰集团股份有限公司一样，该制造商正艰难适应中国市场需求萎缩的局面。
Europe’s biggest carmaker reported an operating loss of €5.86 billion ($6.3 billion) during the third quarter, VW said Thursday, slightly worse than analyst expectations. Like its German carmaking peers BMW AG and Mercedes-Benz Group AG, the manufacturer is struggling to adapt to shrinking demand in China.
在经历了数十年来来自中国的丰厚利润之后，中国市场下滑的速度正在剥夺大众汽车用于投资未来产品和技术的资金。该公司正将2030年的回报率目标设定在8%至10%之间，而其上个月曾发出警告称，今年几乎不会产生利润。
After decades of strong profits from China, the speed of the decline there is depriving VW of funds to invest in future products and technology. The company is targeting returns of between 8% and 10% by 2030, compared with a warning last month it’d make next to no profit this year.
首席财务官阿诺·安特利茨在一份声明中表示，如果剔除上个月宣布的大约100亿欧元的减值和重组费用，其基本业绩依然过于疲弱。
Stripping out roughly €10 billion of writedowns and restructuring charges announced last month, the underlying result was too weak, Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz said in a statement.
大众汽车需要“迅速且果断地”推进其变革，加速削减车型复杂度、车辆成本、管理费用和工厂开支，以恢复足够的盈利能力来资助未来的技术和产品。随着第三季度中国销量下降40%，这一任务变得更加紧迫。
Volkswagen needs to move “quickly and decisively” on its overhaul, accelerating cuts to model complexity, vehicle costs, overhead and factory spending to restore enough profitability to fund future technology and products. That task has grown more urgent as sales in China fell 40% in the third quarter.
本周，梅赛德斯表示将重塑其在中国的业务。此前，沃尔沃汽车首席执行官哈坎·萨穆尔松曾表示，在中国销售西方研发的汽车的机会已经“不复存在”。上周末，大众汽车旗下的高端品牌奥迪公布了在美国建设其第一家工厂的计划，此前由于部分原因受到高额关税影响，其在美国的销量出现暴跌。虽然宝马和梅赛德斯在全球第二大市场运营着工厂，但奥迪此前一直依赖在墨西哥的生产。
This week, Mercedes said it’ll recast its business in China, after Volvo Car AB Chief Executive Officer Hakan Samuelsson said the opportunity to sell western-developed cars in China was “gone.”Over the weekend, VW’s premium Audi brand outlined plans to build its first factory in the US, after sales there slumped partly because of steep tariffs. While BMW and Mercedes operate factories in the world’s second-biggest market, Audi has so far relied on production in Mexico.