Rest of 2011 faces higher costs, dollar threat, new model costs - Investors expect BMW to reach 8-10 per cent target with ease - "BMW profitability is stunning. Only Porsche and Ferrari can claim to have met or exceeded this level of profitability" - "First in class". "Quite Simply Awesome". "Stunning". That was the reaction from some excited investors to BMW's sensational results for the second quarter, but perhaps inevitably, the German premium car maker was quick to point out that even though things are looking good, the second half will not quite reach that level of perfection.
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