news bulletin – answers

BMW to ramp up production

questions

1. What is ‘low priority’ in a recession? buying a new car
2. Who was told about BMW’s increase in production? a British newspaper
3. What is this an indication of? turning the corner (moving away from recession)
4. By how much did the sales of BMW cars fall earlier in the year? 19%
5. How does the reporter describe BMW? a luxury brand
6. How does BMW’s performance compare wit other car manufacturers? it has out-performed them by almost 1/4
7. What happened to European car manufacturing in the first 6 months of the year? it fell by a third
8. How did manufacturers respond to this? by cutting jobs and slashing production
9. What has happened at BMW’s Oxford plant? it has re-introduced Saturday shifts and re-hired contract workers
10. What are BMW ‘banking on’? a smoother road ahead (coming out of recession)