Nissan posts loss amid pandemic and financial scandal

A visitor walks past a car at Nissan showroom in Tokyo (Koji Sasahara/AP)

Nissan posted a loss of 44.4 billion yen (421 million US dollars/£319m) in the last quarter as the pandemic slammed profitability and the Japanese carmaker fought to restore a brand image tarnished by a scandal centred on its former star executive Carlos Ghosn.

Nissan Motor Co had a profit of 59 billion yen in July-September of 2019.