The Japanese automaker swung to a net loss of 14 billion yen ($129.9 million) in the quarter, exacerbating an earnings crisis confronting alliance partners Renault and Nissan Motor Co.

Subaru benefited from minimal exposure to China, which was badly hit by the coronavirus in the first three months, and did not suspend factory output in the U.S. until March 23, just days before the quarter ended.

Nissan has a new North American management team to take over after the departure of regional chairman Jose Valls, tasked with improving dealer engagement for a wave of next-generation product.

Nissan North America Chairman Jose Valls will leave the struggling automaker after 14 months in the role. Restructuring North America is expected to be a key element of a revised midterm business plan that Nissan plans to unveil this month.

The automaker said widespread stay-at-home orders in the U.S. halted momentum that saw sales in the country up 19 percent through February before ending the quarter down 4.5 percent. 

Mazda said net profit will tumble to 12.1 billion yen ($112.2 million) in the fiscal year ended March 31. The company earlier predicted net income would take a lesser fall to to 43.0 billion yen ($398.8 million).

The automaker warned that its operating profit likely will drop 80 percent in the current fiscal year as the coronavirus pandemic hits global demand for cars. CFO Kenta Kon said a return to normal business in the U.S. could take the rest of 2020.

Citing uncertainty about the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the automaker refrained from issuing an earnings outlook for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

The Toyota Group supplier went into slowdown mode when its biggest customer began suspending output in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The coronavirus outbreak took a big bite out of profits, and Japan's biggest parts supplier said prospects for recovery are so murky it couldn't issue an outlook for the current fiscal year.

The biggest cutbacks in the upcoming midterm business plan will largely spare the critical U.S. market and target lackluster operations and lineups in other regions.

The next Outlander crossover reportedly will use an engine from Nissan, signaling deepening ties between the Japanese partners as they seek new ways to increase product-development efficiencies.

Luc Donckerwolke, who resigned last week, put his mark on a new generation of designs when he arrived at Hyundai and Genesis in 2015.

Luc Donckerwolke, the cosmopolitan Belgian designer who overhauled the styling at Hyundai, Kia and Genesis, is leaving the Hyundai Motor Group for personal reasons.