One of three European Ford plants slated for closure. But Ford still reported an overall profit of $1.6 billion despite mounting losses in Europe.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Ford Motor reported earnings remained steady from a year ago as strong results at home helped balance out the soaring losses in Europe .
The company lost $468 million in Europe, bringing its losses there so far this year to just over $1 billion. Ford (F, Fortune 500) had already warned last week that it stood to lose more than $1.5 billion in Europe this year.
In an effort to stem the losses in Europe Ford announced Tuesday it would close three plants cut 6,200 jobs Europe by 2014. But it also warned it would not be profitable there until the middle of the decade.
Ford's overall net income came in at $1.6 billion, essentially unchanged the same quarter a year earlier, and better than analysts' estimates.
Related: Europe's woes hit Detroit
The problems in Europe are not unique to Ford. Sales in Europe have fallen to a 20-year low as the European sovereign debt crisis has made financing car purchases more difficult and plunged most nations there into a recession. U.S. rival General Motors (GM, Fortune 500) is expected to also report deep losses in Europe when it releases results Wednesday.
Related: Best U.S. car sales in more than four years
But while Ford's losses increased in Europe, earnings from North America rose 50% to $2.3 billion. Ford said it was the best results for North America since the company started breaking out the results from there in 2000. Ford was able to post the improvement in spite of the rebound in sales by its Japanese rivals Toyota Motor (TM) and Honda Motor (HMC), as well as strong results at Chrysler Group, which also cut into Ford's U.S. market share in the quarter.
First Published: October 30, 2012: 7:29 AM ET
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