The VW Group wants to reduce its production capacity in Europe by one million units
- The Volkswagen Group announced at the very beginning of 2025 that it would reduce its production capacity by 734,000 vehicles per year in Germany by 2028 , including 400,000 units at the Wolfsburg site, 180,000 at the Zwickau site, 100,000 at the Hanover site, 27,000 at the Dresden site, 27,000 at the Osnabrück site.
- Today, that is to say at the end of spring 2026, the management of the first European carmaker announces that it intends to reduce the production capacity of the Volkswagen group by one million units in Europe by 2028, which means that it intends to reduce production capacity by 266,000 vehicles in countries such as Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia where the Volkswagen group produces cars.
- The brands most affected would be Volkswagen and Audi. In this regard, it's interesting to note that Audi will be discontinuing four of its best-known models in quick succession: the A1, Q2, A7, and A8, the latter having been a rival to the Mercedes S-Class and BMW 7 Series for many years. With the imminent arrival of the Audi Q9, it's possible that the future of Audi's premium segment will lie with SUVs rather than limousines.