VW sees Q2 sales sink 8.6% amid reports of mass job cuts

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2026-07-10

Wolfsburg, Germany (dpa) - German automotive giant Volkswagen on Friday reported an 8.6% drop in second-quarter deliveries worldwide, with weak figures in China dragging down results. Europe's largest carmaker sold 2.08 million vehicles across all its brands, which include the core VW brand, ?koda, Porsche and Audi. The decline came as the Volkswagen Group's supervisory board met to discuss chief executive Oliver Blume's plan for a major "reali......

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