Volkswagen Considers Shuttering German Factories for the First Time

Automakers temporarily pause production and move things around between factories all the time, but Volkswagen has never closed a factory in its home country of Germany. That could change soon, however, as the automaker recently announced that it would consider plant closures there to help it cut expenses in its core product lines.

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  • Lou_BC Were there any noteworthy cars in the '90's?
  • Urlik Rampage!
  • Zerofoo I know quite a few early 2000s Benz customers that became mid 2000s Lexus customers.
  • VoGhost This news, plus a $4K tax reduction make a used Bolt compelling.
  • Fred I bet the car companies spend a few million every year figuring out what to name their cars. The sad thing is except for some internet commenters, no one really cares. Worse it can tarnish the name forever, see Dodge Hornet