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German automotive conglomerate owning brands including Audi, Porsche, Skoda, and SEAT, among the world's largest vehicle manufacturers.
Porsche will cut a quarter of its staff and raise prices on its top models by about 20% under a strategy that runs to 2035. The company is betting its richest buyers will pay more as cheaper volume falls away and its EV push is scaled back.
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Volkswagen Financial Services UK set aside £725m for the FCA's car finance redress scheme, turning a £110.3m profit into a £352.9m loss for 2025. The charge rests on rules the lender is contesting in court, so its final size and timing are not yet settled.
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A Foreign Affairs essay counts about 30 percent of the Draghi recommendations implemented by mid-2026 and argues that even full adoption would leave the gap open, because the barriers are Europe's own labor, tax and regulatory layers.
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Management is confronting workers on one side and investors on the other, and the Seeking Alpha analyst who says China is still the key holds no Volkswagen at all, only small longs in Geely and Chery.
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TCS gets 4,500 consultants and a marquee logo. Porsche gets balance sheet relief now and a five-year bill worth nearly four times the proceeds.
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A retreat on strategy is not a retreat on engineering. Audi's electric fast sedan charges hard, rides well, and lands 99 miles under its rated range in city traffic.
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