Volkswagen Group will reduce output at their factory in Wolfsburg on four days this month as consumer demand for new cars remains weak in Europe.
The automaker will temporarily halt production on two assembly lines that make the Tiguan, Touran, and Seat Tarraco models, and cancel one shift at a separate line that produces the Golf hatchback. “We have to keep operating flexibly depending on customers’ vehicle orders,” the automaker said. While lockdown measures are easing, many customers still stay clear of showrooms as the economic fallout of the crisis has started to push up unemployment across the region.
VW say while sales in China exceeded the prior-year level in April, they will keep adjusting output to demand until sales in Europe pick up.