{
  "id": 13900675,
  "title": "Automotive industry: Volkswagen sells fewer cars again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/autoindustrie-volkswagen-verkauft-erneut-weniger-autos",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-12T07:05:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/autoindustrie-volkswagen-verkauft-erneut-weniger-autos/100261467.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Volkswagen's sales decline accelerated in the third quarter, with 1.89 million vehicles delivered worldwide, a 14.3% decrease from the same period last year. The company sold 6 million cars from January to September, 9.0% or 600,000 fewer than in the previous year. China was particularly affected, with a 38.5% sales drop, while Volkswagen and Audi each saw 20% declines in the third quarter. Skoda maintained stable sales, and the commercial vehicle division Traton grew by 10%. Volkswagen's shares rose 1.4% at the start of trading.",
  "summary": "Europe's largest automaker presents its sales figures for the third quarter. VW is selling increasingly fewer cars. The group has to accept significant declines, especially in China.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Autoindustrie: Volkswagen verkauft erneut weniger Autos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/autoindustrie-volkswagen-verkauft-erneut-weniger-autos-13900676",
        "published": "2026-10-12T06:50:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Der Standard Wirtschaft",
        "title": "Audi sold fewer cars this year, China sales plummeted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/audi-verkaufte-heuer-weniger-autos-china-absatz-brach-ein",
        "published": "2026-10-12T07:04:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}