{
  "id": 17201348,
  "title": "Car manufacturers: Audi's profit plummets drastically - 87 percent less than in the same period last year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/autobauer-gewinn-von-audi-bricht-drastisch-ein-87-prozent-weniger-als",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-30T08:51:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/autohersteller-audi-schreibt-verluste-im-dritten-quartal/100265268.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Audi reported a loss of 174 million euros in the third quarter, despite a revenue of 11.6 billion euros. The company's parent group, which includes Lamborghini, Bentley, and Ducati, posted a small profit of 28 million euros for the quarter. The group's operating profit for the first nine months of the year was 1.2 billion euros, down 26 percent from the same period last year. Audi's financial chief, Jürgen Rittersberger, said the company faces high pressure to take action to address its struggles.",
  "summary": "After the PR disaster of the Audi boss in the USA, the next blow now follows in terms of the balance sheet. The core brand Audi slipped into the red in the third quarter.",
  "key_points": [
    "Audi's Q3 revenue drops to 11.6 billion Euros, a 87% decline from the previous year.",
    "Audi reports a 174 million Euro loss for Q3, while generating 28 million Euro group profit."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}