The auto brand that left Russia failed in a key market

Sales of cars from the German automaker Volkswagen in China have collapsed. This is evidenced by reporting on the company’s portal.

The auto brand that left Russia failed in the key market in the third quarter of 2026. His results dropped by more than a third. In July-September 2025, sales amounted to about 660.3 thousand cars, and according to the results of July-September of this year they dropped to 405.8 thousand. Sales in volume terms fell by 38.5 percent year-on-year.

Since the beginning of the year, the automaker's sales in China have amounted to about 1.4 million vehicles, down from almost 2 million last year. Global sales at its subsidiary Audi fell 20 percent in the third quarter. Thus, in the period from July to September last year, approximately 392.2 thousand cars of this brand were sold, in the period from July to September 2026 - 319.4 thousand.