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Germany worries VW is heading down the road to nowhere

VW ID GTI concept
VW is leveraging nostalgia for models such as the ID GTI concept, which evokes the hot hatch Golf GTI, to give it an edge over the Chinese newcomers. (BLOOMBERG)
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Bloomberg
September 12, 2023 04:00 AM

Shortly after taking the most important job in German industry, Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume got some bad news.

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