VW in crisis

Volkswagen factory in Zwickau. There, too, there is a risk of a production standstill. Source: AFP / JENS SCHLUETER/AFP

For many years, the Volkswagen company was regarded as Germany's industrial figurehead. VW outshone everything and built just under half of all cars produced in Germany around the clock. But now the company is in crisis. How could this appalling decline come about?

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