Volkswagen Group Collapse: Porsche, Audi and VW Are Falling Together

Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen are not having three separate bad years. They are suffering from one shared strategy failing across the same corporate empire. This video breaks down how the Volkswagen Group — owner of Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Skoda, SEAT, Cupra, Bentley, Lamborghini and more — reached a crisis point that now stretches from German factories to British forecourts. The headlines look separate. Porsche posted a catastrophic collapse in operating profit. Audi confirmed thousands of German job cuts and shut its Brussels plant. Volkswagen announced tens of thousands of job losses after one of its worst financial results since Dieselgate. But underneath all of it sits the same structure: one group, one software disaster, one electric platform gamble, one dependency on China, and one enormous organisation discovering it bet the same way across every badge it owned. For fifteen years, China helped fund the Volkswagen empire. Then BYD, Geely, NIO, Xiaomi and other Chinese brands moved faster, built better software, delivered EVs at lower prices, and took market share from the very brands that once dominated the country. Volkswagen slipped. Porsche’s China sales collapsed. Audi’s largest market weakened. The safety net disappeared for all of them at the same time. Then came CARIAD — Volkswagen’s in-house software division, designed to supply the operating systems, screens, assisted driving and digital architecture for the entire group. It was supposed to make every brand faster and cheaper. Instead, software delays held back Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Volkswagen models, turning a shared advantage into a shared weakness. The EV platform bet caused more damage. Audi’s Brussels plant closed after demand for the Q8 e-tron failed to arrive. Porsche’s battery plans were hit by Northvolt’s collapse. The electric 718 was delayed. Taycan deliveries fell sharply. Porsche reversed its EV ambitions, wrote down billions, and watched its margins collapse from industry-leading levels to almost nothing. For buyers, the most important consequence is depreciation. UK data shows electric cars holding far less value after three years than petrol and diesel equivalents. The Audi e-tron GT, Volkswagen ID.3, Audi Q4 e-tron and other group EVs have shown brutal used-market weakness, while early adopters absorbed the financial hit. Some used examples may now be bargains — but only because someone else paid for the failed strategy first. This is not just a German industry story. It affects UK buyers directly. Volkswagen Group brands make up a huge share of the British car market. When a group this large cuts jobs, delays models, closes plants, loses China, struggles with software and retreats on EV plans, the aftershock reaches residual values, dealer networks, parts supply, servicing access and long-term ownership risk. The lesson is simple: Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen did not fall separately. They were never separate enough to begin with. #VolkswagenGroup #VWCollapse #Porsche #Audi #Volkswagen #CarIndustry #UnderTheBonnet #EVDepreciation #GermanCars #BYD #CARIAD #CarMarket2026 #UsedCarAdvice Dash cam footage has saved more arguments than any lawyer. 70mai—reliable and affordable. Supports the channel if you use this link: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinm... Stop paying dealers £60+ just to read a fault code. ThinkCar diagnostic tools let you see what your car is actually telling you. I use them, mechanics use them: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinm... Join this channel to get access to perks: @underthebonnettips