GermanyVolkswagen Group is opening a new phase of cuts aimed at reducing how complex the business has become, keeping only models from its most attractive and profitable segments. The plan would trim the Group’s roughly 150 model lines across its eight core car brands by up to 50%, and cut the number of equipment options and trim variants by up to 75%.
Annual production capacity is set to come down to around 9 million cars, from a pre-pandemic target near 12 million. The Group has already removed about 2 million units of capacity, and built 8.8 million cars in 2025.
Several of the models on the way out are already familiar. Volkswagen’s own Touareg and Touran have ended production, and the T-Roc Cabriolet, the brand’s last convertible, is now confirmed to stop at the end of 2027 after two earlier delays. Audi has already dropped the A1, Q2, TT, R8 and Q8 e-tron. Porsche is winding down the 718 Boxster and Cayman alongside the combustion Macan.
Volkswagen Group officially confirms 50,000 already-agreed job cuts across Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and CARIAD by 2030, and is targeting more than 6 billion euros in annual cost savings by the same year. It has not commented on separate media reports, citing Manager Magazin, of up to 100,000 total job losses or on speculation about possible plant closures.
The Volkswagen Touareg is the brand's flagship SUV, built on the MLB Evo platform shared with the Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7. The third-generation lineup ran V6 TDI diesels up to 286 hp and the 462 hp Touareg R plug-in hybrid. Combustion production ends in 2026 with no direct successor.
The Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet is the only convertible left in VW's lineup, a drop-top version of the T-Roc crossover built only at the Osnabruck plant. Engines run from a 115 hp 1.0 TSI to a 150 hp 1.5 TSI. Production has been pushed back twice and now ends at the end of 2027.
The Audi A1 Sportback is a premium supermini offered with 95 hp to 207 hp turbo-petrol engines, badged 25 TFSI through 40 TFSI, in manual or S tronic form. Audi has confirmed the A1 leaves the lineup at the end of 2026 as the brand narrows its entry range.
The Audi Q2 is a premium compact crossover offered with 116 hp to 190 hp turbo-petrol engines and a 116 hp turbo-diesel, with quattro all-wheel drive reserved for the range-topping 40 TFSI. Audi has confirmed the Q2 leaves the lineup at the end of 2026.
Porsche's compact SUV and volume leader since 2014. Combustion production at Leipzig ends summer 2026 - ICE Macan still outsold the electric successor, with 10,130 of 18,209 Q1 2026 Macans being petrol-powered.
