Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz: Under high pressure. Photo: PR (3), Getty Images
Dusseldorf. The crisis facing German car manufacturers in China is getting worse. In 2025, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW delivered fewer vehicles in the People’s Republic than in 13 years.
Between January and December, the three companies together sold less than 3.9 million vehicles – a significant decline compared to the previous year, as a Handelsblatt analysis of the companies’ sales figures shows. VW is now only in third place in the competition in the People’s Republic – behind its local competitors BYD and Geely.