Economics

German Car Production Drops to 23-Year Low on Waning Exports

  • Pressures on the likes of VW and BMW expected to continue
  • Mercedes looks to the future with Avatar-inspired concept car
Employees work on the BMW i8 hybrid electrical automobile assembly line at the Bayerische Motoren Werke AG factory in Leipzig, Germany.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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German car production fell to its lowest in almost a quarter of a century as Europe’s biggest economy suffers from the fallout of a global trade war.