VW Luxury Brand Sales Drop as US Tariffs Hit European Cars
New Audi and VW vehicles at port in Bremerhaven.
Photographer: Focke Strangmann/AFP/Getty ImagesVolkswagen AG sold fewer of its most profitable cars in the second quarter as US tariffs cut into deliveries of premium European brands.
Sales of Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley vehicles declined 7.7% to 480,200 units in the three months through June, highlighting the strain President Donald Trump’s duties are putting on VW’s high-margin marques.