Volkswagen has set out a brand new technique to concentrate on extra quantity merchandise and enhance its return on gross sales, which can end result in the long run of manufacturing for the Arteon.

The Fastback and Sportback mannequin succeeded the VW CC, providing the next stage of specification and refinement than the Passat with which it shared a platform.

Volkswagen intends to realize a 6.5% return on gross sales by 2026, below a efficiency programme known as “Speed up Ahead | Highway to six.5”.

Thomas Schäfer, VW chief government, mentioned: “This system is the primary precedence for the whole Board of Administration.

“We should construct new power for the Volkswagen model and place it robustly for future development, which is why we are actually getting an infinite concerted effort off the bottom.

“We have to obtain a sustainable return on gross sales of 6.5% within the Volkswagen model.

“Reaching this in 2026 may be very formidable, however possible if we pool our efforts. This can allow us to safeguard jobs, finance our future from our personal sources and proceed to spend money on new autos and applied sciences, within the modernization of our vegetation and in employees coaching.”

Among the many adjustments might be extra emphasis on cross-collaboaration between VW Group manufacturers.

Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles, Volkswagen Industrial Autos, Seat/Cupra and Skoda already work intently collectively.Future manufacturing throughout the quantity model group might be geared much more systematically to multi-brand vegetation and automobile platforms.

Volkswagen intends to focus extra on quantity fashions, that means lower-volume fashions just like the Arteon might be discontinued. Schäfer added: “We are going to concentrate on a small variety of – although real – Volkswagen core fashions. This can cut back complexity and ship larger earnings.”

The model has not confirmed when the Arteon might be faraway from sale. VW is at present gearing up for the launch of the ID7, an upmarket electrical saloon that may occupy the identical section because the Arteon.

Volvo introduced, final week, that it was ending gross sales of the S90 saloon as a part of a wider technique to concentrate on electrical automobile manufacturing.