Volkswagen AG’s Audi luxury division will halt production of the A3 compact model at its main plant in Ingolstadt, Germany, next month as demand for the car declines, forcing 4,500 workers to drop their shifts. More than half the employees affected will be required to draw on banked overtime or use leftover vacation days from last year during the suspension planned from Feb. 15 to Feb. 19, Antje Bauer, a spokeswoman, said today from Audi’s headquarters in Ingolstadt. The division has 32,000 employees at the site, including administrative staff and workers on other models.
“Demand is shrinking following the expiration of government incentives and because the A3 as a model is aging,” Bauer said. “We’re confident we won’t need to extend the production pause beyond that week.”
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