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File - Workers clean a BMW car at the BMW Production Network 2 at Gaya Motor plant in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, 11 July 2025.

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Video. BMW plans to cut around 8,000 jobs in major cost-saving drive

Updated: 29/07/2026 - 12:57 GMT+2

The German carmaker has agreed a voluntary redundancy programme targeting administrative and development roles, while ruling out compulsory redundancies and cuts to production jobs, according to media reports.

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