Bentley, Aston Martin and McLaren Are Slashing Thousands of Jobs

British automakers Bentley, Aston Martin, and McLaren have announced nearly 3,000 job cuts over the past two weeks.
Bentley, Aston Martin and McLaren Are Slashing Thousands of Jobs
The boot badge is displayed on a Bentley Continental GT at the luxury automakers's manufacturing facility in Crewe, Britain Oct.15, 2018. Darren Staples/Reuters
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British automakers Bentley, Aston Martin, and McLaren have announced nearly 3,000 job cuts over the past two weeks as the CCP virus pandemic hammers sales of luxury cars.

Bentley said in a statement Friday that it plans to cut 1,000 jobs in the United Kingdom, or about a quarter of its workforce. The company, which was founded 100 years ago and is owned by Volkswagen, said the arrival of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus meant that an “urgent reduction in the workforce” was needed.