Volswagen group premium brand unit Audi’s chief executive Rupert Stadler said western European markets will not recover before the end of the decade.

He told a conference of car executives in Munich the forecasts were more pessimistic than those at the Frankfurt show in September.

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He said it could take another year or two before the European car market recovery picked up speed.