Luxury Cars

FRANKFURT – THE German luxury car maker BMW will put 8,800 workers on shorter working hours in January as it anticipates a slump in the sales of some models, a spokesman said on Thursday. The move affects in particular around 8,300 workers of the 19,000 at a plant in Dingolfing, south-eastern Germany that makes the Series 5 model, of which a new version is to be launched in March.