The withdrawal from Xinjiang marks the end of a disastrous miscalculation for the German car manufacturer Volkswagen. Neither did the region develop into a lucrative location for the company in the People’s Republic of China, nor did the early warnings of a drastic level of repression against the Uyghur minority prove to be exaggerated. Everything that could go wrong for Volkswagen in Xinjiang did go wrong. Eleven years after the opening of the plant in Urumqi, alongside the state-owned joint venture partner SAIC, a chapter that cost the Group a great deal of money and reputation is coming to an end.