German high-end carmaker BMW will slash 6,000 of its over 120,000 jobs worldwide this year, a spokesman told AFP Friday, as the industry battles a demand trough and production setbacks from the coronavirus pandemic. "Further steps are needed to make the BMW Group more resilient to external influences and market fluctuations," bosses had said in a statement earlier Friday, adding that it aimed "to achieve planned workforce reductions through attrition and voluntary agreements". ys-tgb/hmn/jh