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Volkswagen announced it would withdraw 800 thousand automobiles due to pedal possible problems. 319 thousand Touareg and 409,477 Porsche Cayenne manufactured beyween 2011 and 2016 will be taken off the market. The news comes after last year’s scandal which hit the company when it was revealed the pollutant emissions systems of the cars had been tampered with.

Just a few years ago, a number of Greek newspaper headlines concerned the record-breaking Porsche Cayennes circulating in the country. While there are still some Greeks that can afford to buy cars valued at more than 300,000 euros, they just aren’t doing it.

Sales of new Volkswagen cars in Britain slumped by almost 10 percent last month in the wake of the pollution cheating scandal, industry data showed Nov. 5.

Volkswagen used devices to cheat air pollution tests in diesel luxury vehicles, U.S. environmental regulators said on Nov 2, in a new blow to the automaker already reeling from similar allegations regarding millions of smaller diesel engines. 

Volkswagen saw sales drop 3.0 percent in France last month, figures showed Nov. 2, as it continued to deal with the impact of revelations that it cheated on emissions tests.

The owners of 5700 new cars of the Volkswagen and Audi brands in Bulgaria will have to have their cars refitted due to the presence of illegal emission-control software.

The scandal broke out on September 18, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Volkswagen had to refit nearly half a million cars equipped with illegal software to bypass diesel emissions tests.

Paul Walker’s 16-year-old daughter, Meadow Walker, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche over her father’s death in Valencia, California in November 30, 2013.

According to the lawsuit, Meadow’s lawyers claim that Paul died after being trapped inside the 2005 Carrera GT his friend Roger Rodas was riding.

Shares of Volkswagen AG?s main Turkish distributor Do?u? Otomotiv tumbled more than 12 percent on Sept. 28, hit by concerns that the emissions cheating scandal at the German automaker could undermine sales of its local dealers.

Do?u? imports more than 14 brands including VW group marques Porsche, Skoda and Audi, as well as Volkswagen.

Famous American actor George Clooney celebrated his 54th birthday yesterday. According to the Mirror newspaper, the hot Kentucky-born actor received a special gift from his beloved wife Amal Alamuddin.

Volkswagen is the most common car brand in Bulgaria, according to the Ministry of Interior data regarding the registration of motor vehicles.

A total of 476,327 Volkswagen automobiles have been registered in Bulgaria, however 238,940 of them are over 20 years old, which makes the brand the leader in the ranking of old cars in the country, as well, Speed-Press reports.