Volkswagen
Switzerland hits VW cars with registration ban, France opens probe
The Swiss Federal Roads Office on Oct. 2 issued a preliminary ban on registering new Volkswagen diesel vehicles that may be outfitted with software designed to cheat emissions tests, it said in a statement.
VW seeks to boost finances to meet emission scandal costs
Volkswagen is looking at ways to cut costs and boost cash flow and could sell more shares if the price of clearing up a scandal over its rigging of diesel emissions tests puts its credit rating at risk.
5700 VW, Audi Vehicles in Bulgaria Need Refit over Diesel Emissions Violations
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.
You should have known better, VW
Sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction. I would never have expected a German company, especially one which is built on trust, to be involved in such a shameful scam.
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First cases filed against Volkswagen over emission scam in Turkey
The first cases against Volkswagen in Turkey regarding an emissions-cheating scandal have been filed by an Istanbul-based law firm, although more complaints are expected to be filed in the coming weeks.
Turkey may revise vehicle emissions testing methods: Official
Turkey will revise its vehicle emissions testing methodology if it finds that emissions between idling and moving vehicles vary significantly, an environmental ministry official said Sept. 29.
The official's comments come after Volkswagen's admission it rigged diesel emissions tests in the United States.
VW to alter engines in 11 million cars
German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) will replace 11 million vehicles that are fitted with the ‘guilty’ software responsible for distorting emissions, according to a statement by the company’s new CEO Matthias Muller.
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Hitler Reacts To The VW-EPA Scandal Dieselgate (hilarious vid!)
The spoof video of the movie 2044 ‘Downfall’, where Hitler’s generals are informing the the nazi leader about developments on the war front has all but become a classic. The VW scandal could not have escaped the its own vesrion. Enjoy the funny video.
Shares of Volkswagen Turkish distributor Do?u? hammered as scandal widens
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.
VW's Audi says 2.1 mln cars fitted with emission-cheating software
Volkswagen?s top-of-the-range automaker Audi said on Sept. 28 that 2.1 million of its diesel cars worldwide are fitted with the sophisticated software enabling them to cheat emission tests.
In Germany alone, 577,000 vehicles were affected and 13,000 in the United States, an Audi spokesman said. In western Europe as a whole, the number was 1.42 million.