Volkswagen

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.

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.

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.     

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