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VW Scandal: Top law firms competing for lead assignment in expected multibillion-dollar case
December 3rd, 2015
Top law firms competing for lead assignment in expected multibillion-dollar case Lawyers from across the country will descend Thursday on a courthouse in New Orleans to jockey for a potentially lucrative assignment: a role in the massive consumer-fraud litigation facing Volkswagen AG over ...
VW scandal: Which other car manufacturers will be under investigations
November 12th, 2015
VW diesel emissions investigation widened to include other brands German regulators to run tests on possible ‘unusual pollutants emissions’ on other models including BMW, Mercedes and Ford German car regulators are expanding their investigation into suspected diesel emissions manipulation ...
VW engineers admitted rigging CO2 emissions
November 9th, 2015
Engineers overinflated tyres, tampered with motor oil-Bild Company seeking to encourage staff to talk-source Non-executive board to meet on Monday to take stock of fallout (Adds details on amnesty, board meeting on Monday) Several Volkswagen engineers have admitted manipulating ...
VW emissions scandal: Porsche and luxury Audi and VW models have cheat device says US EPA
November 3rd, 2015
Volkswagen has found itself embroiled in a widening emissions scandal after the US Environmental Protection Agency accused the company of using illegal software in certain six-cylinder diesel engines that drags Porsche and luxury Audi and VW models into the ...
VW Loses Market Share in Europe as Diesel-Motor Recalls Loom
October 16th, 2015
Gain of 8.3% lagged behind industry growth of 9.8% last month VW showed “noticeable uptick” in German discounting: Barclays Volkswagen AG failed to keep pace with European competitors as the German carmaker’s market share slipped last month in the ...
Lawyers demand VW buy back half a million vehicles affected by the recent emissions scandal
October 15th, 2015
Lawyers with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan have escalated their legal battle against Volkswagen A.G., demanding the company buy back half a million vehicles affected by the recent emissions scandal They claim VW hasn’t ...
VW recalls diesel vehicles in China to correct emissions
October 12th, 2015
Volkswagen is recalling 1,950 diesel vehicles in China to correct engine software that the automaker has admitted cheats on emissions tests. The recall applies to 1,946 Tiguan sport utility vehicles and four Passat B6 sedans, all of them imported, ...
Equity rally stalls as German data casts cloud over global growth
October 8th, 2015
Global stocks traded just off three-week highs on Thursday after unexpectedly weak trade and machinery orders data from Germany and Japan hinted at a stalling in the momentum of some of the world’s biggest economies. An oil price bounce, ...
VW Emissions Probe Zeroes In on Two Engineers
October 5th, 2015
Volkswagen investigation focuses on two men elevated after Winterkorn was made CEO Two top Volkswagen engineers who found they couldn’t deliver as promised a clean diesel engine for the U.S. market are at the center of a company probe into the ...
VW takes 4,000 cars off the UK market
October 2nd, 2015
Volkswagen is suspending the sale of 4,000 vehicles in the UK in the wake of the emissions scandal. The company said the vehicles may be equipped with the device that cheated emissions tests in the US. The move will ...
