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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, ...
VW Close to Diesel Fix as Sales of Rigged Cars Halted
September 30th, 2015
Sales halted in Spain, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands Volkswagen to inform customers soon of plans for repairs Volkswagen AG will start fixing emissions systems that cheated on pollution tests as soon as October, as sales of vehicles with ...
VW scandal: what the emissions revelations mean
September 23rd, 2015
The carmaker’s rigging of emissions data in the US could have serious repercussions around the world – and not just for Volkswagen What has Volkswagen done? The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday that Volkswagen had installed illegal ...
Fitch: Petrobras Corruption Scandal Pressuring Credit Quality
December 3rd, 2014
Recent allegations of corruption scandals in Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.’s (Petrobras) contracting practices hold the potential to affect its credit quality to the extent it slows production growth, affects access to debt capital markets, and receives monetary penalties according to ...
Audi fined 800 million euros; What prosecutors said
October 17th, 2018
German law enforcement authorities added another chapter to Volkswagen’s diesel scandal Tuesday by fining the company’s luxury division Audi 800 million euros ($925 million) for selling cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests. Prosecutors in Munich said Tuesday that ...
Prosecutor’s search of Volkswagen Group’s law firm was legal, court rules
May 16th, 2017
Searching the offices of Volkswagen Group’s law firm was not illegal, a German regional court said on Monday. VW said it would lodge an appeal with Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court. In March, Munich prosecutors searched the offices of Jones ...
VW accused of emissions cheating in UK’s largest class action lawsuit
December 5th, 2019
Volkswagen Group is facing one of the largest-ever UK class action lawsuits, with almost 100,000 vehicle owners accusing it of misleading them by installing emissions-cheating software that made it appear their diesel vehicles met environmental standards. Lawyers for the ...
Ex-Head of Volkswagen suspected of tax evasion in Germany – Reports
July 31st, 2018
The prosecutors of the German city of Braunschweig are suspecting former head of Volkswagen AG Martin Winterkorn of tax evasion, local media reported on Sunday. The investigation began in 2017 in Munich, when a staff member at Sparda bank ...