• English solution for German brand

    • 26 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Audi UK has named Claire English as new head of fleet, replacing James Buxton who will be leaving the business She takes up her role on July 12, moving across from the equivalent position at VW Commercial Vehicles Andrew Doyle, director of Audi UK, said: “We are delighted to welcome someone of Claire’s [...]
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  • More VW cars involved in diesel scandal

    • 3 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Volkswagen cars with bigger diesel engines also contained software designed to dupe emissions testing, according to the US Environmental Protection Authority The scandal has widened to include luxury brand Porsche and Audi, the EPA said VW also used devices to cheat air-pollution tests in 30 litre V6 diesel [...]
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  • VW boss says firm will recover

    • 16 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The newly appointed Volkswagen boss, Matthias Mueller, has said the company will recover from the diesel emissions scandal in two to three years In a speech to managers he said the company needed to become leaner and take decisions more rapidly The comments come as VW said it would recall 85 million cars in Europe [...]
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  • 400,000 VW cars need injectors

    • 13 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Around 400,000 Volkswagen cars in the UK will need fuel injectors altered as well as a software fix, according to the UK boss Paul Willis, UK managing director, said that cars fitted with the 16Litre diesel engine would need the injectors modified Those with the larger 2Litre engine would only need a software [...]
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  • ECP ask experts about VW scandal

    • 12 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Euro Car Parts has asked experts in emissions-related repairs what they make of the VW ‘defeat device’ scandal affecting Audi, Seat, Skoda, VW and VW Commercial vehicles Tony Wilson, managing director of Klarius said, ‘The Volkswagen emissions scandal began when regulators in America discovered software [...]
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  • VW values ‘marginally affected’ by emissions

    • 30 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Trade values of Volkswagen used cars have so far only been marginally affected by the news of last week's emissions scandal, according to figures from Glass's These are the key findings from data released today covering more than 78,000 observations: Trade values of all Volkswagen used cars in the Glass's [...]
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  • Seat involved in diesel scandal

    • 30 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Seat is the latest VW brand to reveal it is involved in the diesel duping scandal that has rocked the automotive world Seat sit under the Volkswagen umbrella along with Audi, Skoda and Seat and all have admitted to installing software that allows diesel vehicles to give false emissions readings during [...]
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  • VW saga continues

    • 29 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Following yesterday’s revelation that bosch warned Volkswagen back in 2007 about using ‘diesel duping’ software, German prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, as two other car manufacturers names are added to the controversy Audi and Skoda, who both fall [...]
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  • SMMT statement on emissions testing

    • 23 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has released a statement following an admission by the world's biggest carmaker, Volkswagen, that it deceived US regulators in exhaust emissions tests ‘The UK automotive industry understands the concerns consumers may have following the actions of one [...]
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  • VW dismissing CEO over emissions scandal

    • 22 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Volkswagen will dismiss Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, according to reports in a German newspaper, after the carmaker admitted to cheating US vehicles emissions tests and said 11 million of its cars could be affected worldwide The Tagesspiegel newspaper, cited unnamed sources on Volkswagen's supervisory board, [...]
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