• VW boss says firm will recover
    • 16/10/2015
    • 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 8.5 million cars in [...]
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  • 400,000 VW cars need injectors
    • 13/10/2015
    • 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 1.6Litre 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
    • 12/10/2015
    • 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
    • 30/09/2015
    • 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
    • 30/09/2015
    • 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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  • SEAT downloads connectivity technology
    • 03/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    SEAT is undertaking an ambitious plan to prioritise in-car connectivity across all of its models, seamlessly bridging the gap between the smartphone and infotainment system, so in today’s increasingly digital world the driver is always connected. Several new models, starting with the New Ibiza CONNECT and closely [...]
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