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‘Diesel cars killing people’
- 01/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Former science minister Lord Drayson has said that Tony Blairs labour government made a mistake in promoting diesel cars as they are now ‘killing people’. Back in 2001, the then Chancellor Gordon Brown introduced lower vehicle tax for diesel cars, on the grounds that they were less polluting and this tax break [...] -
VW say 1.2m UK vehicles affected
- 30/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen has announced how many of its vehicles sold in the UK are affected by the software behind the emissions scandal. VW have quoted a figure of 1,189,906, including cars with the VW brand, Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW vans. In the next few days the company will give the vehicle identification numbers to [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
‘Carmakers are cheating customers’
- 29/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Motorists are being duped by carmakers into buying vehicles which claim to be more fuel efficient than they really are, a new report claims. Transport & Environment said Europe's carmakers routinely abused tests on fuel performance and CO2 emissions. The lobby group found an average 40% gap between the fuel [...] -
VW saga continues
- 29/09/2015
- 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 [...] -
VW diesel crisis deepens
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following last week’s news that Volkswagen admitted tampering with diesel emission ratings in the US, and possibly worldwide, new leaked documents show that Bosch, warned VW in 2007 over the legality of ‘defeat devices’. The German engineering firm, is said to have explained in a memo to VW that use of the [...] -
VW CEO resigns over diesel scandal
- 23/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagens CEO Martin Winterkorn has announced his resignation following the admission that the company tampered with diesel emission ratings in the US. ‘I am shocked by the events of the past few days. Above all, I am stunned that misconduct on such a scale was possible in the Volkswagen Group.’ ‘As CEO [...] -
Global emissions standard is missing
- 23/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Frost & Sullivan’s Principal Consultant, Martyn Briggs, has commented on the ongoing VW Diesel ‘Defeat Device’ scandal. ‘The Volkswagen (VW) Diesel emissions scandal affair is unprecedented, owing to the apparent deceit involved to ‘cheat’ the emissions testing. CEO Martin Winterkorn having to step [...] -
VW board gathers for crisis meeting
- 23/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Senior directors of Volkswagen are due to meet to discuss what action to take after the company was caught manipulating its diesel car emissions tests. Volkswagen faces multiple probes in the US by the Department of Justice, which could result in huge financial losses for the firm. The German carmaker has [...]