A Volkswagen engineer has received a stiffer-than-expected sentence for his role in the Dieselgate saga – James Liang has been slapped with a 40-month sentence and a US$200,000 (RM853,032) fine for his role in the […]
German automaker Volkswagen said that it has resumed sales of its diesel-powered passenger vehicles in the United States, with oil burners accounting for 12% of its US sales in April, according to Reuters. The marque […]
What scandal? Volkswagen has sold a record 10.3 million vehicles in 2016, shrugging off the impact of the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal that surfaced in 2015. VW Group sales – which include Audi, Porsche, Seat […]
The Dieselgate saga has taken another step towards a resolution in North America, according to a Reuters report. The Volkswagen Group has agreed upon a settlement to buy back more than 83,000 vehicles in the […]
It’s more money out of VW’s pocket, but it’s at least one more dieselgate settlement down. Reuters reports Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay more than US$200 million into a fund created to cut diesel […]
A new round of recalls for Volkswagen’s 1.6 litre diesel engine is forthcoming, following its official approval by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) in Germany. This latest episode involves 2.6 million cars in Europe […]
We thought we’ve seen the worst of Volkswagen’s ‘dieselgate’ emissions cheating scandal, but if the latest revelation from Bild am Sonntag is true, the carmaker group could be back in hot soup. According to the […]
Volkswagen is set to announce its departure from the World Rally Championship (WRC), following Volkswagen Group’s cost-cutting measures that have seen Audi confirm its withdrawal from the World Endurance Championship (WEC) by the end of […]
The Volkswagen diesel emissions cheating scandal could have repercussions beyond the United States. A Spanish court ordered two Volkswagen Group subsidiaries in Spain on Wednesday to pay €5,000 (RM23,100) to an owner of an Audi […]
According to a report by German business magazine Der Spiegel, Audi will be subject to sweeping cost-saving exercises by the greater Volkswagen Group, following huge financial losses in the aftermath of the dieselgate scandal. Audi […]
More emissions defeat devices have been found in the Volkswagen Group’s 3.0 litre diesel engine, according to German weekly Bild am Sonntag, as quoted by Automotive News. The additional, unapproved software allows the turbodiesel to […]
The Volkswagen Group has announced its first half of 2016 financial results, and the balance sheet is in “a much better position than anticipated.” Operating profit before special items came to 7.5 billion euros in […]
Volkswagen might have more trouble to deal with if this goes through. According to a Reuters report, a committee of lawmakers has urged Britain to consider prosecuting VW over the “dieselgate” emissions scandal, accusing the […]
It looks like Europe won’t be getting anything like the $15 billion (RM60.4 billion) compensation package that Volkswagen is offering to its US customers to as settlement for the ‘Dieselgate’ scandal. VW CEO Matthias Müller […]
The German judiciary has targetted former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and a current member of the VW group management board in a criminal investigation over the “Dieselgate” scandal. It was reported in Automotive News that […]