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  Volkswagen to buy back cars with CO2 irregularities

  17 November 2015 / 12 comments

  To help ease some of its customers’ woes, it has been reported that Volkswagen may offer to buy back some of its European-market vehicles known to be affected by CO2 emissions irregularities. Yesterday, Volkswagen confirmed […]

   

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  EPA expands on-road emissions testing for diesel cars

  9 November 2015 / 6 comments

  The dieselgate scandal has certainly called into question the credibility of reported vehicle emissions, which is why the the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will significantly expand its on-the-road emissions tests to cover all […]

   

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  Volkswagen engineers overinflated tyres, added diesel to engine oil to cheat CO2 emissions testing – report

  9 November 2015 / 19 comments

  Another one to add to the “dieselgate” saga – after Volkswagen admitted that up to 800,000 vehicles in Europe have been provided with falsified carbon dioxide emissions data, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag now reports […]

   

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  Volkswagen to pay up for CO2 tax difference in Europe

  9 November 2015 / 2 comments

  According to a Reuters report, Volkswagen has offered to pay for the additional vehicle taxes faced by its European customers, following the company’s dieselgate scandal which illegally falsified CO2 emissions claims globally. In a letter […]

   

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  Volkswagen Group design chief Walter de Silva retires

  9 November 2015 / 8 comments

  Volkswagen has announced that its Head of Group Design, Walter Maria de Silva, will retire from his position come the end of November (2015). The 64-year-old Italian will, however, maintain some ties with the company […]

   

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  Germany to retest all Volkswagen diesel, petrol cars

  6 November 2015 / 10 comments

  Short of the recent Takata scandal, there’s very little going on in the automotive world that can rival the scale of the ongoing ‘Dieselgate‘ scandal that has plagued German carmaker, Volkswagen. In the latest development […]

   

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  SPIED: Volkswagen Passat B8 spotted in Pekan again

  5 November 2015 / 19 comments

  Here it is again, the Volkswagen Passat B8. It was last spotted in Kerteh, and now again in Pekan, thanks to reader Amirul Hazmi. Last we heard, the B8-generation Passat is slated for a local […]

   

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  Volkswagen dieselgate scandal – 3.0 TDI V6 in VW, Audi and Porsche models possibly affected

  3 November 2015 / 12 comments

  It appears that the Volkswagen Group’s dieselgate woes continue to deepen. This is because the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently issued a second notice of violation (NOV) of the country’s Clean Air […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf Mk8 with mild hybrid coming 2016?

  30 October 2015 / 23 comments

  A previous report stated that come January 2016, a hint of the next-generation Golf will be revealed in the form of an electric concept called “Gen E.” Insiders, however, are now predicting that the next-generation […]

   

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  Volkswagen says number one spot no longer a priority

  30 October 2015 / 15 comments

  Volkswagen says that it is shifting its priority from being the top automaker by 2018, to regaining customer trust and confidence instead, CarAdvice reports. It comes as no surprise that the decision for the shift […]

   

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  Volkswagen Group posts first loss in at least 15 years

  29 October 2015 / 30 comments

  The Volkswagen Group recently announced its Q3 financial results, where it has recorded an operating loss of 3.48 billion euro, partly as a result of the dieselgate scandal involving the automotive giant. According to financial […]

   

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  Toyota regains top spot in global vehicle sales, as the Volkswagen Group struggles with dieselgate scandal

  26 October 2015 / 12 comments

  Toyota Motor Corporation today announced that its year-to-date (January to September 2015) worldwide sales results have amounted to 7,498,000 units, effectively overtaking the Volkswagen Group, which managed to deliver 7,430,800 units in the same time […]

   

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  Volkswagen says newer EA 288 (1.6, 2.0 TDI) engines have no defeat device, clears all European vehicles

  26 October 2015 / 7 comments

  Volkswagen has confirmed that its newer range of EA 288 turbodiesel engines in the European Union is not equipped with the infamous “defeat device” cheating software. In an official statement, the German car maker claims […]

   

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  Volkswagen’s quality control chief suspended – report

  22 October 2015 / 11 comments

  Another one of Volkswagen’s high-ranking officials has been reportedly suspended for having knowledge of the company’s recent diesel scandal activities, and not bringing it to the authorities. The allegedly suspended 48-year old Frank Tuch, a […]

   

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  Volkswagen halts sales of diesel vehicles in Europe

  22 October 2015 / 6 comments

  Volkswagen has halted the sales of its diesel vehicles equipped with “defeat devices” in Europe, according to a report by Reuters. While a similar move has been implemented in the US, the percentage of diesel […]

   

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