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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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  Volkswagen dieselgate saga expands, more engines including new EA288 1.6 and 2.0 might be affected

  20 October 2015 / 22 comments

  New reports from the US suggest that Volkswagen may have developed several types of its infamous “defeat device,” which may even be equipped on its newest range of vehicles. Previously, the defeat device used to […]

   

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  Volkswagen Group recruits Daimler’s Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt to help recover from dieselgate

  19 October 2015 / 8 comments

  The Volkswagen dieselgate scandal has certainly left its impact on the automotive industry, with a number of countries issuing recalls for the company’s vehicles. This includes Europe, where 8.5 million vehicles would return to service […]

   

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  Volkswagen might revise plans for Thai assembly plant

  16 October 2015 / 7 comments

  In April last year, it was reported that Volkswagen had applied to set up its first assembly plant in Thailand. It was said that the German automaker was seeking to participate in a government programme […]

   

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  Volkswagen to recall 8.5 million diesel cars in Europe

  16 October 2015 / 5 comments

  The Volkswagen Group is all set to issue a recall for a total of around 8.5 million diesel vehicles in Europe, according to a report by Automotive News Europe. As one might already know, the […]

   

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  Volkswagen UK admits EU test results altered by “defeat devices” – 1.2 million diesel vehicles affected

  13 October 2015 / 11 comments

  More on the ongoing Volkswagen ‘Dieselgate’ scandal – Autocar UK understands that Volkswagen UK chief, Paul Willis, has recently admitted that the “defeat devices” employed in numerous affected diesel cars did, in fact, alter the […]

   

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  Dieselgate – Volkswagen scandal to become a movie

  13 October 2015 / 12 comments

  Talk about fast, and not even a complete month in at that. The dust that is Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal may still be hanging thickly in the air, but already there’s a book about the […]

   

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  Singapore NEA suspends approval for VW diesel cars

  13 October 2015 / 11 comments

  Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal has reached our part of the world. Around 650 VW diesel cars with the defeat device-equipped EA189 EU5 TDI engine are in Singapore, and approval for affected VW diesel models have […]

   

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  3.6 mil VW 1.6 TDI cars need hardware fix – Germany

  12 October 2015 / 18 comments

  Around 3.6 million Volkswagen cars in Europe with the 1.6 litre TDI engine will require hardware changes in the company’s diesel emissions rigging scandal, a spokesman for the German transport ministry has said. The snippet […]

   

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