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Volkswagen Agrees to Buy Back Around 482,000 Diesel Cars in the U.S.
Volkswagen Agrees to Buy Back Around 482,000 Diesel Cars in the U.S.

21 Apr 2016, 18:37 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Dieselgate has reached its next level and it looks like Volkswagen will have to pay a pretty penny for its mistakes. Billions of pennies

 
Dieselgate's Financial Cost Might Reach $10 Billion, Analysts Estimate
Dieselgate's Financial Cost Might Reach $10 Billion, Analysts Estimate

21 Apr 2016, 16:30 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen's Dieselgate scandal might prove more expensive to handle than initially expected. Analysts say VW will use $10 billion to cover the costs

 
Volkswagen May Buy Back over 500,000 Dieselgate-Affected Cars in the USA
Volkswagen May Buy Back over 500,000 Dieselgate-Affected Cars in the USA

21 Apr 2016, 12:25 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen's Dieselgate saga is far from over, as reports say the automaker may end up buying back up to 500,000 cars sold in the US

 
Mitsubishi Admits Cheating in Fuel Economy Tests in Japan
Mitsubishi Admits Cheating in Fuel Economy Tests in Japan

20 Apr 2016, 09:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Mitsubishi shares have fallen 15% in value, the largest drop in 12 years, after the company revealed that some of its models cheated on the fuel economy test

 
Audi Came Up with the "Defeat Device" Way Back in 1999
Audi Came Up with the "Defeat Device" Way Back in 1999

19 Apr 2016, 22:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Remember how Volkswagen bought Audi just so they could take the FWD technology from the 80 and make the Passat, Golf. Well, they also got 11 million dirty TDIs

 
Volkswagen Inquiry Complicated Because of Codewords Used for Cheating
Volkswagen Inquiry Complicated Because of Codewords Used for Cheating

19 Apr 2016, 14:07 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Forget spy movies set in the Cold War, Volkswagen's Dieselgate saga has it better. Investigators are having a hard time with codewords VW used for cheating

 
Hinrich J. Woebcken Lays Out Strategy for Volkswagen North American Region
Hinrich J. Woebcken Lays Out Strategy for Volkswagen North American Region

17 Apr 2016, 04:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Hinrich J. Woebcken has revealed that Volkswagen North American Region will provide US-, Canada-, and Mexico-based customers with better Volkswagen products

 
Porsche Macan Deliveries Stopped in 13 US States Due to Certification Slowdown
Porsche Macan Deliveries Stopped in 13 US States Due to Certification Slowdown

11 Apr 2016, 13:10 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Porsche Macan deliveries are halted in 13 US states because of slow certification procedure. Dealers are eagerly expecting deliveries, and so are customers

 
VW Dealer Wants to Make Movie About Dieselgate, the Title Is Backfire
VW Dealer Wants to Make Movie About Dieselgate, the Title Is Backfire

11 Apr 2016, 11:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Steve Kalafer, a Volkswagen dealer and Oscar-nominated director, has announced the title of his latest project. It is a movie about Dieselgate, called Backfire

 
Mercedes-Benz Diesel Owners in US Start Class Action Lawsuit Against Carmaker
Mercedes-Benz Diesel Owners in US Start Class Action Lawsuit Against Carmaker

8 Apr 2016, 13:41 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A group of owners of Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles have sued the company on the suspicion that their engines feature defeat devices. They started a class action

 
Report: The Only Automaker to Use a Defeat Device Is Volkswagen
Report: The Only Automaker to Use a Defeat Device Is Volkswagen

7 Apr 2016, 15:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The storm the Volkswagen Group found itself in after the Dieselgate scandal started has turned into a full-on tornado thanks to the German transport ministry

 
Renault Is Enhancing Its Euro 6 Diesels for Lower CO2 and NOx Emissions
Renault Is Enhancing Its Euro 6 Diesels for Lower CO2 and NOx Emissions

7 Apr 2016, 12:07 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Renault has developed a technical solution to reduce the CO2 and NOx emissions of its Euro 6 diesels. They will retrofit them for free to any Euro 6 diesel car

 
VW Diesel Recalls in Europe Halted on Suspicion of Fuel Consumption Increase
VW Diesel Recalls in Europe Halted on Suspicion of Fuel Consumption Increase

5 Apr 2016, 16:04 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Reports claim that Volkswagen's fix for the defective 1.6 and 2.0 TDI engines might be causing the units to burn more fuel and, consequently, emit more CO2

 
How Much Diesel Particulates Are You Taking In Each Day?
How Much Diesel Particulates Are You Taking In Each Day?

30 Mar 2016, 11:45 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Unless you live in some kind of fairyland surrounded by wild animals and green pastures, you're going to want to read this article

 
Volkswagen Gets Sued by the FTC for Its “Deceptive” Diesel Ads
Volkswagen Gets Sued by the FTC for Its “Deceptive” Diesel Ads

29 Mar 2016, 15:52 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Volkswagen will only get tangled deeper and deeper in the Dieselgate fiasco. The Federal Trade Commision is the latest U.S. organization to sue the carmaker

 
Volkswagen Recalls e-Golf over Software Problem
Volkswagen Recalls e-Golf over Software Problem

29 Mar 2016, 09:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you own a 2015 or a 2016 model year Volkswagen e-Golf, you might want to fix it as soon as possible because there's a problem with the software

 
Skoda Celebrates 25 Years Since Volkswagen Took the Reins of the Company
Skoda Celebrates 25 Years Since Volkswagen Took the Reins of the Company

25 Mar 2016, 10:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Half a century after it was acquired by the Volkswagen Group, Skoda is a more powerful company than it has ever been in its 121-year history

 
Volkswagen Got an Extension on the Deadline for the Dieselgate Fix
Volkswagen Got an Extension on the Deadline for the Dieselgate Fix

25 Mar 2016, 10:39 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A US Judge extended the deadline for Volkswagen to present a fix for the Dieselgate-affected vehicles sold in the USA. They have until April 21, 2016

 
Kentucky Sues Volkswagen, Joins the Club
Kentucky Sues Volkswagen, Joins the Club

23 Mar 2016, 12:51 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Kentucky has become the fifth U.S. state to take Volkswagen to court because of the Dieselgate emissions scandal. More states might follow

 
2017 Audi A4 Won't Get a TDI Engine in the US, Missing Out on Great MPGs
2017 Audi A4 Won't Get a TDI Engine in the US, Missing Out on Great MPGs

16 Mar 2016, 17:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nobody will believe that Audi of America's decision to drop the 2.0 TDI engine has nothing to do with the scandal, but it's a justified decision