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Volkswagen Launches Website to Answer Frequently Asked Questions about TDI Diesel Engines
Volkswagen Launches Website to Answer Frequently Asked Questions about TDI Diesel Engines

29 Sep 2015, 12:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / DieselGate is only a week-old scandal, but the way the Germans are handling it is admirable to say the least. Still, the company's reputation will be damaged

 
VW TDI Owner in Portland Finds This Note in His Windshield: Emissions and Nazis
VW TDI Owner in Portland Finds This Note in His Windshield: Emissions and Nazis

29 Sep 2015, 10:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's unfair to blame the guy who bough a TDI VW in good faith for anthing the biggest automaker in the world had done to deceive people

 
Mercedes Models Emit 50% More Than Claimed, NGO Asks for Gas Engine Defeat Device Probe
Mercedes Models Emit 50% More Than Claimed, NGO Asks for Gas Engine Defeat Device Probe

28 Sep 2015, 17:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / “On average, two-thirds of the claimed gains in CO2 emissions and fuel consumption since 2008 have been delivered through manipulating tests

 
John Oliver Makes fun of Volkswagen, 2015 Jetta Performs Fellatio as Standard
John Oliver Makes fun of Volkswagen, 2015 Jetta Performs Fellatio as Standard

28 Sep 2015, 13:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Dieselgate reaches HBO as John Oliver makes fun of Volkswagen, connecting the TDI scandal to Adolf Hitler and Lenny Kravitz... somehow

 
Bosch and Its Employees Warned Volkswagen About Diesel Defeat Devices As Early as 2007
Bosch and Its Employees Warned Volkswagen About Diesel Defeat Devices As Early as 2007

28 Sep 2015, 12:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While the EPA continues to investigate, information continues to leak out from Volkswagen to suggest they knew what they were doing

 
Jeremy Clarkson Drives a Volkswagen Golf GTI, Captain Power Doesn't Care About its Emissions
Jeremy Clarkson Drives a Volkswagen Golf GTI, Captain Power Doesn't Care About its Emissions

27 Sep 2015, 14:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Believe it or not, former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson drives a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk VII and he doesn't give a damn about emissions. POWEEEEEEEER!

 
Elon Musk Opens First European Plant, Says Random Diesel Tests Should Be Next
Elon Musk Opens First European Plant, Says Random Diesel Tests Should Be Next

26 Sep 2015, 11:10 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Elon Musk has stated before, diesel cars have reached a wall they can no longer pass. He made a similar statement, at the opening of the first European plant

 
UPDATE: Matthias Müller is the New Volkswagen Group CEO, 5 Million Cars to Be Recalled
UPDATE: Matthias Müller is the New Volkswagen Group CEO, 5 Million Cars to Be Recalled

25 Sep 2015, 17:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Today we found out that Matthias Müller is the New Volkswagen Group CEO, but the conference in Wolfsburg didn't feature anything about the emissions scandal

 
Girls Break Up With their Volkswagen Jetta in Funny or Die Parody: Dieselgate
Girls Break Up With their Volkswagen Jetta in Funny or Die Parody: Dieselgate

25 Sep 2015, 16:14 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Girls are breaking up with their favorite car, a Volkswagen Jetta, in the most recent video folks over at Funny or Die did

 
BMW Releases Full Statement Regarding Malicious Rumors about Its Diesel Engines
BMW Releases Full Statement Regarding Malicious Rumors about Its Diesel Engines

25 Sep 2015, 07:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW Released a full statement proving its innocence regarding the claims German magazine Auto Bild had towards its 2-liter diesel engine

 
Volkswagen-Star Wars Parody from 2011 Makes Perfect Sense Today: Dieselgate – Video
Volkswagen-Star Wars Parody from 2011 Makes Perfect Sense Today: Dieselgate – Video

24 Sep 2015, 16:07 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / In 2011, Greenpeace was trying to raise awareness on Volkswagen's lobby towards keep the emissions high with a Star Wars parody. They reposted it recently

 
Meet the Engineer Who Exposed Volkswagen's Dieselgate Cheating
Meet the Engineer Who Exposed Volkswagen's Dieselgate Cheating

23 Sep 2015, 20:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / What Volkswagen did was nothing new and the same man that caught a group of commercial vehicle makers cheating back in 1998 led the VW-exposing team

 
Martin Winterkorn Resigns as CEO of Volkswagen, "Accepts Responsibility" for Diesel Scandal
Martin Winterkorn Resigns as CEO of Volkswagen, "Accepts Responsibility" for Diesel Scandal

23 Sep 2015, 15:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / "I am doing this in the interests of the company even though I am not aware of any wrong doing on my part," the CEO says

 
Volkswagen Dealerships Will Receive Reimbursements for Diesel Stocks
Volkswagen Dealerships Will Receive Reimbursements for Diesel Stocks

23 Sep 2015, 13:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The Volkswagen dieselgate scandal will affect everyone in the industry, not only the Wolfsburg-based giant but that doesn't mean solutions aren't at hand

 
Bentley Wants a Hypercar for Its Centenary, Could Be Cancelled Due to Dieselgate Scandal
Bentley Wants a Hypercar for Its Centenary, Could Be Cancelled Due to Dieselgate Scandal

23 Sep 2015, 12:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / A Bentley Hypercar was being considered in Crewe but with the recent dieselgate scandal, it might get the boot since R&D funds could be scarce

 
Volkswagen Apologizes in Video Statement About Diesel Engines Talks about "Broken Trust"
Volkswagen Apologizes in Video Statement About Diesel Engines Talks about "Broken Trust"

22 Sep 2015, 18:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / "At present, we do not yet have all the answers to all the questions. But we are working hard to find out exactly what happened," he says.

 
Dieselgate: Have VW’s Head on a Plate, But Watch Your Driving People!
Dieselgate: Have VW’s Head on a Plate, But Watch Your Driving People!

22 Sep 2015, 18:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It’s hard not to kick Volkswagen when it’s down after what the Germans did, but drivers are also a big problem when it comes to emissions

 
Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Mad at Volkswagen, Recalls of Feud While Being Governor of California
Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Mad at Volkswagen, Recalls of Feud While Being Governor of California

22 Sep 2015, 16:36 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Arnold Schwarzenegger was the Governor of California twice. During this period, he seems to have had a bad experience with Volkswagen