Bosch supplied the ‘Defeat Device’ software that allowed VW to scam emissions tests, but warned VW in 2007 it was only for ‘testing’ purposes. Most of last week’s car news headlines were wrapped up in the ‘Defeat Device’ scandal, and it looks like this week will follow in the same vein as more revelations surface about […]
Volkswagen Defeat Device Scam: 5 MILLION VW-badged cars affected
As the VW defeat device saga rumbles on, Volkswagen has announced that there are five million VW-badged cars on the roads which scammed emissions. It’s been a week of endless revelations on the VW defeat device scam – where VW used clever software to produce lower emissions during official tests – from the initial revelation […]
Matthias Mueller is new VW CEO as it’s revealed 2.8 MILLION German cars affected by Defeat Device Scam
The VW board has appointed Matthias Mueller as the new CEO of VW, and the German government reveals 2.8 million German cars affected. It’s not a big surprise but, after a seven hour board meeting, the new VW CEO has been named as Porsche boss Matthias Muller, taking the role from Martin Winterkorn who resigned earlier this […]
£100 BILLION bill if VW forced to buy back defeat device cars
One outcome of the VW defeat device scandal is that VW could be compelled by legislators to buy back the affected cars. Which could cost £100 billion. The VW board are meeting today and are expected to announce more heads will roll over the defeat device scandal that has seen at least 11 million cars […]
Volkswagen DID use defeat device to scam emissions tests in UK & Europe
German Transport Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, has revealed that Volkswagen did use their defeat device software in Europe to scam emissions test. Yesterday, we questioned the assertion by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) that VW couldn’t have cheated EU emissions testing as they are independently witnessed by a government-appointed independent agency. It turns out the independent […]
VW suspect emissions revealed 18 MONTHS ago – BMW was ‘Clean’ in the same tests
The big gap between emissions on VW’s diesel cars in official test and in the real world was first revealed 18 months ago by West Virginia University researchers. The Volkswagen defeat device emissions scandal has been hitting all the car news headlines in the last week, ever since the EPA revealed that VW was using software […]
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn RESIGNS over emissions scandal
Prof. Dr. Winterkorn, VW CEO and the architect of much of VW’s success in the past decade, has resigned from VW over the emissions rigging scandal. It was clear that heads would have to roll at VW over the emissions rigging scam, and that ‘head’ is the CEO of VW – Martin Winterkorn – who […]
VW defeat device software in MOST diesel cars – Porsche, Audi, SEAT and Skoda in the frame too
VW defeat device software in MOST diesel cars The Volkswagen defeat device software to scam emissions test is fitted to most VW Group cars, and VW are already admitting to 11 million EA 189 engine cars affected. The news that VW has fitted ‘defeat device’ software to its diesel-engined cars to scam emissions testing has […]
“We totally screwed up” says VW as it reveals 2016 Passat in the US
The 2016 Volkswagen Passat has been revealed in the US at a glittering event, completely overshadowed by VW’s ‘DieselGate’ emissions scamming debacle. It was only last Friday the news broke that Volkswagen has been using ‘defeat device’ software to scam emissions tests in the USA, with VW CEO, Martin Winterkorn, issuing a grovelling apology (by […]
VW’s Martin Winterkorn apologies for emissions “defeat device” scam. Well, he would, wouldn’t he?
Following the revelation that Volkswagen used ‘defeat device’ software to scam US emissions test, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn has issued an apology – “I am personally deeply sorry” he said. Last week we revealed that Volkswagen has been using “defeat device” software to scam US emissions testing, with the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) revealing that […]