Volkswagen has admitted fitting software to their 3.0 litre V6 diesel engines that acts as a defeat device, but claim it’s legal in the UK and Europe. Earlier this month, we reported that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US claimed that Volkswagen was also scamming emissions on its 3.0 litre V6 diesel-engined cars, although […]
VW Emissions scam: NO compensation for owners in UK & Europe
Volkswagen has revealed it will be offering no compensation to owners of cars in the UK and Europe with illegally stated emissions. Only US owners will get a payout. Earlier this month we revealed that Volkswagen are to give owners of cars affected by the defeat device scandal in the US and Canada an immediate financial […]
VW give US owners $1000 to “regain customers’ trust”. But what about the UK & Europe?
Volkswagen in the US is giving owners of cars wrapped up in the Defeat Device scam over $1,000 in an effort to regain trust. But nothing for the UK and Europe. The news that Volkswagen in the USA is giving owners of cars fitted with the Defeat Device to scam emissions test a $500 voucher […]
VW Emissions scam: VW will PAY additional CO2 tax for UK & EU motorists
Volkswagen has announced they will pay any additional tax incurred by UK & EU car owners whose cars have had their economy and emissions misstated by the company. Last week, Volkswagen admitted that they have scammed the official economy and CO2 tests for 800,000 cars in the UK and Europe, which opens up a whole […]
Porsche, Audi & VW 3.0 Diesel sales HALTED in US over emissions scandal
The VW Group has halted sales of Porsche, Audi and VW cars in the US fitted with the 3.0 litre diesel engine after the EPA claimed they contained a defeat device. Earlier this week, America’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared they believed that the VW Group had fitted a defeat device to their 3.0 litre diesel […]
Volkswagen’s ‘Dieselgate’ provisions turn profit to loss
Volkswagen has reported quarterly losses for the first time in 15 years in the wake of the dieselgate emissions scam, with a €2.52bn loss in the third quarter of 2015. The VW Defeat Device scandal may have been causing Volkswagen much grief for the last month, but the financial pain is only just starting to […]
New report suggests Vauxhall / Opel using VW-style Defeat Device to scam emissions tests
The German environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has conducted emissions test on a Zafira 1.6 CDTi which suggest it’s scamming emissions tests in Europe. The furore surrounding the VW Defeat Device scandal has so far failed to drag any other car makers in to the frame, despite it being hard to believe that Volkswagen, and only […]
Germany orders VW to recall ALL defeat device cars in Europe
The German government has ordered Volkswagen to recall all the models of VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda with the defeat device in Europe – around 8.5 million cars. The German government, unlike the UK government, has ordered VW to recall all the VW, SEAT, Audi and Skoda cars in Germany fitted with the defeat device […]
VW emissions ‘fix’ VOLUNTARY in the UK. So why bother?
The Department for Transport has revealed that the ‘fix’ for the defeat device on UK models of VW, Audi. SEAT and Skoda will be voluntary, with no compulsory recall. In Germany, the government is enforcing the recall of cars from VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda with the EA 189 engine fitted with defeat device software, but […]
VW Defeat Device: 400,000 UK Volkswagens need PHYSICAL modifications
Volkswagen’s UK boss, Paul Willis, was hauled in front of MPs in parliament yesterday and revealed 400,000 UK cars will need physical modifications. It was the turn of UK MPs to get their hands on the local VW boss – for the UK that’s Paul Willis, UK MD – to answer questions about the defeat device scandal […]