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 […]
BMW DID NOT use defeat device to scam X3 emissions
A report yesterday claiming that BMW were in the frame over the defeat device scandal engulfing VW after a BMW X3 was found emitting 11 times the expected levels of NOx, has been retracted. Yesterday, in passing, we noted a report from Auto Bild that claimed BMW were embroiled in the VW defeat device scandal, with […]
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 […]
Volkswagen fitted ILLEGAL “defeat device” software to SCAM emissions tests
The U.S. Government has ordered Volkswagen to recall 482,000 cars fitted with illegal “defeat device” software which masks emissions in official tests. The US government, with the help of researchers at West Virginia University, has discovered that Volkswagen has been fitting illegal “defeat device” software to its cars since 2009 and has ordered the German company to recall […]