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Chancellor says crisis won’t hurt Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she does not think that the Volkswagen emission scandal will hurt Germany’s image in the long-term. The chancellor admitted that the emission fraud committed by […]

Consumers won’t incur extra diesel tax

The government has announced today, 2 October 2015, that UK taxpayers will not incur higher Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) if their existing vehicles are found to be fitted with illegal […]

VW takes 4,000 cars off UK market

Volkswagen is suspending the sale of 4,000 vehicles in the UK as a result of the diesel emissions scandal. The German carmaker said the move will involve vehicles across the […]

Negative sentiment surrounding VW soars

Following Volkswagen’s admission that nearly 11 million of its cars are fitted with the software that dupes diesel emissions testing, there has been a considerable rise in the negative sentiment expressed towards the […]

‘Diesel cars killing people’

Former science minister Lord Drayson has said that Tony Blairs labour government made a mistake in promoting diesel cars as they are now ‘killing people’. Back in 2001, the then […]

VW say 1.2m UK vehicles affected

Volkswagen has announced how many of its vehicles sold in the UK are affected by the software behind the emissions scandal. VW have quoted a figure of 1,189,906, including cars with […]

VW values ‘marginally affected’ by emissions

Trade values of Volkswagen used cars have so far only been marginally affected by the news of last week’s emissions scandal, according to figures from Glass’s. These are the key […]

Seat involved in diesel scandal

Seat is the latest VW brand to reveal it is involved in the diesel duping scandal that has rocked the automotive world. Seat sit under the Volkswagen umbrella along with […]

‘Carmakers are cheating customers’

Motorists are being duped by carmakers into buying vehicles which claim to be more fuel efficient than they really are, a new report claims. Transport & Environment said Europe’s carmakers […]

VW saga continues

Following yesterday’s revelation that bosch warned Volkswagen back in 2007 about using ‘diesel duping’ software, German prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, as two […]

VW diesel crisis deepens

Following last week’s news that Volkswagen admitted tampering with diesel emission ratings in the US, and possibly worldwide, new leaked documents show that Bosch, warned VW in 2007 over the […]

VW CEO resigns over diesel scandal

Volkswagens CEO Martin Winterkorn has announced his resignation following the admission that the company tampered with diesel emission ratings in the US. ‘I am shocked by the events of the […]