Tag: VW diesel cars

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 08:49 UTC

  Aftershock fears for the symbol 'Made in Germany', following VW' scandal

  

  Cars and the environment are two things that Germany cares so deeply about that they form part of the national character. So Germans are shocked to discover that for years the country's mightiest car manufacturer Volkswagen has been rigging environmental tests for diesel emissions in the US.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 07:58 UTC

  Volkswagen admits 11 million cars worldwide equipped with “cheating software”

  

  The scandal that has undermined Germany's Volkswagen in the United States spread to its core market of Europe on Tuesday, after the company admitted that eleven million of its diesel cars worldwide were equipped with software that was used to cheat on emissions tests in the US.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 06:37 UTC

  VW shares plunge 20% following emissions' scandal; fines could reach 18bn dollars

  

  Shares in German auto giant Volkswagen (VW) fell more than 20% in morning trading at the Frankfurt stock exchange on Monday in reaction to revelations that some of its diesel cars in the United States had been fitted with software that gave false emissions data.