VW issued a statement last night confirming that 430,000 2016 model year cars from VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT have emissions that have been “understated”, revealing a list of cars that include petrol engines not previously thought to be affected.
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Globally, it sold almost 30,000 fewer Volkswagen branded cars in October compared to the same month a year ago.
Volkswagen isn’t the only company under fire for dieselgate.
Volkswagen is telling employees that they can come forward with information about how the company cheated on emissions tests – and won’t be fired. The proposal isn’t as complex or expensive as Volkswagen initially feared and could be used across Europe if it’s approved in Germany, the person said. While most of the countries affected by the emission cheat scandal still look for a way to handle the situation, it appears Brazil has made a decision to take action. The scandal’s price tag is expected to rise to 25 billion euros in 2017, Bloomberg said. A dealer familiar with Volkswagen’s plans says the automaker intends to offer $1,000 in gift cards and vouchers to owners of smaller diesel cars as a gesture of goodwill to owners with 2-liter four-cylinder diesel engines that have been implicated in an emissions cheating scandal.
In a joint interview with VW works council chief Bernd Osterloh published by German news agency DPA on Friday, Herbert Diess also said he saw no threat of job cuts for permanent staff as a result of the scandal. “At the moment sales are not pointing in that direction”, he told the German daily. Thus far, the auto maker has set aside €6.7 billion to recall diesel cars and estimated the economic risk of the carbon dioxide irregularities at another €2 billion. “They need to break the logjam in the company and get the information that Jones Day needs”.
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Volkswagen cars are parked outside a VW dealership in London, Britain November 5, 2015.
