According to TV2 News, the scandal would impact on many cars with a diesel engine made by Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda between 2009 and 2015. “I am sure that this will affect Hungarian auto manufacturing and the local vehicle industry, but I hope the fallout will be smaller than what the disaster scenarios foreshadow”, Varga added. Other than the emissions problem, VW reminds us that these cars are roadworthy and technically safe.
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The Germany automaker admitted last week to installing the software in a few 11 million cars around the world; that figure includes the 2.1 million Audi cars, spokesman Jürgen De Graeve said. A VW rep has informed them than a plan of action and a vast recall campaign will be launched to make the software perfectly legal. Because of its high profit margin, Audi generated more than 40 percent of Volkswagen’s operating profit of 7 billion euros ($7.8 billion) in the first half of 2015. The engines fitted with the defective device are EU5 engines. So if these vehicles were not what they were supposed to be, then these drivers might face a financial loss.
Dr. Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand stressed: “We are working at full speed on a technical solution that we will present to partners, to our customers and to the public as swiftly as possible. They pay a premium for that”. The greatest number of affected vehicles utilize Audi’s 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel.
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Daimler also operates a Mercedes factory in Kecskemet in central Hungary which has an annual capacity of 150,000 cars. Earlier, Volkswagen had said an internal investigation was underway and that a few people had already been let go.
