The cars have 1.8 litre and 2 litre turbocharged petrol engines.
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The Volkswagen diesel-emissions scandal grew on Monday when the EPA announced that illegal software was used on the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, 2014 Volkswagen Touareg, 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L and Q5 vehicles with VW’s 3.0-liter diesel engine.
VW has denied those particular charges made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The latest developments also could potentially deter cost-conscious consumers who have so far taken VW’s manipulation of smog-causing emission tests in stride.
VW, which also owns Porsche, Seat and Skoda, has said this latest debacle will cost it €2bn (£1.4bn), but a few analysts think that’s a drastic underestimate. Combined, that’s over $9.5 billion that Volkswagen is already losing on account of its recall related to the emissions scandal.
Volkswagen must fully clear up an emissions cheating scandal concerning millions of vehicles, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Wednesday. A few of these cars were gasoline-powered, Volkswagen said, moving the violations beyond the company’s diesel fleet for the first time.
“Volkswagen AG wishes to emphasise that no software has been installed in the 3-litre V6 diesel power units to alter emissions characteristics in a forbidden manner”, it said in a statement.
The EU’s executive Commission told Volkswagen to speed up its investigation, which is being led by law firm Jones Day.
Meanwhile. Volkswagen is recalling 92,000 cars in the United States over a mechanical problem that could affect vehicles’ brakes.
Separately, Volkswagen says it has dropped a shift a week at one engine factory and imposed a temporary hiring freeze at its financial services division.
“From the very start I have pushed hard for the relentless and comprehensive clarification of events”, Muller said in a statement.
Regulators claimed that the tested vehicles were emitting nitrogen-oxide nine times above the allowable limit.
Transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said the government wanted to force the company to pay the extra auto taxes which would be incurred by the higher Carbon dioxide emissions levels.
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Caudet said Brussels had “not been notified, we do not have direct information” about the new findings.
