Dieselgate

2017 Volkswagen Golf – Nov 2016 Debut Confirmed, Extensive Update Of Golf 7

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Kon  |  October 14, 2016

A new Volkswagen Golf will be revealed this November, Volkswagen announced in a brief statement released through the company’s global media portal.Described as a ‘major update’, this new Golf is likely to be a major overhaul of the current Golf 7 that...

Rumour: US Market VW Passat and Porsche Supercar Culled

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Arvind  |  August 30, 2016

As VW reels from the effects of Dieselgate, its future product plans post-2020 remain undecided, as fate the US market Passat (different from our Euro Passat), and Porsche's forthcoming mid-engine halo car are still undecided. And as U.S. based...

Volkswagen May Have To Part With Bentley, Lamborghini, Ducati To Get Past Dieselgate

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Jim Kem  |  December 05, 2015

A Reuters report discloses that the automaker juggernaut has secured a credit line amounting to more than US$ 21 billion in order to pay the stacks upon stacks of legal and material compensation to rectify the scandal and its mushroom cloud of...

Renault Comes Under Fire After Espace’s Diesel Emissions Examined

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Jim Kem  |  November 25, 2015

The findings were the result of a Swiss-run test by German emissions group DUH - amusing acronym there - that have yet to be independently verified. However, should their measurements prove accurate, could implicate not only Renault, but open the...

Volkswagen Says Sorry, Hopes A $1000 Gift Card Will Help Dieselgate Victims Forgive

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Jim Kem  |  November 11, 2015

The report by Reuters reveals that Volkswagen will be offering a US$1,000 (approximately RM4,376) in Visa credit to their effected customers in the United States. They comprise of a $500 Visa gift cards that can be used anywhere as well as a $500 voucher...

Porsche Dragged Into Volkswagen’s Dieselgate Nightmare

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Jim Kem  |  November 03, 2015

The notice alleges that German automaker Volkswagen and the other marques under its umbrella installed devices designed to deceive emissions tests in many a fair number more vehicles than initially suspected. 

Volkswagen Loses Global Car Sales Lead To Toyota

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Jim Kem  |  October 27, 2015

But in case you need to get up to speed, here’s the 10 second version: Toward the latter days of September 2015, Volkswagen was caught rigging some of their cars with TDI diesel engines to output cleaner fumes to pass emissions testing, but would fall...

Volkswagen May Offer New Car Discounts For Owners Affected By Dieselgate

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Jim Kem  |  October 26, 2015

While plausible, at this juncture it is unclear if Volkswagen will only apply this discount scheme in Germany – where the automaker sold 2.4 million cars equipped with the emissions-cheating defeat device – or will eventually expand that to include other...

Ferrari Still Confident Of Strong IPO In Wake Of Volkswagen Scandal

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Jim Kem  |  October 02, 2015

A Bloomberg report finds that potential investors are pegging Ferrari as “on track” to fetch the 10 billion Euro (RM49.4 billion, approximately) valuation that Chairman Sergio Marchionne sought prior to ‘Dieselgate’ coming to the fore.

Volkswagen AG Announces Action Plan To Resolve 'Dieselgate' Scandal

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Gerard  |  September 30, 2015

Technical solutions and measures are currently being developed to correct the emissions characteristics of Volkswagen AG vehicles, and it plans to present them to authorities in October.The German Federal Motor Transport Authority have earlier issued an...

Japanese Transport Ministry Orders Probe Of Diesel Car Emissions

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Gerard  |  September 29, 2015

Several carmakers including Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, and Volkswagen, all of which sell diesel cars in Japan, have been asked to probe into this issue and submit reports by the end of this week, Transport Minister Akihiro Ohta told reporters. Ohta added...

Tesla CEO On Dieselgate: “We’ve Reached The Limits Of Diesel And Gasoline”

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Jim Kem  |  September 29, 2015

In speaking to some members of the press while the CEO was visiting Belgium recently, he was asked what were his thoughts on the Volkswagen scandal and “whether people might lose their faith in green technology,”.

Volkswagen Group's 'Dieselgate' Scandal Now Includes 2.1 Million Audi Cars

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Gerard  |  September 29, 2015

The premium brand revealed that from the figure (not finalised), 1.42 million were cars in Western Europe, 577,000 in Germany, and almost 13,000 in the United States. The engine in question is the Volkswagen Group’s EA189 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel...

Suzuki To Sell Its 1.5 Percent Stake In Volkswagen AG

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Jim Kem  |  September 28, 2015

This is according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, which indicated that the transaction price was not disclosed.The sale would mean Suzuki posting a special profit of 304 million US Dollars (or RM1.335 billion) for this financial quarter. It said...