The Volkswagen Group has confirmed that it intends to pursue a dieselgate damages case against former chief executive Martin Winterkorn and Audi CEO Rupert Stadler.

The German car manufacturing giant said that it had taken the decision following the completion of an internal investigation into the circumstances of the scandal, which it described as “by far the most comprehensive and complex investigation carried out in a company in German economic history”.

The Volkswagen Group said that its case against Winterkorn and Stadler would be made in relation to breaches of the duty of care under stock corporation law.

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