Stellantis follows Renault and VW into French courts over diesel emissions

Stellantis has joined Renault and Volkswagen with a summons to court in France to answer allegations of consumer fraud in connection with the sale of Euro 5 diesel vehicles.

The car manufacturing giant confirmed that it will have to pay bail of €10 (£8.6m) and a bank guarantee of €30m (£25.8m) after officially being placed under examination by the Judicial Court of Paris this week.

Peugeot is the initial target of the investigation – which relates to the sale of diesel vehicles in France between 2009 and 2015 – but Citroën and FCA have also been summoned to appear before the court, on June 10 and in July, respectively, as part of the same investigation.