Volkswagen settles UK dieselgate litigation with £193m settlement

Volkswagen Group has settled a UK dieselgate litigation comprised of over 70,000 claimants with the payment of a £193 million out of court settlement.

Therium, a leading provider of investment capital, funded the claim against the German car manufacturing giant behind brands including Audi, Bentley, Cupra, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen and today (May 25) celebrated the conclusion of what it described as the “largest group action in UK legal history”.

Launched in January 2017 and due to head to court early next year, the case led by law firms Slater and Gordon, Leigh Day and PGMBM, alleged that the OEM breached automotive emissions regulations by fitting affected vehicles with unlawful ‘defeat devices’, said to reduce NOx emissions under certain test conditions.