Audi’s chief executive Rupert Stadler has been arrested following the continued investigation into Volkswagen Group’s diesel emissions scandal.
Porsche looks set to recall up to 60,000 diesel-engined Cayenne and Macan SUVs across Europe, after intervention from Germany’s automotive regulator, the KBA.
The Vehicle Remarketing Association's annual general meeting will offer delegates access to expert advice on dealing with diesel “demonisation” and the fall-out from the EU's incoming WLTP emissions and fuel consumption test regime.
The former Volkswagen chief executive has been charged in the US with conspiring to mislead regulators leading to the diesel emissions scandal in 2015.
Diesel is now almost regarded as anti-social. The problem does not lie with the facts, it lies with the perception that has been created, argues Jim Saker
More than two thirds of drivers (67%) say that they are less likely to purchase a diesel car after the VW scandal of 2015.
A partnership between Shell and ITM Power has resulted in the opening of the UK’s first hydrogen filling station to share a forecourt with petrol and diesel fuel pumps.
Government remains cool on the prospect of targeted regional car scrappage schemes as part of local authority’s various bids to combat the UK’s worst emissions hotspots.
A raid on BMW’s Munich headquarters by emissions investigators came after the brand reported the “incorrect installation of software” to the relevant authorities, according to the brands chief executive Harald Krueger.
Volkswagen UK brand director Alison Jones says the battle for electric vehicle sales will change the shape and size of VW retailers, but not its network
The UK government plans a law change which will hold vehicle importers and dealer-distributors to account if vehicles are sold with emissions defeat devices.
SMMT new car registration forecasts from two months ago missed the mark by 1% – or almost 27,000 vehicles – a ninth consecutive month of falling sales resulted in a 5.7% decline for the whole of 2017.
Seat UK has followed in the footsteps of fellow Volkswagen Group brands by extending its diesel scrappage incentive scheme.
Dacia has extended its scrappage scheme for a brand new Duster or Sandero until March 31.
A quarterly dealer attitude survey carried out by Close Brothers Motor Finance has found that 92% of dealerships are confident about market prospects for 2018.
Hyundai has become the latest car manufacturer to extend its diesel scrappage scheme into the new year after pegging back the emissions-reducing incentive scheme's deadline to March 31.
Audi has followed in the footsteps of Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen and extended its scrappage scheme into Q1 of 2018.
Volkswagen compliance executive Oliver Schmidt has been sentenced to seven years in jail after pleading guilty to his part in the dieselgate emissions scandal in the US.
Volkswagen boss, Paul Willis has admitted that the VW Group (UK) has received nearly 17,000 complaints in recent months about its dieselgate technical solution.
Greenpeace activists are trying to block deliveries of Volkswagen Group diesel cars destined to dealerships and fleets in the September plate-change campaign.
