A number of Volkswagen Group dealers are reluctant to commit to 2016 targets due to concerns about the emission scandal's impact.
Prof Jim Saker says the emissions scandal may do Volkswagen more long-term damage than previous recalls did to other brands.
UK-based Emissions Analytics has confirmed the gap between the current legal emissions testing regime and real-world testing.
Paul Willis, managing director of Volkswagen Group UK, continues to be quizzed by Government over the manufacturer’s emissions scandal.
Vertu Motors had no last-minute doubts in acquiring Volkswagen and Audi dealer South Hereford after news broke of VW Group’s emissions cheating.
CAP has reported that volumes of Volkswagen product remain steady in the wholesale market.
Volkswagen Group UK says there is “some risk” that the target to complete modifications to its vehicles fitted with emission defeat devices could be missed.
Car manufacturers are warning that some diesel models could become “unaffordable” if they are not given enough time to meet new requirements on emissions testing.
AM’s recent poll on the Volkswagen emission scandal revealed that 66% of respondents believe it will cause long term damage to the reputation of Volkswagen.
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has confirmed that the UK has begun its own testing programme in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
Volkswagen Group will have completed fixes to cars fitted with illegal ‘defeat devices’ by the end of next year.
Volkswagen Group has eight strategies it can use to regain consumer trust, push sales volumes and develop sustainable growth.
Volkswagen is providing an online look-up tool to help identify its cars affected by the emissions issue.
The new chairman of Volkswagen Group has reportedly said the emissions scandal is a threat to the company’s viability.
The chairman of Ford of Europe has written to its franchised dealers to reassure them the Blue Oval has not been caught up in Volkswagen’s emissions cheating.
Taxpayers who own Volkswagen Group cars will not incur higher VED if they are are found to be fitted with illegal software that manipulates emissions.
Vauxhall has said it has not used ‘defeat devices’ in its vehicles following the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
Suggesting other brands alongside Volkswagen have cheated emissions tests is wrong said the head of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders today.
Volkswagen is suspending the sale of about 4,000 cars and commercial vehicles in the UK.
Volkswagen dealers are to be given details of 1,189,906 group diesel vehicles caught up in the emissions’ rigging scandal in the UK.
