diesel emissions scandal
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Manufacturer 11 JunStellantis follows Renault and VW into French courts over diesel emissions
Stellantis has joined Renault with a summons to court in France to answer allegations over allegations of consumer fraud in connection with the sale of Euro 5 diesel vehicles.
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Manufacturer 24 JunDaimler profit warning after emissions tests prompt 60,000 car recall
Mercedes-Benz’s recall of 60,000 vehicles equipped with software designed to manipulate emissions tests have been followed by a profits warning from parent company Daimler.
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Manufacturer 16 OctAudi fined 800 million euros for breaking diesel emission laws
Audi has been fined 800 million euros (£704m) for violating diesel engine emission regulations by German authorities.
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Manufacturer 3 OctVW terminates contract of former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler
The Volkswagen Group has terminated the contract of former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler following his arrest two months ago in connection to his alleged role in the dieselgate scandal.
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Manufacturer 25 SepPorsche’s image ‘has suffered’ due to diesel scandal
Porsche chief executive Oliver Blume has admitted that the Volkswagen Group-owned brand’s reputation “has suffered” as a result of the diesel scandal.
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Manufacturer 18 SepBMW, Daimler and VW investigated over alleged emissions ‘collusion’
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to determine whether German car manufacturers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen colluded over the use of emissions-reducing technology in their vehicles.
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Manufacturer 18 SepJLR's Castle Bromwich workers put on three-day week amid production cuts
Jaguar Land Rover will move around 2,000 of its manufacturing staff onto a three-day week as it battles against the headwinds of anti-diesel sentiment and Brexit.
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Manufacturer 11 Sep
Volkswagen faces investors in court over £8.2bn dieselgate action
Volkswagen investors are seeking around £8.2 billion in damages from the manufacturer in court amid claims that it did not admit the dieselgate emissions cheating scandal sooner.
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Manufacturer 24 Jul
VW head of integrity says Audi boss should not lose his job following arrest
Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler should not lose his job after being arrested over the emissions scandal, according to Hiltrud Werner, the Volkswagen Group's head of integrity and legal affairs.
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Market Insight 23 Mar
Local authorities must prove 'clear value' of car scrappage schemes to clean air plan, says Government
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.
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Manufacturer 23 MarBMW emissions raids resulted from 'incorrect installation of software', German brand claims
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.
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Market Insight 2 FebPlanned law to land distributors and dealers in court over emissions cheat vehicles
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.
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Market Insight 5 JanNew car registrations decline defies SMMT predictions for 2017
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.
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Manufacturer 5 JanSeat extends diesel scrappage scheme
Seat UK has followed in the footsteps of fellow Volkswagen Group brands by extending its diesel scrappage incentive scheme.
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Manufacturer 4 JanDacia extends Duster and Sandero scrappage scheme
Dacia has extended its scrappage scheme for a brand new Duster or Sandero until March 31.
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Market Insight 4 Jan
UK car dealers ‘feeling confident’ about business prospects in 2018
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.
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Manufacturer 3 JanHyundai scrappage scheme extended to March 31
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.
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Manufacturer 21 DecAudi extends diesel scrappage scheme offers
Audi has followed in the footsteps of Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen and extended its scrappage scheme into Q1 of 2018.
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