Volkswagen Philippines says vehicles sold locally comply with emissions standards

The announcement follows Volkswagen – the parent company to Audi, Skoda and Seat – admitting 11 million vehicles in its group with the EA189 diesel engine are equipped with the cheat software device which falsifies emissions output tests.

“Customers with these vehicles will be kept informed over the coming weeks and months”, Volkswagen said in a statement. VW added that technical solutions will be submitted to the responsible authorities in October, with the company emphasising that affected vehicles are still technically safe and roadworthy. The software, which cheated emission tests to let cars pass that actually produce more emission gasses than is legally allowed, is thought to be installed in 1,189,906 cars in the UK.

Independent vehicle dealerships sued VW in California on September 24 over losses they said they would incur following the company’s admission.

As part of its financial support, Volkswagen said it would offer to reimburse dealers for the cost of holding on to diesel cars affected by the sales freeze until fix instructions were released.

On Tuesday, a spokesman for the commercial vehicle units from Guenther Scherelis, which makes vans and pickups, confirmed that 1.8 million of its vehicles were fitted with the software.

And Transport Research Laboratories told the UK Government about discrepancies between on-road emissions of the cars in question and the results of lab test results, back in 2009.

Institute of Advanced Motorists policy director Neil Greig said: “We are pleased VW have moved quickly to resolve this issue”.

The VW distributor in Portugal, Siva, said it had sold 94,400 vehicles with the rogue software. Volkswagen’s new chief executive, Matthias Mueller, said he expected to have a remedy submitted to regulators in the next few days.

In addition, nearly 80,000 commercial Volkswagen vehicles on British shores will have to be recalled and fixed. “But I don’t think, when it comes to used (cars), that people are really bothered because it’s all down to price, and they’ve still got a good name in terms of reliability”.