Volkswagen likely to buy back 115000 cars in U.S: German report

The German automaker saw its December sales in the USA decline by 9 percent compared to the same month in 2014. Steps that will cost the company a lot of money.

Two Democratic U.S. senators urged Volkswagen to offer U.S. consumers multiple options to compensate for damages and inconvenience of owning the diesel cars, including a speedy fix and money for lost resale value and any decrease in fuel economy.

Nearly 600,000 cars sold in the United States are affected by the scandal and more than 11 million internationally.

In Europe, VW plans to start recalling this month some 8.5 million affected vehicles in the region for a re-fit or adjustment. Diess, however, expects his company to finish the process by the end of the year.

A source briefed on the matter said the world’s second-largest automaker was withholding emails between its executives and other communications regarding the emissions scandal.

Kyree is a freelance writer hoping he fits the role well. He also said that a fix for the 2.0-litre equipped cars will be more hard.

Beginning his presentation six minutes late, Volkswagen chairman Herbert Diess dispensed with the elephant in the room on Tuesday night before introducing an all-electric Golf and a futuristic version of the once-beloved VW van.

Volkswagen Group of America spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan said Monday that the company “will continue to cooperate with all government agencies investigating these matters”.

McCarthy is scheduled to meet with Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Matthias Mueller at his request on January 13 in Washington – the day before the California Air Resources Board is scheduled to publicly respond to VW’s proposed repairs. Defeat devices helped some of Volkswagen Group’s cars pass emissions tests in a lab, but allowed the cars to pollute more heavily when driving under normal conditions.

Speaking about the cars that needed to be fixed, Diess told reporters that in order to fix those older models, the “intrusion into the vehicle will be quite significant”.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), accuses VW of four counts of violating the US Clean Air Act, including tampering with the emissions control system and failing to report violations.

Fixes could be complicated and take several years.

Volkswagen to buy back 1,15,000 cars?

Because Volkswagen kept its suspect software secret, the lawsuit alleges the company’s cars were sold without a valid “certificate of conformity” issued by EPA to regulate new cars manufactured or imported into the country.