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It is not yet clear to what extent the scandal affects other brands in the Volkswagen Group, which has 12 brands in all, including Seat, Audi, Skoda and Porsche.

The software at the center of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal in the US was built into the automaker’s cars in Europe as well, Germany said Thursday, though it isn’t yet clear if it helped cheat tests as it did in the U.S.

VOLKSWAGEN cars in Europe have been confirmed to have the same “device defeating” software that has embroiled the company in a global controversy.

Winterkorn, 68, was Volkswagen (VLKAY) CEO for eight years.

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The software at the center of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal in the US was built into the automaker’s cars in Europe as well, Germany said Thursday, though it isn’t yet clear if it helped cheat tests as it did in the U.S.

Volkswagen’s supervisory board will pick the head of sports-car maker Porsche as its next chief executive to succeed Martin Winterkorn who resigned on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Volkswagen has been reeling since the US Environmental Protection Agency revealed last Friday that the group had rigged its diesel cars to pass emissions tests, potentially laying itself open to criminal charges and substantial fines.

Mueller, the head of VW’s Porsche sports-car division, had been widely expected to be Winterkorn’s replacement.

When the scandal broke out, Martin Wintercorn, the CEO of Volkswagen did what anyone in his position would have done in similar circumstances: saying sorry, at first and then buried the head in the sand while hoping it would slowly die down.

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Volkswagen’s supervisory board appointed Mueller, a longtime company insider, at a daylong meeting on Friday. The crisis wiped about €20 billion off VW’s market value this week, and the company estimates irregularities on diesel-emission readings extend to 11 million...

The statement came as investors awaited a decision from VW’s board after the market close on who will replace Martin Winterkorn as chief executive, amid reports that Porsche’s CEO Matthias Mueller is the front-runner.