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BMW said that there’s no system in its cars that responds to tests differently than it would operate on the road.

Auto Bild claimed BMW’s X3 diesel model violated EU emissions standards during a road test done by the worldwide Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

Last Friday, the EPA issued a citation to Volkswagen for equipping almost 500,000 diesel-powered cars sold since 2009 with software that can detect when the vehicle is undergoing federal testing for smog-forming emissions.

BMW’s stock sank 5 percent Thursday after the German magazine Autobild reported that the company’s X3 xDrive polluted at more than 11 times the European standards, which are looser than USA rules.

Martin Winterkorn resigned from the position earlier this week in the wake of the giant emissions scandal that has left the company in a precarious financial position.

Regulators and prosecutors in several countries are investigating the fake emissions tests.

The Jetta and Passat exhibited NOx emissions between five and 35 times beyond the prescribed limit in the US. The model is manufactured exclusively in Spartanburg County. In fact, the car’s respiratory-harming NOx emissions exceeded future Euro 6 emissions levels –...

Volkswagen’s board on Friday named Matthias Mueller, the head of the group’s Porsche unit, to be the new CEO and to lead the world’s top-selling automaker past a growing emissions-rigging scandal.

The manufacturer has said that it could affect up to 11 million cars.

“All measured data suggests that this is not a Volkswagen-specific issue”, explained the worldwide Council for Clean Transportation (ICCT), the non-profit organization that tested the X3, in a statement, without providing more specific information.

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

According to the EPA website: “The November alleges that four-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars from model years 2009-2015 include software that circumvents EPA emissions standards for certain air pollutants”.