VW to recall emissions-cheat cars

The latest development comes after VW admitted that 11 million of its diesel vehicles worldwide were fitted with defeat device software which conned testers into believing their vehicles met environmental standards. Owners will be contacted after the company has issued licence plate details to retailers. He further stated that the company will soon be informing affected customers about how they can have their vehicles refitted, according to Reuters.

In the coming days, customers will know if their cars are affected and technical solutions will be presented in October.

In an early sign of the impact of the scandal on the car-maker, price data firm Glass’s said prices of used Volkswagen diesel cars fell by 2 percent between September 21 and 25, against a 0.7 percent fall in the wider British market. Guenther Scherelis, a spokesman for the commercial vehicles unit – which makes vans and pickups – on Tuesday confirmed that 1.8 million of its vehicles were affected. Now, Volkswagen is planning to overhaul its brand to move past the scandal. He was replaced by Matthias Mueller on Friday. It said this decision would affect 3,320 vehicles now in stock.

The software installed by Volkswagen in its cars called “defeat device” can turn on full emission controls only when the vehicle is undergoing emission tests so as to meet the legal emission standards.

“Its plan is to recall 120,000 cars”, the ministry said in a statement.

Almost half of the United Kingdom registered vehicles implicated in the scandal are Volkswagen passenger cars – a total of 508,278.

11 million diesel vehicles contain this “cheating” software, reported U.S. News and World Report.

He also added his apology to those already made by senior company figures and said he was “ashamed” that people who bought cars with complete confidence are so disappointed.

Lies said a few company staff have acted criminally over emission cheat tests and they must take personal responsibility. Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn is now being investigated by German authorities over allegations of fraud in the sale of cars with manipulated emissions data.