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Volkswagen stopped selling 2015 cars with diesel engines 0 2 liters.
Volkswagen stopped selling 2015 cars with diesel engines 0 2 liters.
WASHINGTON CEO of Volkswagen presented its apologies Sunday and VW customers said they felt cheated after the Environmental Protection Agency found that the German automaker skirted clean air rules by faking tests emissions for approximately 500,000 diesel cars.
Personally, I am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public, Volkswagen chief Martin Winterkorn said in a statement that said VW has ordered an investigation and promised that the company would cooperate with agencies regulation.
The EPA announced Friday that VW used software that enabled its diesel cars to release fewer smog-causing pollutants in the tests than in real driving conditions The cars, built over the past seven years, including the Audi A3, VW Jetta, Beetle, Golf and Passat models VW the agency ordered to fix the car at his own expense VW also faces fines that could add up to several billion dollars.
VW beat Toyota to become the top-selling automaker in the first half 2015 of the world, but a blow to its reputation emission revelations could hamper its efforts to a sales rebound in the US between 2013 and 2014, sales of VW brand fell 10 percent as all industry sales increased 6 percent of US buyers want SUVs and Volkswagen didnt competitive vehicles to offer.
Consumer Reports influential almost immediately suspended its recommended rating of the Jetta and Passat diesel until he could get a recall repair and test cars.
Volkswagen sold diesel cars, which account for about 25 percent of sales, as better for the environment After the announcement of the EPA, the automaker has pulled its ads for diesel cars and asked dealers to stop selling diesel cars in 2015 with 0- 2 liter engines, according to a person familiar with the who requested anonymity.
In a Tuesday, May 5, 2015 file photo, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn meets the shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders of Volkswagen automaker in Hannover, Germany Winterkorn apologized Sunday, September 20, 2015, after Protection Agency environment said the German automaker skirted the rules for clean air by faking emission tests to approximately 500,000 diesel cars personally, I am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public, Volkswagen chief Martin Winterkorn said in a statement.
Zeeshan Shah, 39, of Fulton, Maryland, said he bought after he reached his Jetta it two years ago a Volkswagen Passat diesel model in July 2015.
The selling point for the Passat diesel was that the technology was so good, he says now, Shah said he plans to bring the car to the local dealer to have it examined and doesn t want to buy another A Volkswagen once they cheat you this question, what other problems can they go wrong, he said that you don t trust them.
San Francisco resident Marsha Riggs, who owns a 2009 Jetta Sportwagen, said she was shocked I bought this car because I thought it was clean, she said, and it is not clean, she had been happy with the car, but now doubt it to buy another Volkswagen they sort of compromise that trust, she said.
We are not and do not tolerate violations of any kind of our internal rules or the law, the VW chief Winterkorn said, adding that we will do everything necessary to repair the damage that it caused.
John German, senior fellow with the International Council on Clean Transportation, the group denounced VW, said the board didn not expect to find offenders when it contracted with West Virginia University to test cars with diesel engines in U S.
The Board, a research group that helps the tests U form of regulations, governments in order to show that automakers were consistent with the nitrogen oxide emission standards U, which are stricter than in other countries, he said.
EPA and California authorities have acted quickly after being informed of the breach, said the German.
The EPA has asked VW to fix cars emission systems, but said car owners do not need to take immediate measures violations pose no danger to the safety The cars are legal to drive and sell all Volkswagen comes with a plan to recall and repair, said the EPA.
The EPA said VW faces fines of up to 37,500 per vehicle for violations in total over 18 billion The California Air Resources Board is also investigating.
VW may need up to a year to identify corrective actions, develop a recall plan and issue recall notices, said the EPA.
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