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Over three quarters of U.S. vehicle owners accept VW’s settlement offer from the car emissions scandal – yet UK victims remain ignored

Some 311,209 out of 475,000 VW U.S. vehicle owners have reportedly opted in for the $10 billion settlement to compensate for losses suffered as a result of the VW emissions scandal. VW is trying to regain its reputation and credibility in the marketplace, and their remedial actions in the U.S. have proven to be acceptable.

Yet despite this, UK and European customers remain ignored as VW continue to refuse compensation to victims of their scandal this side of the ocean.

Our action consisting of thousands of victims has never been more important than now!
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An “Emotional Volkswagen?” – VW’s new campaign ‘think new’ has dubbed the manufacturer becoming more emotional. So why are they refusing to pay compensation?

Volkswagen appears to have tried to change its image drastically.

In its recent Paris motor show display, they were shown to be “more emotional”. The tactic does not come as a surprise following the car emissions scandal last year, when the German manufacturer was found to be getting through car emissions tests by using the alleged “defeat devices” installed in over 11 million diesel engines worldwide.

So, is this a part of VW’s ambition to get back into everyone’s good books? If it is, why are they still refusing their UK emissions scandal victims access to the compensation they deserve?!
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“Dealers getting a cut of what they deserve” – VW agrees to pay up to $1.2 billion to its U.S. dealers over car emissions scandal

Here comes Volkswagen’s plans to get back into the good books!

Since the car emissions scandal broke back in September 2015, there has been fury amongst vehicle owners and dealers alike. With U.K. vehicle owners becoming increasingly frustrated at VW’s lack of remedial action, the same cannot be said for the U.S.

And this now includes the dealers!
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“The Italian Job” – Italy’s Antitrust Authority has fined Volkswagen 5 million euros in the car emissions scandal

The blows for Volkswagen don’t seem to end.

In August, Italy’s Antitrust Authority (AGCOM) fined the German manufacturer 5 million Euros.

The authority are alleging that VW misinformed vehicle owners of the real diesel emissions results. The case concerns vehicles sold by VW between 2009 and 2015, but includes Audi, Seat and Skoda.

A member of our team recently attended a conference in Brussels where a delegate from the Italian group involved in the case was in attendance.
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Autumn 2017: the date where all affected vehicles from the car emissions scandal will be fixed, Volkswagen pledges

VW has given an undertaking that all 8.5 million (1.2 million in the U.K.) vehicles will be fixed by Autumn of 2017.

With the delays and problems so far though, we’re not holding our breath!

Since the scandal unravelled last year, VW has only fixed a handful of affected vehicles, and the recalls have been put back through technical difficulties and issues with getting fixes approved. All evidence still points toward the fact that there will be issues post-recall, which may be the reason for the slow progress.
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“He knew about it from the start” – More reports suggest that Audi Chief, Rupert Stadler, knew about the “defeat device” in the Volkswagen car emissions scandal as early as 2010

VW has come under fire again as allegations that Audi Chief Rupert Stadler knew of the “defeat device” software since he joined the Board in 2010.

American Law firm Jones Day were responsible for internally investigating the claims and, during the questioning, they asked Stadler what he knew about it and when he found out about the “defeat devices”.
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“Volkswagen Lawsuit Galore in Braunschweig Court” – Investors’ attorneys file lawsuits against VW, figure said to be around 6,000

Attorneys Klaus Nieding and Andreas Tilp are names that are probably going to be memorable to the Braunschweig Court for a very long time. Earlier this month, Nieding and Tilp filed 6,000 lawsuits – 5,000 and 1,000 respectively – on behalf of investors against VW as a result of the emission scandal arising from September 2015.

These are huge numbers, and will no doubt come as yet another headache to the German automotive giants who are seeing law suits coming at them from all over the world.
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“The End to all Volkswagen Diesel Vehicles in the US?”

Since late 2015, VW was barred from selling diesel vehicles affected by the emission scandal after it was discovered that these vehicles had an alleged “cheat device” installed in them.

One year on from the breaking of the scandal, there are still ongoing discussions on whether the German automaker will be allowed to resume sales of VW vehicles in the U.S. Even if they are allowed to sell the diesel vehicles in the U.S., it is not clear if VW will or not.

As it stands, their diesel vehicles are not hugely popular in the U.S. anyway.
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Volkswagen Group gives indication of a final settlement in the U.S. over the Car Emissions Scandal: but negotiations remain ongoing

The big news back in April this year was that VW would reach a final settlement in the U.S, and Dietmar Voggenreiter, Audi’s global head of sales and marketing, has discussed that a ‘final’ settlement may well be on the table for this month or early November.

VW’s massive payout comes from them cheating emissions scandal that emerged in September 2015 when they were found to be using so-called ‘defeat devices’ which affected 11 million vehicles worldwide. VW have (in a fashion) admitted to cheating the tests using software that could switch off emissions controls when vehicles were not being tested.

Since then, VW U.S. has decided to make settlement payments to their affected customers.
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Time is Money: A look in to why Volkswagen has yet to recall all affected vehicles

Yet again, Volkswagen have come under fire in the public limelight off the back of the ongoing emissions scandal.

Since the scandal first arose in September 2015, there has been non-stop bad publicity, which is about to get worse again as figures that were released from VW have shown that only one in ten vehicles have been fixed within the year.

Volkswagen have had some serious issues trying to sort the recall out, and these problems keep coming back to haunt them.
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BOSCH and VOLKSWAGEN: “the gruesome twosome in the cheating emissions scandal”

It seemed like things could not get any worse for the German manufacturing giants following the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal. However, the plot has thickened.

Multinational engineering and electronics company, Bosch, are alleged to be the Robin to Volkswagen’s Batman. Several reports, as well as claimant lawyers in the U.S., allege Bosch as a “knowing and active participant” (source) in assisting Volkswagen with cheating emissions and building the “defeat device” itself.

This device was installed in over 11 million vehicles so that vehicles would appear less polluting and pass tests with ease. Bosch continues to state that these claims are “wild and unfounded”.
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VW’s Alleged Violation of EU Consumer Directives

In the midst of all the tension surrounding the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal, fresh claims have been made that VW has violated two EU Consumer Directives – specifically, the Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive, and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive – in 20 European countries.

The first directive is put in place to prevent companies like VW from exaggerating environmental claims when marketing their products. This is, arguably, exactly what VW did when they marketed the vehicles as “green” that instead had “defeat devices” installed in them. Their ‘false advertising’ was used for seven years or so with suggestions of their diesel engines being “clean diesel” engines.
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