Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept
11 Jan 2016

Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept hybrid revealed… previews new seven seat SUV

The Volkswagen Tiguan GTE Active Concept hybrid has been revealed at the Detroit Motor Show, but the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV already exists…

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How does the Volkswagen defeat device work
10 Jan 2016

Volkswagen slammed for withholding documents relating to dieselgate

US state attorneys have slammed Volkswagen for withholding documents relating the company’s use of illegal diesel emission-beating software.

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Das Auto VW slogan
23 Dec 2015

Volkswagen planning to drop Das Auto slogan

The rumour mill is grinding away with the news that Volkswagen is preparing to drop its Das Auto slogan in the wake of its Dieselgate disaster…

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How does the Volkswagen defeat device work
12 Dec 2015

VW says trying to meet “impossible” US NOx emissions is to blame for #dieselgate

VW chairman, Hans Dieter Poesch, has said that VW boffins installed illegal software on its EA189 diesel engines after it couldn’t meet US NOx emissions regulations legally.

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volkswagen announces fix for diesel engines with defeat device
26 Nov 2015

VW outlines fix for diesel engines in Europe… and maybe Australia

VW has issued details of a fix for 1.6L and 2.0L diesel engines that contain so-called ‘defeat devices’ to the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Germany.

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How does the Volkswagen defeat device work
22 Nov 2015

VW refuses compensation for European owners of ‘cheating’ diesels… likely to be the same in Australia

VW has announced it will not pay compensation to the owners of diesel cars carrying ‘cheat’ software, despite VW US offering a $1000 goodwill package.

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How does the Volkswagen defeat device work
14 Nov 2015

CO2 emissions deception by VW Group gets bigger. Much bigger

The Volkswagen Group has released a long list of vehicles caught up in the CO2 emissions deception as the #dieselgate scandal keeps on getting bigger and bigger.

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How does the Volkswagen defeat device work
03 Nov 2015

#dieselgate engulfs more Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche cars

The US EPA has issued a second notice of violation of the clean air act against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche after a defeat device was found on VW Group 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engines.

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VW Caravelle Generation Six revealed
22 Oct 2015

VW pays homage to 1960s Kombi with Caravelle Generation Six

Volkswagen has revealed its Caravelle Generation Six, which pays homage to it original 1960s Kombi… no word on whether it’ll be available Down Under.

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21 Oct 2015

Volkswagen Amarok TDI420 is an off-road 4×4 of the future

Ready or not, the Volkswagen Amarok points the way forwards for rough-terrain vehicles, meaning low-range is no longer the be-all and end-all for off-roaders.

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How does the Volkswagen defeat device work
15 Oct 2015

VW emissions scandal: Do you really have to comply with a car recall? UPDATED

Audi has become the first of the Volkswagen Group to issue a recall notification on vehicles fitted with EA189 family engines fitted with an emissions ‘cheat device’.

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My Octavia is an emissions cheat
13 Oct 2015

My Skoda Octavia 103TDI is a #dieselgate emissions cheat UPDATED

Like Lance Armstrong, my Skoda Octavia 103TDI is a cheat. It’s a dirty, poisonous gas belching cheat and it’s all Volkswagen Group’s fault… #dieselgate.

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How does the Volkswagen defeat device work
28 Sep 2015

Carmakers begin to distance themselves from #dieselgate

If Volkswagen used defeat devices to pass emissions tests, maybe others did too? or maybe not, as car makers start to deny using special systems…

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Porsche CEO Matthias Müller
26 Sep 2015

Porsche CEO Matthias Müller takes over at VW as #dieselgate toll rises to 5million cars

Porsche CEO Matthias Müller has been announced as the new CEO of the Volkswagen Group in the wake of the #dieselgate scandal.

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VW CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn resigns
24 Sep 2015

Volkswagen CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn resigns over #dieselgate

Volkswagen CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn has resigned over Volkswagen Group’s scandalous emissions cheating in what has become known as #dieselgate.

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