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Europe's carmakers 'tricking' drivers on fuel efficiency, new report claims

Europe’s carmakers are taking their customers for ride by tricking them into believing their vehicles are more fuel-efficient than they actually are

Economy

Suzuki to sell its stake in Volkswagen, sealing divorce

Suzuki has agreed to sell all of its shares in Volkswagen to Porsche. The move completes the dissolution of their failed partnership after four years

Germany

Matthias Mueller expected to be named new Volkswagen CEO

Volkswagen is expected to name Matthias Mueller as its new chief executive at a meeting of the car maker’s supervisory board this afternoon

World

VW 'endangers whole diesel car industry'

Many customers are typically shy of buying a used car, not a new one. But now world number one Volkswagen is faced with having to figure out how to

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Business Series

VW shares continue to recover after steep falls

Volkswagen shares recovered slightly on Thursday after steep falls in recent days. But the emissions scandal has threatened to engulf VW’s rivals

Business Series

Volkswagen faces uphill battle to repair tarnished image

How far will the fallout from the VW emissions tests scandal stretch? Until this week the words ‘German engineering’ carried connotations of

Germany

Volkswagen shares rebound after CEO quits over emissions scandal

Battered shares of the scandal-hit German carmaker Volkswagen have continued to rebound following the resignation of the firm’s Chief Executive

Germany

End of the road: Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn quits over emissions scandal

Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday amid a spiralling scandal over the German carmaker’s rigging of diesel car

Economy

VW 'Dieselgate' puts 'lax' EU testing under scrutiny

How clean are cars in Europe, and what does the VW ‘Dieselgate’ scandal mean for the European car industry? The exposure of Volkswagen as an

World News

VW sets aside billions of euros to cover cost of data dodge scandal

As many as 11 million Volkswagen cars could be affected by the worst scandal in the company’s 78-year-history. Falsified emissions testing on

Germany

Volkswagen CEO in eye of emissions scandal storm

Volkswagen's CEO comes under scrutiny amid revelations falsified emissions tests and sham software could affect 11 million vehicles.

Business Series

Volkswagen shares tumble in line with company's reputation

There are fears that the Volkswagen scandal could hit not just VW in the long-term, but the wider German and European car industry. In Germany the

Germany

Volkswagen's 'Total Recall': oh yeah, we cheated

The world’s number one car maker’s image is taking a beating, and with it the very credibility of clean diesel technology. Volkswagen’s name has been

World News

VW: France calls for EU investigation into 11-million-vehicle software scam

The investigation into VW widens: France calls on the EU to launch an inquiry into a software scam on 11 million vehicles.

Economy

Volkswagen diesel components supplied by Bosch

The German auto supplier Bosch says it delivered components for regulating diesel exhaust systems to Volkswagen, which is at the centre of a

USA

Volkswagen admits it "totally screwed up" as emissions rigging scandal spreads

Volkswagen has admitted it ‘totally screwed up’ after rigging emissions tests for its diesel vehicles in the United States. The US Environmental

USA

Volkswagen to face criminal investigation in US over emission fraud

Europe’s number one carmaker Volkswagen is bracing itself for the worst after it was caught cheating California’s stringent emissions tests. The

Economy

Volkswagen shares plunge 20% over US emissions scandal

Volkswagen has stopped marketing its Audi and VW diesel models in the United States, a spokesperson has told AFP. It came after regulators found some

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Look, no hands! the self-driving car on the road to reality

Selfing-driving, intelligent cars, once a staple of science fiction, are now a technological reality, albeit in prototype form. Futuris went to

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